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Toru MizushimaToru is the titular Iris Zero, one of the unfortunate few of the most recent generation born without an Iris. Now in high school and subject to a lifetime of abuse from his peers (and indifference from his elders), Toru copes through a policy of Minimal Exposure, a veil of guarded indifference to make sure he never comes to anyone's notice. He manages this policy with the aid of some truly impressive deductive skills, picking apart the motivations of others so he can predict how they'll react to anything he does. Beneath the cold, loner exterior, he's more scarred and vulnerable than he lets on.
Koyuki SasamoriFriendly and cute, Sasamori is easily the most popular student at the school. She is lighthearted and optimistic, and frequently sees the best in everyone. She's also bullheaded with her optimism, meaning she thinks that everyone should be trying to be their best even when they say they don't want to. Fortunately for the sake of her popularity, she mostly keeps this attitude to herself rather than pushing her optimistic ideals on every random person she meets. That said, if she feels she can trust a person and prevail upon them for aid, she will drag them into helping - if only because refusing her feels like kicking a puppy.Her Iris is the ability to see whether other people are suitable to some task or condition she has in mind, shown as a X (unsuitable) or O (suitable) over their heads.
Hijiri ShinozukaHijiri is Toru's closest (and, for a long time, only) friend. He is personable and laid-back, indifferent to many things that others get hung up on. He sees little reason to fuss and worry, and combined with his sloppy manner of dress and unkempt hair, he gives the impression of someone who is careless and flighty. However, Hijiri is smart and often very serious under the pleasant demeanor, sizing up situations and thinking ahead almost as carefully as Toru. Hijiri may be honest and doesn't bother to lie, but he plays his cards very close to his chest.His Iris allows him to see black butterflies appear and gather around anything about to die, though the death sentence shown by his Iris is not necessarily irrevocable - it is a warning that death is likely for someone if something in their life does not change, though that "something," such as a terminal illness, may be beyond anyone's power to change.
Asahi YukiThe first thing anyone would have to say about Yuki is that she "possesses a strong sense of justice." She hates dishonesty above anything else, picking and choosing her friendships almost solely on how much a person lies. This is because her Iris shows her whenever people lie, which has left her with few illusions about social niceties. She is also hot-headed and quick to react thoughtlessly when upset, which leaves even her thinking she's a bit stupid compared to the others. This lead to tragedy in Toru's young life when, though they were friends, he guessed and revealed Yuki's Iris which she had been trying to keep secret, and she angrily denounced him as a Zero for that revelation. Her closest friend since then has been Sasamori, who is too nice and compulsively honest to lie.As mentioned, Yuki's Iris shows her when other people lie. She sees it as a black devil's tail coming from the person. The Iris also does not distinguish little white lies and polite social fictions from big whoppers, showing her just how false most of society is on a day to day basis.
Nanase KugaKuga is a quiet, unassuming girl whom few would give a second glance. She is polite and reserved, refusing to put herself forward no matter the situation. She was drawn into the core group's wake when Toru invited her to join his group during a class trip, though he was just in a hurry to round out the group's numbers and she was convenient. She is mostly an incidental actor until the Iris Hunter arc, where she drives the main plot as the Hunter after discovering the boy she liked was dating her and willing to sleep with her because she sort of resembled Sasamori, when she could have gone on in blissful ignorance of his true feelings if she had not had her Iris. She is also a close childhood friend of Tokita.Kuga's Iris is the ability to see people's emotions, rendered as colored butterfly wings on their backs. This has made her extremely perceptive of others' behavior, growing up knowing exactly what people are feeling at all times, but has also weighed heavily on her mind, constantly sacrificing her own wants for the sake of others. This resulted in her time as the Iris Hunter, when the one thing she wanted for herself - her boyfriend Houjou - turned out to just be using her as a substitute for someone else, and she couldn't keep herself from looking to see if he really loved her. This pushed her over the edge.
Harumi TokitaA latecomer to the main cast, Tokita is a serious and cold-seeming classmate of Toru and Kuga's. He is also a long-time friend of Kuga's, who is one of the few people he opens up around. He has a minor role in student government, and is first seen in the beginning of the series overseeing the vote for student council president. He mostly remains in the background until the Iris Hunter arc, where he takes it upon himself to become a second "Hunter" to divert attention from Kuga in case she got found out. He wants to help others, but his efforts have so far had a bad habit of backfiring. Tokita doesn't much like Toru (or, really, anyone other than Kuga and maybe Yuki), but grudgingly tolerates him for Kuga's sake.Tokita's Iris allows him to see what he calls "love affections," or who a person is romantically interested in. These show up as an arrow over the person's head pointing to the one they love, and the arrow is larger or smaller depending on the strength of those feelings.
Rei HoshimiyaA very recent addition, Rei is a girl from a grade above whose presence threatens to throw off the group's careful equilibrium. Rei is pretty, cheerful, rather forward, and very persistent. It's early yet, but she was introduced with some fanfare and immediately teased as a potential third point of a Love Triangle with Toru and Sasamori.Her Iris is similar to Sasamori's, only instead of a binary yes/no she sees probabilities (as a percent chance) that someone or something can do what she's thinking of.


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An apparatus, for making a lens from thermoplastic material in the form of a monolithic preform mass, having a press; and a pair of lens molds positioned in said press. The monolithic preform mass has at least one or more radii and is disposed between the lens molds such that said one or more radii make point or line contact with said lens molds. Means are provided for closing the pair of lens molds, and pressing the molds toward each other and against said preform mass to a predetermined pressure; and for heating up the molds until the preform mass begins to soften with the predetermined pressure varying slightly therefrom. The means for heating continuing to heat up the pair of lens molds, while holding and maintaining the predetermined pressure on the preform mass; wherein the heating up is repeated until the preform mass is reconfigured and/or transformed by compression molding into a lens defined by the pair of lens molds; and whereby the heating up of said pair of lens molds is terminated while maintaining said predetermined pressure until a finished, formed lens is removed from the molds with the apparatus of the invention, air bubbles are prevented from being entrapped in the lens by virtue of the preform mass having one or more radii making point or line contact with each of the lens molds.
