With everything getting smaller — printing, dials, numbers, micro chips, etc. — the patented iBEAM watch with its pop-up magnifying lens and built-in LED flashlight can help the tens of millions of people suffering from shrinking type syndrome.
Now reading a menu or finding your way through a dark theatre becomes so much easier with the push of a button-right on your wrist. Oh, and it also tells time. www.ibeamtime.com.
With the iBEAM watch, necessity is the father of invention. Chris McKay, the inventor and a Baby Boomer, explains that he was fighting the signs of aging … like having to borrow his wife’s reading glasses. He looked at his peers and noticed he was not alone.
« Frankly, I didn’t want to have someone else have to read the menu to me … and I looked ridiculous in my wife’s reading glasses, » says McKay. « So it occurred to me to add reading features to something that I’m never without — my wristwatch. And that’s the beauty of it, it never leaves my wrist. »
The iBEAM watch with a magnifying lens that makes type up to five times larger, provides real solutions for our aging population. Among them is John Magusa from
Small isn’t always a bad thing, though. A tiny micro-chip imbedded in the watchcase allows for « hands-free » operation of the flashlight. Users don’t have to hold the button in; the light stays on automatically. A battery-saving device shuts off the light automatically after 30 seconds. Another small device activates the pop-up magnifying lens with the touch of a button. And did we mention, it also tells time.
For a demo on how the watch works, visit: www.ibeamtime.com.
Source: iBEAM Technologies, Inc
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