Almost 25 years ago, when Joshua Silver was a professor at Oxford University, he formulated an idea to bring eye glasses to disadvantaged populations by eliminating the necessity of an optician. Today, his invention is being worn in more than 10 countries, including African villages. Soon, the poor of India also will be sporting Silver’s [...]
Publication date: 2009-03-27
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Joshua Silver
Almost 25 years ago, when Joshua Silver was a professor at Oxford University, he formulated an idea to bring eye glasses to disadvantaged populations by eliminating the necessity of an optician. Today, his invention is being worn in more than 10 countries, including African villages. Soon, the poor of India also will be sporting Silver’s [...]
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Keychain dongle allows for emergency tracheotomies
In the beautiful German love film The Princess and the Warrior, the heroine, Sissi, is hit by a truck. Her throat crushed, she can neither speak nor breathe when a mysterious benefactor, who accidentally caused the truck to crash into her to begin with, crawls under the truck under which she’s trapped and uses a [...]
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Fingerprint door lock adds remote for extremely lazy homeowners
After some major shopping, trying to unlock your front door with your arms full can be a tricky task at best. If you are like me, most times you end up dropping your door keys to the ground along with a few expletives to boot. Now if I had this door lock, I would not need to worry [...]
Publication date: 2009-03-27
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