1. An apparatus in making a lens having surfaces free of bubbles and entrapped air from a plastic preform, comprising:
a pair of molds,
each of said molds having a predetermined shaped lens cavity, and each of said molds being positioned in said apparatus;
means for providing a monolithic preform of thermoplastic lens material which is able to make point or line contact on opposite surfaces thereof with said lens cavities of said pair of molds;
means for applying pressure to said molds to urge the molds towards each other and against said preform to a predetermined pressure value and for maintaining said predetermined pressure value;
means for heating said pair of molds to heat said preform while said pressure applying means maintains said predetermined pressure value on said monolithic preform; and
terminating means for stopping said heating by said heating means, while said pressure applying means maintains substantially said predetermined pressure value, once said monolithic preform is changed by compression molding into a lens defined by said pair of molds, whereby the formed compression molded lens is free of surface irregularities and warpage due to bubbles and air being entrapped between said molds and said monolithic preform, due to said monolithic preform making point or line contact with said pair of molds so as to preclude air entrapped in the compression molded lens.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, including means for cooling said pair of molds while said pressure applying means maintains substantially said predetermined pressure value.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for heating said pair of molds is selected from one of the group consisting of conductive heating means, radiation heating means, dielectric heating means, fluid heating, means, and infrared heating means.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said means for cooling said pair of molds comprises means for flowing a cooling liquid through said pair of molds or means for blowing air across said pair of molds.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of said pair of molds is provided with a concave lens cavity and the other of said pair of molds is provided with a convex lens cavity.
6. An apparatus for making a lens from thermoplastic material in the form of monolithic preform mass, comprising:
a. a press;
b. a pair of lens molds positioned in said press;
c. means for providing a monolithic preform mass which is able to make point or line contact with each of said lens molds;
said press including means for pressing said pair of lens molds toward each other and against said preform mass at a predetermined pressure and for maintaining said predetermined pressure;
d. means for heating said pair of lens molds to heat said preform mass while said pressing means maintains said predetermined pressure on said preform mass; and
e. terminating means for terminating the heating up of said pair of lens molds by said heating means after said preform mass is changed into a lens, and wherein said pressing means maintains said predetermined pressure until a formed lens is removed from said pair of lens molds, and wherein air bubbles are prevented from being entrapped in said lens by virtue of said preform mass making point or line contact with each of said lens molds.
7. An apparatus for fabricating an ophthalmic quality lens, comprising a pair of molds; a press for compression molding in said pair of molds, wherein said pair of molds has substantially matingly configured surfaces therebetween for forming a lens; means for providing a monolithic perform mass which is able to make a point of line contact with said surfaces so as to preclude formation of air bubbles in a formed lens, said press including means for applying a predetermined pressure by said pair of molds on said preform mass and for maintaining said predetermined pressure; and means for heating continuously said preform mass to increasingly higher temperatures while said predetermined pressure is maintained until said preform mass is fully compression molded and changed into said formed lens by said substantially matingly configured surfaces of said pair of molds.
8. The apparatus in accordance with claim 7, including means for cooling said pair of molds while said maintaining means maintains said predetermined pressure upon said preform mass of material.
This patent application is a divisional of my parent U.S. patent application as Ser. 07/932,088; filed Aug. 19, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,368,790.
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for making lenses, and more particularly to a system embodying the cold, compression molding of a lens between a pair of mold/cavities using a monolithic mass of thermoplastic material. The system is particularly applicable for use in house by the optician, optometrist and/or ophthalmologist. The method and apparatus further do not require the use of skilled technicians, and reduces the cost of prescription lenses since they are created substantially defect free, eliminating the need for any middle men, such as a laboratory or lens factor. Moreover, the lens can be fabricated quickly in much less than one hour, so that the patient or customer can be fitted with a pair of prescription glasses during the same visit for one's eye examination.
Heretofore in the industry, lenses are traditionally fabricated in a distant wholesale laboratory. A patient or customer has an eye examination, and orders new lenses, he must then return a week or so later to receive and be fitted with a new pair of glasses with the laboratory fabricated lens. This procedure is not only very time consuming, but also expensive. At times errors are made in the prescription. In such cases, yet another visit is required or the lenses must be returned to the laboratory for further corrective measures or an entirely new set of lenses fabricated, with resulting delays and expense.
Within about the last ten years there has been a trend toward development of the so called eyeglass "Super Stores" or "one hour" laboratories. These types of stores are very expensive to run and operate. They require a huge inventory of blanks, and employ highly trained technicians to operate complex lens grinding machines and other finishing apparatuses required to complete all types of prescription lens.
Furthermore, these "Super Stores," to be profitable, require a constant stream of customers as they promote "one hour" service, and generally have highly paid technicians just waiting for orders to keep their machines operating at full capacity.
As a result of this phenomenon, most opticians, optometrists and/or ophthalmologists are losing their customer base and have had their earnings seriously eroded.
More recently, however, there has been an attempt to introduce the "mini-lab" to the optician/optometrist, and/or ophthalmologist. This is a direct attempt to bring in house "one-hour" capability of making lenses directly to the source who fills the prescription lens.
One such organization in this field is Vision Sciences of Monrovia, Calif., who markets an in-office lens casting system employing a choice of resins, such as Master Cast 1.5 clear resin, Master Cast 1.50 with UV protection and Master Cast 1.56 High Index with UV protection. Such a system is capable of casting plastic lens whose styles include single vision, progressive bifocals, flat top 28 or 35 bifocals, Round Seg 28 bifocals, flat top 7�28 bifocals, flat top 7�28 trifocals; and whose base curves are 2,4, 6 or 8 with lens diameters of 72mm, 75mm and 80mm. This Formalens system is of modular design and embodies a generally large work station incorporating a number of mold storage modules, a resin dispenser, and casting and curing stations. With cure cycles varying from 3 to 16 hours, the customer or patient must usually return a second time to complete his order for new prescription lenses. Such an overnight timetable in reality reduces such "one hour" service to "one day" service at best.
In addition, a deionized, laminar air flow unit is necessary in order to provide a static-free, dust-free area in order to ensure fabrication of clear, sharp spectacle lenses. Such "Method of Choice" plastic lens production systems for office use as marketed by Vision Sciences are known as Model numbers 2001 and 2002 and range in cost from about $27,000 to $63,000, excluding the cost of optional equipment, such as ultrasonic cleaning units and extended range molds that include higher powers and a wider selection of adds.
Such mini-labs are not only very expensive to purchase, but their cost of operation is also costly. In fact, the casting process is laborious since about half of same is "science" and half is "art". As a result, the scrap rate or rate of rejection is very high. This is due to the fact that the optician,optometrist and/or ophthalmologist is not an expert manufacturer, and lacks sufficient skill and training despite the fact that all purchasers of such Formalens System must undergo a lengthy and expensive training program at Vision Sciences' home office in order to be able to properly operate the system. It is so complex it requires a 100 page operator's manual in order to learn how to operate the system. All of these disadvantages have over the last few years brought on a definite need for an improved and better system.
