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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."
This is why they call them "Smart" sunglasses - it's relative to their wearers.
i frequently use polarized glasses to examine lcd screens for defects; it would be nice to change the angle of polarization without having to tilt my head at odd angles. also, when i change the angle, i can see through many different reflections.
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!
Only yellow, green, or purple? No rose colored glasses?
I wouldn't have been able to resist the temptation to add it, myself... assuming it was possible.
I would buy these in an instant! I commute on a motorcycle and often times I leave in the morning. Unless it's cloudy i have to put on my sunglasses before the sun is even up. Then I ride north with darkened vision. But I have no choice because later I have to ride into the sun as it's rising. Impossible to safely do without the shades. Wearing a helmet, even with a flip up face-mask, it takes too long (and again, is unsafe) to fumble with putting on shades while on the bike. With these, I could easily turn a knob while at a traffic light. I just hope they put the knob where I can get to with with the helmet on, and while wearing gloves. Hell if they just made helmet visors that'd be even better!
If you can they might compete with psychedelic drugs.
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism
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.
There we go, on top.
With glasses like those, you can be the hit of every nerd party, I can hardly wait.
No. Wait till your drawers magically change color and post a dupe.
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism
These will be great for when I'm driving my flying car.
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
Aren't there yellow glasses for people with bad night vision that reduce glare? They're _supposed_ to be worn at night for safety reasons and I think from TFA, these glasses also go yellow. If the shade of yellow is right, people could use the same pair for day and night driving, which is pretty cool.
By the way, people who drive with sunglasses at night are not assholes, they are dickheads. There's a subtle distinction.
I don't therefore I'm not.
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.
I've got red-green colorblindness (green traffic lights look white, reds look darker than other colors, brown looks like both green and red, etc.). Will this help people like me in any way?
Really cool glasses do it without being told. Like mine have for the last 40 years.
Only one colour , true, but "look ma , no hands".
Berkeley did similar work back in the 70-ies. Letting people see all kinds of colors. While hacking BSD.
I hadn't the slightest objection to his spending his time planning massacres for the bourgeoisie... (P.G. Wodehouse)
With inventions like this, does anyone wonder why the world is dying of pollution? Do we really need electricity running our sunglasses, simply for the dubious pleasure of changing the color a few times before getting bored with it?
ResidntGeek
Aren't there yellow glasses for people with bad night vision that reduce glare?
Yup. I've got a pair of those. AFAIK my night vision is okay, but headlight glare annoys me; driving with these glasses is a lot less tiring. I also use them during dusk/dawn and in bad weather: they decrease contrast, making dark areas more visible.
W00t, we have sunglasses that _can_ turn dark in case of extreme danger.
Earth is a beta site.
Electrochromics have been figured out for a long time. You can already buy rear view mirrors for cars and a motorcycle helmet with an electrochromic visor has been around since 2003. Nothing to see here.
...designed for adventurers. The lenses turn blue when orcs are near.
sudo eat my shorts
You should try wearing a larger pair of horizontally polarized sunglasses on top of a normal pair of vertically polarized sunglasses.
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Interesting. I ride motorcycles and always wear a full-face helmet. One of the problems I have is that in the morning, the sunlight can be incredibly bright, so I like to wear a reflective shield, which acts like sunglasses. The problem, of course, is that in the evening, it makes it difficult to see (it's almost impossible to ride with a reflective shield at night). This is also true at high noon on country roads where the trees create shadows on the road. I'll have to check into a shield with a yellow tint.
By the way, I wear ski goggles with a yellow tint and everything looks really weird when I take them off after having them on all day!
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