Smart specs which help the blind see could be available next year
The hi-tech spectacles have been invented by a scientist at Oxford University and could be available as soon as next year.
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scientist who invented glasses that help blind to ‘see’ wins £50,000 award
A scientist who has invented a pair of intelligent spectacles that can help the blind to “see” with simple visual images and descriptions of nearby signs and objects has won a major scientific prize.    
Source: The Independent - Science - October 31, 2013 Category: Science Tags: News Source Type: news

Hidden health risk in reading glasses: Cheap spectacles can strain the eyes and make you feel dizzy
A survey by consumer group Which? asked an optometrist to assess 18 pairs of ready-made glasses from high street chains.
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Johnny Depp and I see the world through blue-tinted spectacles
Tinted lenses treat 'visual stress' syndrome, which causes eye pain, says Jake Wallis Simons    
Source: Telegraph Health - September 30, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Four eyes good for David Cameron
Telegraph View: The Prime Minister has nothing to be embarrassed about in wearing spectacles in the Commons    
Source: Telegraph Health - September 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Birdbooker Report 278 | @GrrlScientist
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this week's report features five titles, including an art book, Britain's freshwater fishes and one Briton's search for the goshawk; all of which were recently published in North America and the UK.Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a weekly report that has been published online for years, listing the wide variety of nature, natural history, eco...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 14, 2013 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Books Science Source Type: news

Contact lens gives telescopic vision
Researchers have created contact lenses that, when paired with special spectacles, bestow telescopic vision on their wearers.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Affairs of State? Why Powerful Women Don't Cheat
Women in politics don't cheat. Or if they do, they don't get caught nearly as often as men and they almost never make public spectacles of themselves for very public adultery—or sexting.read more
Source: Psychology Today Sex Center - June 21, 2013 Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Pamela Cytrynbaum Tags: Gender Relationships Sex adultery Anthony Weiner candice miller cheating men congressman anthony weiner distinct sense female counterparts female politician gay stolberg google google searches marital affairs men are pigs m Source Type: news

Bionic eye promises vision for the blind
Monash University is preparing to launch technology that should allow blind users to make out objects and other peopleWorld-leading technology that could help restore vision to a large number of Australia's 45,000 blind people is set to emerge from a Melbourne university.The Monash Vision system, developed by a team of 60 at Monash University, allows blind users to make out objects and other people with the aid of a brain implant that connects wirelessly to a camera which can be housed in a pair of glasses or even on the end of the user's finger.The camera captures and sends images via a digital processor to a chip implant...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Oliver Milman Tags: News guardian.co.uk Medical research Technology Australia Science World news Source Type: news

Seeing stars: the astonishing art of space photography
A new display at London's National Maritime Museum makes Time Lords of us all – without us having to leave the groundThis is the age when we crossed the final frontier. This is the moment when human beings became part of the universe. There may never be a better time in the history of space exploration.Visions of the Universe, an exhibition opening this week at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich just down the hill from the Royal Observatory, brings together the images that have changed our relationship with the stars and other cosmic objects. In the past two decades, a new kind of ultra-clear, colourful, aesthetic...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 3, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Jonathan Jones Tags: Blogposts Photography Museums Nasa Culture guardian.co.uk Art and design Exhibitions Hubble space telescope Science Source Type: news

Plantwatch: The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods
A great blue wave has spread across the country in one of our greatest natural spectacles, as carpets of bluebells have come into flower. But the bluebells were some four or five weeks later this spring than last year, and the cold spring made their appearance more patchy than usual. Britain has around half the world's population of bluebells, and they are also a truly national plant, growing from Land's End to the northern tip of Scotland. They are most at home in ancient woodlands, and in Tudor times their bulbs were made into a starchy glue used for binding books and stiffening ruffs.The native bluebell flower is a rich...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 24, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Paul Simons Tags: The Guardian Features Plants Environment Science Source Type: news

Firearms research: The gun fighter - Wadman M.
With his crisp blue suit and wire-framed spectacles, Garen Wintemute hardly looked frightening as he stepped to the podium last month to address a conference on paediatric emergency medicine in San Francisco, California. But his presence there made the ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news

'Dark lightning': the unseen energy of thunderstorms
This article appeared in Guardian Weekly, which incorporates material from the Washington PostMeteorologyParticle physicsSpaceIvan Amatoguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds    
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Ivan Amato Tags: Meteorology Particle physics Features Guardian Weekly Science Space Source Type: news

How Not To Murder Your Grumpy – a giveaway and interview with Carol Wyer
How could you fail to be intrigued with a title like ‘How Not To Murder Your Grumpy’ – almost impossible isn’t it? This weeks Thursday Throng author interview guest is Carol Wyer, the author of the aforementioned book and a further three including the wonderfully titled ‘Surfing in Stiletto’s‘. As you might imagine from just these two books, Carol has a quirky sense of humour that does justice to the topics she approaches. One lucky person is also going to win a free signed copy of How Not To Murder Your Grumpy too – just leave a comment at the end of the interview to be in w...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 18, 2013 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Interviews author interview free book self help books Source Type: news

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