Another similar type lens casting system is marketed by Techna Vision of San Diego, Calif., but this company is no longer believed to be in business. It is believed that the casting systems developed by both Techna Vision and Vision Sciences involved considerable difficulty due to the complexities of the casting systems employed. The experiences have been negative and, in reality, failures.
Other prior art systems are shown and discussed in the body of the present patent application.
It is the primary object of the present invention to provide a novel method and apparatus for the manufacture of ophthalmic lenses.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a more simplified, and less expensive means of fabricating relatively expensive lenses, such as multifocal lenses in house in the shortest possible time so as to eliminate the need for a customer to return a second time to the optician, optometrist and/or ophthalmologist's office.
A still further object of the present invention is to provide a novel method and apparatus of cold flowing and/or compression molding a monolithic mass of thermoplastic material into a lens virtually within minutes, so that one can obtain a pair of prescription glasses in a single, relatively short visit to the optometrist, optician, and/or ophthalmologist.
In summary, the invention pertains to a method and apparatus for making thermoplastic lens by first placing a pair of lens molds in a press; then positioning a preform of thermoplastic lens material on one of the molds; thereafter closing the lens molds and pressing the molds toward each other and against said preform to a predetermined pressure value; and then heating the molds until the preform begins to soften and the predetermined pressure value drops off slightly. Subsequently, continuing to heat the pair of molds while maintaining the predetermined pressure value; and repeating the heating and continuing to apply pressure steps until the preform is transformed by compression into a lens shaped by the pair of molds. Lastly, the molds are suitably cooled, while the predetermined pressure value is substantially maintained until the lens is released from the molds.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art from a reading of the detailed description hereafter, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIGS. 1-3 are vertical sectional views showing a typical pair of molds for use with my new and improved method and apparatus for forming finished multi-focal ophthalmic lenses from a preform of plastic lens material in the form of a slug or sphere of moldable plastic;
FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of my new and novel apparatus for forming the ophthalmic lens;
FIG. 5 is a more detailed elevational view of the molds shown in FIGS. 1-4;
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating my method of making the lens;
FIG 7. is a work station with computer, keyboard, printer and display screen for providing a set of instructions to the operator for making a predetermined lens in accordance with a computer program designed to operate the lens making apparatus of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a typical lens (bifocal) made in accordance with the invention;
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the lens of FIG. 8, taken along the section line 9--9 of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a graph of temperature versus pressure for a typical acrylic material used in a lens in accordance with the present invention; and
FIGS. 11A and 11B, and FIGS. 12A and 12B illustrate prior art compression molding systems.
Referring now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1-5, there is shown my novel method and apparatus for making prescription lens. As shown therein, a lens is made from a pair of predetermined molds (top 10 and bottom 12) having on their surfaces 14 and 16 the desired curves for the opposite sides of the finished lens 18. The lens 18 is preferably formed from a single, monolithic preform, pellet or slug (sphere) of plastic lens material 20, and preferably of a thermoplastic resin material, such as polymethyl/methacrylate, polycarbonates, polystyrenes, cellulose acetate, acrylic copolymers, thermoplastic polyesters, styrene acrylonitrile (SAN), and/or mixtures thereof. Suitable specific thermoplastic materials of such resins and their U.S. trademark names are for the polycarbonates, LEXAN and MAKROLON, respectively, made and sold by G.E. Plastics of Pittsfield Mass. and Mobay Corp. of Pittsburgh, Pa.; for the acrylics, PLEXIGLAS and ACRYCAL, respectively, made and sold by Rohm & Haas of Philadelphia, Pa. and Continental Polymers of Compton, Calif.; and for the cellulose acetate, TENITE made and sold by Eastman Chemicals Inc. of Kingsport, Tenn. The edging of the lens 18 may be suitably finished by special edging equipment and the finished lens may then, if desired, be suitably treated with one or more coatings, such as a scratch resistant coating and/or suitably tinted or dyed to produce prescription sunglasses. With the method and apparatus of the invention, the lens can be fabricated from other suitable lens materials, so long as the material is a thermoplastic in contrast to that of a thermosetting material. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bottom mold 12 is suitably secured to and seated on the lower mold support 22, whereas the upper mold 14 is suitably secured and seated with respect to the ram or piston 23, and they perform the compression molding and pressing of the slug/sphere or preform 20 of plastic material into the desired shaped lens formed by the two mold halves. Mold halves may be changed manually or suitably automatically, and one may position the preform on the bottom mold 12 when a lens, such as 30 (see FIG. 8) is to be fabricated.
The molds 10 and 12 have hollow cavities 11 and 13 and are suitably cooled, preferably by water entering inlets 15 and 17 and exiting outlets 15' and 17' after a lens is formed by the molds. Other cooling means, such as by flowing fresh air over the molds may be employed if desired although such means requires more time to cool the molds and lens to room temperature. Cooling of the molds whether by water or air is important as the lens 18 may not be released safely and clearly from the molds 12 and 14 without such cooling operation. In addition, the molds 10 and 12 are further heated by means of electric heating bands 19 and 21 wrapped about the molds 10 and 12 and are suitably connected electrically by means-of power cords or lines 23' and 25 to a suitable power source which is controlled by a computer program for operating the apparatus.
Lenses produced by the method and apparatus of the invention require no further finishing operations, other than an edge treatment to remove any flashing, and the application of one or more surface coatings, such as a hard surface coating, and or a tinting treatment.
In FIG. 7, there is shown a typical computer work station for use with the apparatus of the invention. With the use of conventional or predetermined mold parts for making a prescription lens with a standardized program of referencing corrective lenses and their various machine settings, as well as decentration or prism/wedge effect (movement of optical center from geometric center), on the apparatus of the invention, the user can select the desired slug/sphere or preform of given weight, and with the mold halves offset or located to achieve any desired decentration.
Thus, one can achieve the resulting ophthalmological lens output shown in the flow chart of FIG. 6 for just about any type of corrective lens, be it a bifocal, trifocal, or other type of corrective lens. The flow chart of FIG. 6 is self-explanatory and illustrates the various operative steps used in the method and apparatus of the invention.
