I went to EssilorLuxottica's Paris facilities to learn how the digital age is reshaping eyes and redefining eyewear. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Restaurants are surprisingly good age tests. When the menu lands, do you squint at the tiny fonts, tilt the page toward some inadequate candle, or blast it with your phone flashlight just to read it? Do you ask a friend to tell you the options because you refuse to wear the readers you know, in your heart, you probably need? And when did restaurants get so loud?

We present a prediction framework for ordinal models: we introduce optimal predictions using loss functions and give the explicit form of the Least-Absolute-Deviation prediction for these models. Then, we reformulate an ordinal model with functional covariates to a classic ordinal model with multiple scalar covariates. We illustrate all the proposed methods and try to apply these to a dataset collected by EssilorLuxottica for the development of a control algorithm for the shade of connected glasses.

The annual CES convention in Las Vegas has a reputation for showcasing the wildest gear that the tech industry has to offer. Wandering the floor of the consumer electronics show can be overwhelming and entertaining, as small scrappy startups display their products alongside the established tech giants. But we've kept an eye on some of the coolest and strangest technology products on display at the show. WeHead's AI head is made up of several screens. I tried speaking with the WeHead device, but it kept calling me'bro.'