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The iCare : “Glasses for the Blind”

lucafiorini — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:25:45 +0000

Researchers at Arizona State and Wright State Universities are working on a new computerized sight-assistant system for the blind called the iCare that consists of cameras mounted to glasses and a laptop stuffed in a backpack (which we’re sure blind people are going to be stoked to lug around with them all day). The iCare, which can help a blind person read, search the web, recognize friends and family, and move throughout rooms, works by transforming images into words and can answer questions like “What the hell is that?” or describe the scene in one continuous long monologue (sounds like some people we know). It comes with a couple of specialized applications, the iCare-Reader, which translates texts into words, and the iCare-Assitant, which uses software to verbalize university course content. Another application destined for misuse is the iCare-Human Recognizer which has “a high probability” of recognizing people in a database — though it can only really do so when the subject is utterly still and has replicated the exact position and lighting of the picture of them in its database. The final component is the iCare-SceneAnalyzer which can describes the user’s surroundings in words, making it possible )(at least in theory) to walk around with ease. Sounds a bit like a seeing side kick.

Sunglasses to find Golf Balls

lucafiorini — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:12:04 +0000

August 18, 2005 Lost golf balls are the bane of a golfer’s existence we’re not sure which is worse – waiting for the group in front to find their golf ball or losing one yourself. Over the years there has been countless technological endeavour directed at the problem – how to find a lost golf ball> Now there’s a simple, cost-efficient and elegant solution. Visiball “Golf Ball Finder” glasses work by blocking out various coloured light waves while allowing the white light wave of the golf balls to pass. The special lenses are claimed to make the lost ball almost appear to glow, making it easy to locate and resume play quickly. Pretty simple really – we’ve got a set of the glasses winging their way to us at present so we’ll send our kick-arse golfer Noel out to lose a few golf balls – stay tuned!

If you need more information visit http://www.visiball.com/

“Skydiving Glasses”

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:21:47 +0000

Also skydivers
like swimmers, skiers and cyclists
need to wear protective glasses not to damage their eyes during the fall.

This kind of protective glasses is different from the others.
In fact it’s really light and sticks to the face of the skydivers
not allowing the air to get into the glasses and reach the eyes.

“Cycling glasses”

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:11:58 +0000

..Also cyclists can reach a very high speed practising their sport..

For this simple reason the need to wear glasses to protect their eyes !!

Here a cyclist during a cycling competition !!

“Swimming glasses”

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:04:58 +0000

..Obviously the uman being doesn’t have the possibility to see underwater to the naked-eye..

So, one day, someone invented a special pair of glasses that called “swim glasses“.

There are a lot of models, here I present you the typical one.

..In the picture a US athlet during the Olympic Games..

“Skiing protective glasses”

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:47:20 +0000

They have resistant and unbreakable lenses that can stand very low temperatures

Here some features:


	Unique single lens design for increased visual
	performance and easier cleaning
	No trapped air between lenses as in other double
	lens goggles
	Flexible polyvinyl frame for maximum comfort
	Foam covered vents to control fogging

	UVA and UVB protection

“The importance of Sports Eyewear”

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:28:21 +0000

Have you ever thought about the importance to protect your eyes while practising sports??

…This kind of problem concerns, above all, skiing and swimming…

It’s impossible to practice these disciplines without wearing protective glasses !

..In the next posts you’ll find some example of specific protective glasses suitable for sports..

“Head Sculpture” : Simon Stringer

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:11:44 +0000

…Simon Stringer is a modern sculptur of London…
I’ve found an example of “sunglasses in the sculpture” also in his works..

“Sculpture and Glasses”: “Dias Blancos”

lucafiorini — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:57:48 +0000

…We can find glasses also in the sculpture world…

… Here some example …

In this picture we can see the Dutch curator Susanne Van Hagen
standing under the sculpture of Suzy Gomez “Dias Blancos”, along the citadel’s remparts
during the ART’FAB international exhibition dedicated to European women.

Alex Katz : other works

lucafiorini — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:40:59 +0000

Alex Katz is famous for his Realism..

Glasses and Sunglasses help him in his mission

Alex Katz, 1970

Alex Katz, 1990