The lenses are formed without any entrapped air bubbles due to the compression molding of the thermoplastic slug/sphere, and the lens fabricated can be immediately assembled (after an edge removal step) into a frame for the patient without the need to set up a return date so that the finished lens may be inserted in an eyeglass frame.
It is important with the method and apparatus of the invention to utilize a moldable thermoplastic material which can be heated and squeezed into the required shape. On average, a typical lens can be made by the method and apparatus of the invention in less than one-half to one hour.
It should be recognized that almost any type of lens can be fabricated by the method and apparatus of the invention, provided that prescription lens molds are in stock and form part of one's mold inventory. In this regard, the front and back molds form a set for any desired lens configuration or prescription as well as lens size, (i.e. 75 mm diameter). Generally, one would employ molds with diopter power increments of 0.25 (plus or minus) so that all prescriptions can be covered with the front and rear mold set configurations. The combinations of mold sets should cover substantially all standard or routine prescriptions, including multifocals, such as bifocal and trifocal, round, single vision, etc. (for example, bifocals have various base curves, with bifocal reading segments of different sizes and shapes, and many segment curves for the bifocal additions).
The molds may be made of highly tempered glass, or preferably, of metal. They contain curves of different radii ground and polished into their smooth optical surfaces. Both molds should be of the same material. In addition, the different curves or radii in a surface produce the corrective "power" to the finished lens formed by a mold set, (be it a bifocal or trifocal, etc.). The edges remain unfinished and must be trimmed or ground down to the lens diameter or size required to fit a frame. Also, the two molds are suitably spaced apart according to the edge thickness desired. There is no need for any type of gasketing means to stop any flow of material from slipping out from between the molds, as is required in casting of lens using well-known conventional processes.
The lenses made by the present invention are compression molded and suitable calibrating means which are well-known to those skilled in the art are used to form whatever decentration the lens is required to have along with the desired optical quality surfaces and powers prescribed. Once a lens is fabricated and removed from the apparatus of the invention, only the edge need be removed, and this can be done after tinting and/or a hardness coating is applied. With the method and apparatus of the invention, grinding and polishing of the optical surfaces is eliminated.
During the method of compression forming the lens, no air bubbles of any kind are formed in the lens. Any such lens would be defective if it included air bubbles. Heating is necessary to soften the pellet or slug (preform) and same is performed by the mold heating bands 19 and 21. The compression molding forms the lens without the formation of air bubbles in the lens.
Other suitable heating means may also be employed in the apparatus of the invention such as electrical coils or conduction heaters built into the molds as well as dielectrically pre-heating of the sphere and/or molds. Heating by convection and/or radiation does not work well, and would take considerably longer in time. Moreover, sensitivity in the controls would be more difficult to achieve.
The apparatus of the invention comprises a conventional type of computer program, embodying known software designed to specify by calculation and computation stock molds or sets of molds necessary to form a prescribed lens prescription which the user enters into the computer by keyboard or other input means. The output of the computer specifies in addition to the molds required, the temperature and pressure settings and/or cycles, preform size or weight of the pellet,preform or sphere, and if desired, the compression molding and cool down time periods. Accordingly, as will be understood by those skilled in the art, one may also manually meet the prescription requirements of the molds, slug/sphere weight or size, settings of the apparatus, etc. by predetermined calculations and using suitable charts showing the values required. Such information and/or data could then be alternatively manually entered into the molding apparatus along with the particular molds required, in lieu of an automatic setting, including suitable means for retrieving the specified molds and positioning and suitably securing them directly on the mold support (for the bottom mold) and on the ram or piston (for the top mold). Such an automatic arrangement is shown for convenience in the block diagram of FIG. 6 which is illustrative of the various steps involved in the process or method of the invention. The "weight" of the preform is a function of lens size thickness and prescription, whereas the pressure and heat required to mold the lens is primarily a function of the lens material. For example, the weight of a Plano lens (no correction needed) 65 mm in diameter and 0.175" thick is 15 grams so preform weight would be slightly larger to insure full mold coverage and adequate flash about the entire lens periphery (the flash serving to grip the lens for further treatment, such as coatings, tinting, prior to its removal).
A typical lens capable of being fabricated by the method and apparatus of the invention is shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. As illustrated therein, the lens 30 is comprised of areas 34 and 36. Area 34 is the major surface for distance viewing and minor surface 36 of the bifocal lens is formed to the curvature desired for near viewing or the reading portion of the lens.
Typically, for generally any given lens prescription, manual computations using industry prescribed charts or desirably computer program calculations can be specified for identifying what stock molds are to be retrieved from storage, and used to fabricate the lens prescription in the apparatus of the invention. In addition, preform weight and/or size is identified and the material may be suitably specified as well or simply chosen by the patient and/or his or her doctor, etc. Also, mold cycle time including temperature and pressure settings are specified for the compression molding of a lens, as well as the cool down cycle time.
In operation, the molds are initially checked for scratches or any other imperfections or faults, as they must be clean and exhibit highly polished surfaces and set-up in the apparatus. A preform or sphere of the lens material is then placed or positioned mechanically on the bottom mold. The sphere or other preform used must make preferably either a point or other "centerline" contact with the mold halves so as to ensure a compression flow path which eliminates air bubbles or pockets of air trapped in the finished lens. Such shaped preform as will be explained hereinafter ensures that there can be no entrapped gases or air in the compression molded lens. Then, "cold" pressure is applied to the sphere or preform until a predetermined value is reached. For example, when making a lens using an acrylic material, a total pressure of about 1000 pounds is employed on the mold. Thereafter, the molds are heated from room temperature to a predetermined temperature. In the case of an acrylic material, the preform or sphere begins to soften at 240� F. and at a maximum temperature of about 280� F. the preform is totally compressed out into a lens.
Note that prior to the compression molding, decentration (prism or wedge effect) required would then be made by suitable conventional means (not shown) which would move the optical center of the lens from the geometric center. Such known means either moves one mold axis with respect to the other mold axis or cocks one mold on a desired slight angle (slant or wedge) to achieve the same decentration effect.
