At Josh Karton's place.
Tony failed moments afterward...
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
new apple products
If apple introduces new apple products with wireless, I really hope they use 802.11a.
The b/g band is so overcrowded, it would be near impossible to get high bandwidth data through with any assurance of no dropouts.
And since only the intel macs support 802.11a, there's a clearly defined upgrade path for supported configurations.
The b/g band is so overcrowded, it would be near impossible to get high bandwidth data through with any assurance of no dropouts.
And since only the intel macs support 802.11a, there's a clearly defined upgrade path for supported configurations.
Glasses are dumb.
So I was thinking about glasses this morning, technology that hasn't changed in several hundred years, and I thought... why hasn't somebody updated these?
Leaving contacts and eye surgery aside, lenses made of relatively high refractive index solids, ground to a static lens shape... Can't we do better?
A simple google of refractive indexes tells me that polycarbonate lenses top out at about 1.63 (ok, they go higher, but that's roughly what I'm seeing.)
In contrast non toxic high refractive liquids seem to top out at the same place...
So, why not put a highly refractive liquid sealed between two thin durable flexible discs, and then have a ring surrounding it apply pressure to adjust the lens shape, the ring could even have a clicky locky thing on it.
And presto, an adjustable eyeglass lens, and no more going to the eyeglass store to get a new prescription...
Ok, maybe frames.
Leaving contacts and eye surgery aside, lenses made of relatively high refractive index solids, ground to a static lens shape... Can't we do better?
A simple google of refractive indexes tells me that polycarbonate lenses top out at about 1.63 (ok, they go higher, but that's roughly what I'm seeing.)
In contrast non toxic high refractive liquids seem to top out at the same place...
So, why not put a highly refractive liquid sealed between two thin durable flexible discs, and then have a ring surrounding it apply pressure to adjust the lens shape, the ring could even have a clicky locky thing on it.
And presto, an adjustable eyeglass lens, and no more going to the eyeglass store to get a new prescription...
Ok, maybe frames.
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