Monday, October 3, 2011

Low-tech solutions change the world

The New York Times has an excellent section Small Fixes: Low cost innovations that can save thousands of lives. One example are Liquid Lens, self-adjustable eyeglasses, developed by Joshua Silver, a physicist at Oxford.
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  1. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    I'm skeptical. I can't find them on eBay. If they're that cheap, I'd like to play around with them (though I have astigmatism). A good pair of glasses usually costs me $50.

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