Reasons Why Science Is Awesomesauce, #364

Dec 30, 2008 15:57

Somewhere between Shiney Things and Science! lives this guy:

Professor pioneers DIY adjustable glasses that do not need an optician:

[Josh] Silver has devised a pair of glasses which rely on the principle that the fatter a lens the more powerful it becomes. Inside the device's tough plastic lenses are two clear circular sacs filled with fluid, each of which is connected to a small syringe attached to either arm of the spectacles.

The wearer adjusts a dial on the syringe to add or reduce amount of fluid in the membrane, thus changing the power of the lens. When the wearer is happy with the strength of each lens the membrane is sealed by twisting a small screw, and the syringes removed. The principle is so simple, the team has discovered, that with very little guidance people are perfectly capable of creating glasses to their own prescription.

...his goal is to distribute these (with a target cost of about $1 each) to a billion of the world's poorest people by 2020. Damn, I love people. :)

shiney thing, science

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