Spectacles versus Eyeglasses

Coloured Spectacles

Genes, Eyeglasses, and Social Policy

Someone reading empirical research relating human genetics to personal outcomes must be careful to distinguish two types of work. An old literature on heritability decomposes cross-sectional variation in observed outcomes into unobservable genetic and environmental components. A new literature measures specific genes and use them as observed covariates when predicting outcomes. Manski discusses...

WISEglass: Smart eyeglasses recognising context

We investigated how regular eyeglasses could be extended with multi-modal sensing and processing functions to support context-awareness applications. Our aim was to leverage eyeglasses as a platform for acquiring and processing context information according to the wearer’s needs. The WISEglass architecture consists of inertial motion, environmental light, and pulse sensors, processing and wirel...

Early prints depicting eyeglasses.

Much of the history of eyeglasses has been gleaned from studies of paintings and prints that illustrate them. A few prints from the first century of printing include spectacles and are reproduced in this article. In addition to showing their form and method of use, these prints also illustrate their symbolic value.

Infection risk from surgeons' eyeglasses.

PURPOSE To assess bacterial contamination of 20 eyeglasses from surgeons. METHODS 40 samples were taken from the nose pad (n=20) and earpiece (n=20) of 20 eyeglasses from orthopaedic surgeons using a sterile swab stick soaked in sterile distilled water. Swabs were incubated and inoculated onto 3 plates: Staphylococcus/Streptococcus agar plate, Mannitol salt plate, and Chromogenic agar plate. ...