Greg Wiens first read about adjustable glasses almost a decade ago. At the time, the glasses used silicon to change prescriptions quickly and easily.
Wiens, a Mennonite pastor, was captivated. He saw the potential to help people who couldn’t afford regular optometry. He dreamed for three nights straight about getting involved.
“[The dream was] that if I didn’t get involved in this it wouldn’t go anywhere,” he said.
Wiens, who now lives in Waldheim, Sask., became friends Kevin White, the inventer of the glasses. Nine years later Wiens helped White win $1 million in funding.
The original design used a syringe to control the amount of liquid in the lenses, adjusting the prescription.
Through developments, the inventor Kevin White came up with a new idea of
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