As shown in FIG. 10, which represents a typical temperature-pressure graph of a lens material used in fabricating a lens employing the method and apparatus of the invention. As shown therein, once the cold pressure of 1000 total pounds is applied to the acrylic preform the molds are then heated up, and a pressure of 1000 total pounds is maintained until the sphere or preform begins to soften at which time the predetermined pressure value drops off due to softening of the thermoplastic lens material (sphere). The apparatus, however, is programmed to now maintain such predetermined pressure value and the temperature is increased further until the partially deformed sphere continues to deform again. This process is repeated on and off continually in a manner somewhat similar to an automatic temperature control in one's car or home, so that pressure is constantly maintained, but temperature is increased all along until finally the preform or sphere is compression molded into a lens formed between the top and bottom molds, at which time heating is stopped and the molds are cooled. Once the lens is formed and the molds are "closed" (although they may not physically touch or "kiss" each other), the pressure observed on a gauge (not shown) of the apparatus dramatically rises (to about 1100 pounds in the case of the acrylic material) at which time only the heating means is closed down or turned off. The molds are then suitably cooled by a flow of water to the mold cavities or air may be suitably blown over the molds by fan means. The pressure is maintained at all times to preclude shrinkage, and once the molds and lenses are sufficiently cooled so the molds can be parted or opened to enable access and removal of the lens, the cooling water is shut down. The compression molded lens once removed is ready for any coatings, tinting, etc. and a final edge removal operation which may be conventionally done by grinding. The finished lens is thereafter checked for optical characteristics and then can be mounted in an eyeglass frame.
FIGS. 11A and 11B and 12A and 12B are examples of prior art compression molding systems. As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, a powder, such as LEXAN 145-111, which is polycarbonate resin made and sold by General Electric is loaded into a walled cavity of a preheated, open mold (480� F. to 520� F.). The LEXAN 145-111 may also be preheated until it begins to show surfaces melting (about 500� F.). After loading the powder, the molding press with heated plunger closes the walled mold and forces the material to flow throughout the cavity. The mold is held closed under a low pressure for two to five minutes until complete fusion has occurred, and the pressure of approximately 1000 psi (total pressure is determined by the projected cross-sectional area of the molded part). Thereafter, the mold heating is turned off, and the mold is cooled to 275� F. or lower before opening, the mold and extracting the part. With mold parts of a cross-section greater than 1/4 inch, it is difficult to compression mold using a Lexan resin material as such parts usually require a long residence time in the mold at a high temperature with generally a resultant degradation of the polymer and darkening of the resin and a loss of properties. It should be noted that such powder form of resin, in order to ensure complete plasticization thereof, it is recommended to tamp and preheat, with tamping achieved on a press capable of high pressure, and preheating to the point where the tamped powder begins to soften and flow. Also, inasmuch as such powders have a high bulk factor of about 5.0 to 5.5, loading of the mold is critical and in order to ensure complete plasticization and adequate flashing, the loading may be accomplished by loading the powder in portions, alternately closing the mold as a tamp. If such powder is exposed to air, it must be predried at 250� F. for four to five hours before use. Even with such precautions, air bubbles can occur in the molded part. Such molded parts would of course be rejected and scrapped.
With the method and apparatus of the present invention, there is no air entrapped in the resin as a specific shaped monolithic preform is employed. Also, no walled mold is needed as the preform of the present invention is not liquified nor is the material plasticized. In fact, to do so would defeat the purpose of the invention and the material would shoot out from between the molds and/or cause air to start to become entrapped in the liquid mass. Bear in mind that melting and/or plasticizing of any resin material causes the melt which is under tremendous pressure to squirt and leak out of the molds. Such problems are ever present in such prior art system as it is very analogous to the conventional injection molding system of molding plastic parts.
In FIGS. 12A and 12B, a similar prior art mold set up is shown which employs reground plastic materials formed into pellets which are easier to handle than resin powders. However, such system likewise cannot be used in the practice of the invention as pellets almost always guarantees numerous voids and/or air pockets in any molded part made therefrom. Such a condition cannot be tolerated in the fabrication of lenses, particularly those used in prescription eyeglasses. Thus, with the present method and apparatus of the invention, there is no need for walls of any kind, or for gaskets or other forms of rings to contain the liquid or plasticized material in the molds.
From the foregoing, it can be seen that a method and apparatus for making lens is provided whereby prescriptive and/or design requirements for most, if not all, ophthalmic and other plastic multifocal lenses encountered in the field may be produced simply and inexpensively with exceptional precision and efficiency by the optometrist and/or ophthalmologist. This is attributable to the present novel system for producing lens from stock molds, and which system avoids the need for a high degree of technical knowledge and skill in the operation of the method and apparatus of the invention. It should also be appreciated that the method and/or apparatus of the invention may be applicable to other types of lenses, such as those used in scientific equipment or in other optical devices.
Thus, so long as the material for such lenses are thermoplastic and capable of compression molding without degradation, it would appear practicable to use the method and apparatus using special molds to fabricate such lenses by the method and apparatus of the invention.
The shape of the monolithic preform is important for a number of reasons. First and foremost of all, the preform should be of a shape which totally eliminates any chance of air bubbles becoming entrapped in the lens during the compression molding of same. In addition, the larger the "spread out" area of the preform one initially starts with, the faster the preform is molded into a lens as movement of the mass of material is less and the heat transfer is fastest through the shorter distances of a "spread out" preform. Such a preferred preform shape for use with the invention is double convex form of blank. Another preferred blank form is a hemisphere; and additionally a sphere may be employed in the practice of the invention, but this blank form requires maximum movement of the mass of material forming the preform and takes considerably longer in transferring the heat throughout the spherical shape of the preform. In contrast thereto, lens blanks used today with conventional processes of grinding the lens surfaces essentially all have a concave-convex form. Such a form could not be employed in the practice of the present invention as the concave shape lends itself to entrapping air in pockets as the lens is formed between the molds. Moreover, most prior art lens blanks are made of thermosetting materials which cannot be compression molded. Accordingly, with the novel method and apparatus of the invention, the preform or "Universal" preform is made of a thermoplastic material, and it must always have smaller radii than that of any concave molds used to made a lens with the compression system of the invention.
Although the present invention has been described in some detail by way of illustration and example for purposes of clarity and understanding, it will, of course, be understood that various changes and modifications may be made with the form, details, and arrangements of the parts without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
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I don't get what people don't understand about the article. I understood that perfectly.
I like how when devs do this to Nintendo, the majority never bats an eye; but everyone was clamoring and up in arms when Bayonetta 2 was a Wii U exclusive.
@Omarsonic9 lol. great post.
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@ryanator008 Well that's a bit insulting. Just because you play games on a tablet doesn't mean your mental capacity is any less than the next person.
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@Arcamenel Creativity, exploration, and survival are some of the reasons people like it.
I really like the link picture because it proves his tunic is not a small tiling picture, which could help greatly in texture hacking.
