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Smart Sunglasses
"Many readers have submitted this story of chemists at the University of Washington who have made glasses with lenses that can be transparent or dark, in shades of yellow, green, or purple, all at the push of a button. The glasses will let the wearer instantly change the color of their lenses to virtually any hue by tuning a tiny electronic knob in the frame."
Peril sensitive? Zaphod needs 2 pairs.
What is this, 60's Star Trek? I want it to respond to my thoughts or at least memorize my preferences somehow. Buttons and Knobs. Really.
Button-pushing is for weenies. Glasses that go black all by themselves at the first sign of danger--that's where it's at!
But I'd rather have contact lens that change colors everytime I blink. It'd look really cool, but it'd probably be real distracting to people and retnal scans.
Demented But Determined.
The only truly smart sunglasses will be able to skitter off of my seat before I sit down on them. That, and when to fold in poker.
Knowing Google's lust for data collection, the Soviet Union is still alive and well inside the psyche of Sergey Brin....
I want mirrored contacts. When somebody takes a flash photo of me it'll look like my head is exploding. Don't ask why I want that, I just... do.
You should try wearing a larger pair of horizontally polarized sunglasses on top of a normal pair of vertically polarized sunglasses. That will accomplish your goal of not seeing any reflected light.