SCENE + HEARD: Discover High Tech Driving Vision: Then and Now By Staff Tuesday, September 11, 2018 1:24 PM Ask someone today about high tech eyewear, and they will probably mention Google Glass. But do they know that 100 years ago, the most high tech eyewear was goggle glasses? Or that the emergence of the auto had as much impact on eyewear as the invention of the computer—and is still changing it today? The rise of the automobile altered almost every aspect of American life. The first generation of motorists enjoyed new freedoms unknown to their parents, but perhaps the strangest story of all is how the auto changed eyewear—and how, in turn vision needs changed the automobile. Read More.