@unrandomsam Because I'm pretty sure the whole point of this is for tournaments and such, and the competitive community has been clamoring for wired controllers for smash. I'm really glad nintendo is listening to their fans.
@MuchoMochi (answer to #3) Because in case you want to play 'piano style', where you hold it up by the large handle side and press the buttons like a piano (or a arcade stick). It was actually really comfortable. It's just a shame that the micro-switches didn't last very long...
I'm looking forward to this. I'm not egg-static about it, but I'll stay hopeful for good reviews.
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@DerpSandwich So pretty much you're saying he should do more work for less money.
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@LUIGITORNADO Well, they're probably not focusing on the level design and the looks and all that yet. I'm sure they're just trying to get a working prototype.
@element187 Sorry, but I don't agree with that. I don't think an entire console is dedicated to one particular fanbase.
@CanisWolfred Yeah, that's true. Although, I'd say games like TF2 handle the F2P model nicely.
@DestinyMan Kapp'n isn't a frog. He's a kappa.
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@WiiLovePeace Just because you don't see any changes doesn't mean that there weren't any. There's still coding behind all the pretty stuff that can be improved.
@luigifan2000 I played and completed Galaxy 1 and 2, and I didn't vote for it.
I think I'm the only one in the world who isn't looking forward to the Galaxy stage. The gravity is going to make it hard to battle on.
@SetupDisk IKR? I main Falco and I can't play Fox or Wolf for the life of me. Especially Wolf.
Fox, Falco, and Wolf are very different on a competitive level.
@DestinyMan IKR? There's sooooo much stuff in Brawl you wouldn't see ordinarily, but Sakurai put it in there anyways. That guy's amazing.
@Dr_Corndog It wasn't the first for me, but it was one of. My first Sonic game was Sonic 2 on Game Gear.
@Kaze_Memaryu It's not really F-Zero style. You fly around in planes.
@goldenlander I think how a game plays is more important than how a game looks; however, I do think how a game looks is important, too.
@Royalblues What's wrong with the game being called "Mighty"?
@JogurtTheYogurt All right, hand me 10 lemons and I'll see if it's as bad as that. I enjoyed the video, but I enjoy eating lemons more, so it might not be an even comparison XD.
He's a magical pony, flying through the sky; On a magical journey, just for you and I.
If I had the money to donate, I would :/. I really hope this does well.
@RedRocBoy That would be really weird. After all, this is Guilty Gear.
"it seemed to be a kind of reaction to SmartGlass"
OK, Yeah. Nintendo is definitely 'reacting' to SmartGlass. Nintendo must be psychic because the SmartGlass was unveiled a year after the Wii U was.


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Fronce Wardlaw has helped bring more than $13 million in affordable housing to King George County--without asking for a dime of county funds.
The energetic 47-year-old directs Project FAITH, a nonprofit housing group that has been around for 10 years. Many times in the early days, Wardlaw sat in her kitchen with fellow founders Nadine Lucas and Phyllis Ashton and talked about plans.
At first, the three had one goal: to build a home for John Johnson, an elderly man who lost both legs and couldn't get into his trailer anymore. Lucas rallied the community for money and materials to build Johnson a handicapped-accessible home.
When the project faltered 18 months later, she asked Wardlaw to help finish it.
It wasn't the King George woman's first venture into real estate. When she wasn't working full time as a flight attendant, Wardlaw had been buying and selling homes since she was 22.
"I'm always thinking about what comes next," said the wife and mother of two.
What came next for the grass-roots group were affordable housing projects unrivaled in the Fredericksburg region, both in design and in number.
With state and federal grants, tax credits and loans from housing agencies, Project FAITH has built 56 units in its Angelwood complex and plans 32 more in the next phase, Angel Court.
With the six single units it added to Johnson's place, the group has provided 94 homes in King George County for low-income elderly and disabled residents.
Projects of that scope typically don't happen in rural areas, said Gary W. Parker, executive director of the Central Virginia Housing Coalition.
"Most of the time, you'll see them going to the big cities, like Hampton and Baltimore, where there's a lot of empty buildings that can be renovated," he said. "There are a few rural ones that have 15 or 20 units, but not toward the magnitude Fronce has done."
Wardlaw was so determined to provide homes for people who were in the same spot as Johnson that she signed for a loan to borrow $20,000 for a down payment on land. The group bought 40 acres just off State Route 3, near the courthouse and Smoot Library.
COUNTY DOESN'T FUND PROJECTProject FAITH Director Fronce Wardlaw reminds people that not all handicapped people are in wheelchairs.
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Bright Rwamirama, Honourable State Minister for Animal Industry, Uganda (left), and Modibo Traoré, FAO sub-regional coordinator for eastern Africa and representative to Ethiopia, the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, at the ILRI@40 conference in Nairobi, 1 Oct 2014 (photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu). Which matters most to Africa's agricultural development? Research … Continue reading
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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) recently brought together pig value chain actors in Masaka District to review and identify measures of preventing the spread of ASF. Continue reading
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Research on disease-resistant Napier grass forage for dairy cows is a joint collaboration between ILRI, KALRO and the national research institutes of Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda under the East African Productivity project. Continue reading
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What, or who, is a smallholder farmer? What is the ongoing retail revolution in developing countries all about? Are small-scale farmers involved? Two agricultural economists, Derek Baker, formerly of ILRI and now at the University of New England (UNE), in Australia, and Jo Cadilhon, of ILRI, help us think this through in a presentation they made at the GLOBALG.A.P. Summit in Abu Dhabi this week. Continue reading
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Flies are attracted to meat – especially pork. And they aren't the only ones to have this craving: Most people in Uganda really like pork – as is evidenced by Uganda's having the highest pork consumption per person of all East-African countries (FAO, 2011). This relationship spurred a research project in May 2014 run by the PhD candidate, Martin Heilmann, who is himself attracted to insects in general. Thus, our love story comes full circle. The project, which tries to assess the risk of flies as cross-contaminators, was developed by the Institute of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin (FUB), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health and the BMZ funded "Safe Food, Fair Food" project in Uganda which is led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). ...
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ILRI research on animal health and food safety featured at the 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture
Scientists from ILRI's Food Safety and Zoonoses program presented at the 6th All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture held in Nairobi, Kenya on 27-30 October 2014.
