...a Sarah Palin look-alike sporting alien-rimmed glasses.
who's Sarah Palin
I can see clearly now...
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Those are 3-D glasses, so he can see Mothra better.
Gawd, that groupie was so hilarious. She was a great touch.
...a Sarah Palin look-alike sporting alien-rimmed glasses.
...a Sarah Palin look-alike sporting alien-rimmed glasses.
who's Sarah Palin
I'm guessing your not from the USA. Sarah Palin is the vise Presidental running mate to John McCain (republican).
They can give Geordi new eyes. Seems like they can toss the spectacles at that point.
I've always just thought the Asian extra in "The Cage" probably forgot to remove his glasses for one of the takes (since he doesn't have them on after a cutaway shot to the personnel on the transporter pads, iirc) and it was deemed not important enough to waste time reshooting, or something of that nature.
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Well, it should be noted that, by the 23/24th century, spectacles will likely have far more usage than as a visual correction... most likely as a sort of virtual computer display or external cybernetic attachement for 'enhancing' vision as opposed to 'correcting' it (think magnification, thermal imaging, 'x-ray' utilities, etc.).
As for actual vision correction in the 23/24 century...
Really, the only issue preventing most humans with visual problems from having perfect 20/5 vision (20/5 is approximately the retina's limit for image resolution) is malformations in the lens, with some problems involving the overall shape of the eye and retina, which, given the type of medical technologies seen in Star Trek should both be easily correctable by that point, even moreso if nanotechnology ever becomes widely used in the medical profession... To some extent, Wavefront LASIK and associated technologies can accomplish the lens adjustments already, but they only take care of lower order issues (near/farsightedness, astigmatism) and not the higher order problems that aren't usually immediately noticeable (Spherical abberation, coma, and trefoil among others), which would require more substantial alterations of eye to repair...
I couldn't even begin to figure out what Retinax-5 is supposed to do, as I don't know of any chemical drugs that are used to treat vision disorders outside of nutritional supplements.... so I guess what I have to say isn't really of much help here... lol
As for actual vision correction in the 23/24 century...
Really, the only issue preventing most humans with visual problems from having perfect 20/5 vision (20/5 is approximately the retina's limit for image resolution) is malformations in the lens, with some problems involving the overall shape of the eye and retina, which, given the type of medical technologies seen in Star Trek should both be easily correctable by that point, even moreso if nanotechnology ever becomes widely used in the medical profession... To some extent, Wavefront LASIK and associated technologies can accomplish the lens adjustments already, but they only take care of lower order issues (near/farsightedness, astigmatism) and not the higher order problems that aren't usually immediately noticeable (Spherical abberation, coma, and trefoil among others), which would require more substantial alterations of eye to repair...
I couldn't even begin to figure out what Retinax-5 is supposed to do, as I don't know of any chemical drugs that are used to treat vision disorders outside of nutritional supplements.... so I guess what I have to say isn't really of much help here... lol
Okay, now I get the "I can see Russia from here" jokes popping up everywhere. Thanks for clearing that up.
A couple years ago I had cataract surgery. Of course this involves replacing your natural lens with man-made ones. Until I had the surgery I didn't know that while they're at it, they configure the new lens to correct near/far sightnes. Or at least it corrected my near sightedness a lot. From what I heard not all the way, usually you still need glasses but they're always less powerful than the old ones.
My case is a special one; I have a retinal disease that's the major reason for my low vision but the cataract surgery helped the situation some and I suddenly didn't need glasses any more. It felt weird.
Robert
Sarah Palin claimed that Alaska being close to Russia automatically gave her experience in international diplomacy. "I can see Russia from here." Saturday Night Live, and others, saw the humor and ran with it.
My mother had that surgery a year ago. Now she sees better than I do. Her vision is 20/25... excellent for a 69 year old.
Not directly related to this, but some of you may find this interesting, especially if you're fascinated by things you can't see, but could...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2002/may/30/medicalscience.research
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2002/may/30/medicalscience.research
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