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The World Bank has proved an additional credit of $US75 million to improve the livelihoods and resilience of pastoralists in the Horn of Africa. The funds will help to strengthen the organizational capacity of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Continue reading
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African swine fever is one of the major constraints to the productivity of pig enterprises in Uganda. Research efforts to understand how the disease spreads has mostly focused on producers, but other actors in the pig value chain, especially traders, transporters and butchers also play a role in spreading the disease. Continue reading
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Update on ILRI Uganda national staff appointments August-October 2014. Continue reading
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Inspecting a pig's health in Busia, western Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Charlie Pye-Smith). 'Occurrence of African swine fever (ASF) was reported in almost half of the countries that make up the African continent in 2012. This transboundary animal disease (TAD) can have a powerful negative impact on a nation's economy and social structures. It causes major … Continue reading
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- Molecular epidemiology network for promotion and support of delivery of life vaccines against Theileria parva and Theileria annulata infection in Eastern and Northern Africa
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- More pork by and for the poor: Catalyzing emerging smallholder pig value chains in Uganda for food security and poverty reduction
- Uptake of Integrated Termite Management for rehabilitation of degraded rangeland in East Africa
- Catalysing the emerging smallholder pig value chains in Uganda to increase rural incomes and assets
- Safe Food, Fair Food 2: From capacity building to implementation
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text: Comments (147) + Add comment Comments (147) Featured « 1 2 » FlyingFoxy + 601d ago I personally like AMD GPU's, it's too bad they still have issues with Crossfire because 7870's in Xfire completely obliterate that overpriced card Titan and are quite a bit cheaper to buy both cards to boot. Hurry up and work on fixes for microstuttering already.. some of us actually WANT to own 2 GPU's even at 1080P to ensure over 60FPS constant, or better yet 120FPS more like it. #31 (Edited 601d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply NiteX + 601d ago I think Nvidia is more focused on PC, where AMD wants a piece of the console pie. I also wouldn't say Nvidia "couldn't" more like they wouldn't due to the questionable future of consoles. You never know the PS4 may flop. The casuals are taking over after all. Besides does Nvidia really need to rule over every hardware market? I don't think so. #32 Agree(0) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply mania89 601d ago | Spam kung-fu-grip + 601d ago Sony probably did Nvidia a favor. #34 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply smashcrashbash + 601d ago Yawn.It annoying how people drone on about Nvidia and AMD. One person had to get the contract and someone else had to walk away,Nvidia walked away for what ever reason whether it was because Sony thought their stuff was too expensive or they thought Sony wasn't offering enough money. What is the big deal? No matter who was left trolls, naysayers and haters would have something to say against it. Both companies probably have their pros and cons about their chips and Sony took one of them over the other.Why is this such a big deal? What are you trying to prove? That Sony is so poor that they had to turn to AMD? From what I have been hearing AMD is not exactly a bad choice or anything.Why are people jumping to Nvidia's side? Why couldn't it just be that they price their stuff too high and Sony refused to pay and it had nothing to do with quality? People are so hellbent on trying to prove the PS4 is no good.Why? Are you jealous that it was announced first or that your dumb theories about there isn't going to be a PS4 didn't come true.Why must everything be a fight? #35 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Ol_G + 601d ago Insulting AMD hardware would directly insult Nintendo and Micosoft's hardware they all use the same brand but Nvidia is known for building quality hardware but with a bit higher price. Sony wanted hardware for a certain price and Nvidia said no too low thats what they stated themselves the article is on the net if you google . It's not the other way around they didn't offer Sony hardware for a price they did a bid it was too low and they probably didn't wanna/couldn't go any higher. I think thats why everyone keeps bringing it up nevertheless it's pointless Nvidia isn't supporting any console this generation so they have nothing to say anymore #35.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Ol_G + 601d ago funny to hear this while at first the news was that nvidia wasn't willing to deliver for the price they offered now amd says they didn't look at nvidia and went straight to them looks like one of them is lying and seeing ps3 used nvidia i dont think they wouldn't ask them to do business #36 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply smashcrashbash + 601d ago Or Sony didn't look at Nvidia at all and they said that they refused the offer to save face. I doubt Nvidia would tell everyone that they got passed over completely #36.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Ol_G + 601d ago yeah i honestly don't believe that Nvidia makes what arguably are the best videocards and Sony always wants the best but that comes with a price and i think they expected to get a better deal but didn't get it . Why would Nvidia try to save face if this isn't putting them in a worse state in any way if there's anyone trying to save face its AMD who seems like a second choice now #36.1.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report Forklift + 601d ago Sony Defense Force: Assemble! #37 Agree(4) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply Soldierone + 601d ago I used to be a big NVidia supporter till all this started. Back when I was a PC gamer I always used AMD, but it was due to it being cheaper for me. I always "preferred" NVidia till lately. AMD out pacing them and then NVidia throwing a fit made me lose interest in them almost entirely.... Honestly, Sony didn't pick you, get over it.... you can't sit there and literally call two companies crap and not expect them to retaliate.... you put the ball in AMD's court, and they chucked it back at your face. lmao #38 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply FlyingFoxy + 601d ago AMD have good cards for the money, their Xfire and dual card solutions leave a lot to be desired. Microstuttering is a big problem, i don't know why AMD won't fix it because it would put sales of cards through the roof and put them in a better position than Nvidia for price & speed. The obvious answer is greed, apparently you can have 3 cards run together and it minimizes microsutter issues.. so maybe they are thinking why should be fix it when we can force people to buy 3 cards or a dual card and 1 single card.? or not, who knows.. but it's been an issue since Sli & Xfire have existed, all these years and STILL no solution. What a joke. #38.1 (Edited 601d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Soldierone + 601d ago I believe the Xfire cards are the ones I used when I did PC gaming. They were rather nice to use. #38.1.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report Modestmex + 601d ago Nvidia for life!! #39 Agree(2) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Rageanitus + 601d ago once again console fanboys are soooooo one sided. If we look for the past 4 -5 years NVIDIA combined with Intel chips are far superior than what AMD has to offer. Just look at all the benchmarks follks. But it is true tat AMD offered a cheaper solution and a decent perfomance because they make both processors and video cards. Having said that its funny how all the praise is going towards AMD..... ppl have to realize that POWERFUL gpu's and CPU's still require alot of space for cooling. Hence the console version is based off a laptop derivative of the gpu and CPU. #40 Agree(2) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply smashcrashbash + 601d ago What is really funny is watching people rage about the PS4 because it is getting so much attention and developers like it.First it was 'There will never be a PS4' then 'PS4 is only a rumor' and then 'PS4 doesn't actually exist.And now that you can't use those anymore now it is nitpicking every detail about it.Next will be attacking the launch games and the sales, oh wait no I forgot attacking the price no matter how reasonable it sounds.Gamers are funny.It's fun to see them foam at the mouth hoping and praying they will be right and the PS4 will suck now that it exists.And people say Nintendo gets the most hate.Sony would have gotten hate no matter who they choose.Nvidia didn't work for them to well so they are going with someone else this time and poor gamers are taking it personally and wailing.'Why didn't you chose Nvidia oh why.Don't you know that is the chip I love.Sony you evil demons.How dare you! Nvidia is superior'. Yawn.Boring.Can we just play some games now? #41 (Edited 601d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply profgerbik + 601d ago "There will never be a PS4' then 'PS4 is only a rumor' and then 'PS4 doesn't actually exist" My entire time on this site I have never once heard anyone ever say this. #41.1 (Edited 601d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply smashcrashbash + 601d ago You don't come to N4G much at all do you.One person in particular greenpowerz was trying as hard as he could to convince people that the PS4 didn't actually exist.And others were convinced that Sony was in such bad financial trouble that they would never make a PS4 and would be bankrupt long before that.You really don't know much about the nonsense people say on this site. I am not even sure why I still both to comment on it. N4G is about 75% only with a few people holding it together.The hate for the PS4 has already started and it hasn't even been announced properly. #41.1.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report profgerbik + 601d ago "Devs, he said, will be able to push the console's capabilities beyond a traditional x86 PC architecture, and multithreading - being able to take advantage of all eight cores - is going "to become a huge deal for a lot of the big blockbuster games." See that is some next generation talk right there. That is what I like to hear, that is exactly what defines a new generation of gaming to me, not a new generation of consoles.. I love Nvidia but what they have been doing, they should be ashamed of. If you have faith that your products are truly the best, there is literally no reason to ever bring it up or compare with others because you know your devices speak for themselves. #42 (Edited 601d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply sdlkjoijsdfg 601d ago | Spam TBONEJF + 601d ago Why are we still talking bout NVIDIA btchin bout how expensive the PS4 costing them too much money? THey have their PROJECT SHIELD handheld console. GET OVER IT WHINNERS #44 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply ATi_Elite + 600d ago Nvidia will have the last laughSo much is being made about Nvidia not being in Next Gen consoles but what people FAIL to realize is NVIDIA makes a ton of cash selling Tegra chips that AMD who is so far behind Intel in the CPU department and Intel/Nvidia/Qualcomm in the mobile department that it HAD NO CHOICE but to be the sole chip maker for Next Gen consoles or operate in the RED again. Nvidia will sell 3 Tegra chips for every Next Gen console sold cause Cell phones and Mobile devices sell way more than consoles. Nvidia just doesn't care and YES Nvidia is cocky cause they see the consoles as just welfare for AMD who just can't compete with Intel/Nvidia/Qualcomm unless it's GPU related. Besides Nvidia has the GRID and a whole host of other things going on. So yeh expect Nvidia to downplay anything AMD related cause........... Nvidia is MAD that AMD HD 7000 beat the crap outta GTX600 series #45 (Edited 600d ago ) | Agree(2) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply forum67 + 600d ago I am Batman ! #46 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply taquito + 600d ago amd definately offers super cheap, crappy hardware nvidia saw no profit in! hey amd.....why is your stock six times lower than nvidias if you are capable of delivering "what nvidia couldn't"? http://finance.yahoo.com/q?... http://finance.yahoo.com/q?... why is nvidia STOMPING you into the ground?? why are your best 2012 cpu's still behind intel cpu's from 2010 because you are a second tier tech company with garbage drivers and inferior products no wonder your sucking from the console teat......your right where you belong! #47 (Edited 600d ago ) | Agree(2) | Disagree(5) | Report | Reply annus + 600d ago Pretty much this. AMD have always been the cheaper version for hardware. Saying that Nvidia couldn't make the tech is just ridiculous. Maybe they should look over the Nvidia Titan again before they talk crap, but I guess that's just how you play the market, and AMD are clearly trying to go the route of console praise. #47.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Metfanant + 600d ago except you (and all the nvidia/pc nuthuggers) have misunderstood the entire quote... he didn't say nvidia flat out could not make the tech...what he said was that AMD has provided Sony with something nvidia could not...right now... does nvidia currently manufacture a low power consumption, low heat cpu/gpu on a single die with the capabilities of pumping out next gen graphics and keeping costs relatively low?... NO they do not...meaning AMD has provided Sony with something nvidia CAN'T... sure nvidia manufactures titan...which costs $1000...but is titan a low heat, low power cpu/gpu combo that fits Sony's hardware design, while keeping costs down??...NOPE! it SHOULD be more powerful than a console GPU...considering said console will probably cost in the ~$500 range as a complete unit... AMD is not arguing that fact...they are simply giving you the truth...Sony was looking for something that nvidia simply does not produce... this is not rocket science people...there is so much nuthugging on both sides of this argument its incredible...so much so that basic reading comprehension has become impossible.. #47.1.1 (Edited 600d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report newgroundsguru + 600d ago Its going to be a power house! #48 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply smashcrashbash + 600d ago @ Metfanant. You can't blame some of them.The bitterness over Sony's PS4 has many people here jumping at every single article about it.The mere mention that the PS4 has any merit by anyone sends PC and Microsoft fanboys into spasms. It's pitiful. #49 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Silly gameAr + 600d ago Never did care what Nvidia or their fanboys said. I'm just waiting for the PS4 to drop. #50 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Ulf + 600d ago Here's my take: AMD wanted a way to produce enough chips to justify a transition to 20nm fab tech, so they could compete with Intel. Hence, they made a sweet deal with Sony, and maybe other folks, where they don't profit much in the beginning, assuming that 20nm tech will bring them into the black, down the road. nVidia, OTOH, since they do not also have a stake in the CPU market (outside of mobile) like AMD does, or own part of a chip fab company which is looking to move to 20nm tech like AMD does, perhaps is looking more towards profit from the get-go. They said no. IMO, AMD made the right decision. nVidia... I dunno. I guess they made a decent decision for themselves. It won't hurt them to wait for 20nm tech to become cheaper, but then... well they lose out on the console market for the whole gen. I guess they are hoping Ouya (Tegra 3) really takes off? #51 (Edited 600d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply « 1 2 » Add comment You need to be registered to add comments. Register here or login Username Password Remember Rules & guidelines Login