18 August 1949 – 21 June 2021 Peter Heinrich was born 18 August 1949 in Johannesburg, the second son to a German father and a Polish mother. He finished his schooling at Pretoria Boys High and did nine months military service in Bloemfontein. He then......
IN BRIEF Chinese police officers were spotted wearing surveillance sunglasses equipped with facial recognition software that helps them identify potential criminals. You’ve probably heard of Transitions lenses that can adapt to changing light conditions. Now, get ready for facial recognition lenses. Police officers in Zhengzhou, China have been spotted wearing......
IN BRIEF Researchers have developed a smart contact lens that can monitor glucose levels through tears. The soft, flexible lens could eventually be modified to monitor other biomarkers, deliver drugs, or improve the virtual/augmented reality experience. “SMART” LENSES The concept of a smart contact lens isn’t......
On Sunday, 27 January 2013, a new world record was set with the most HSA scuba divers living with disabilities all submersing together. The HSA scuba divers disabilities ranged from muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, locked in syndrome, visual and hearing impaired, quadriplegics, paraplegics and spina......
Vision of the future: The bionic eye that could help millions of blind to see again after woman had partial sight restored in pioneering tests...
They have the technology, and now scientists in the U.K. have given sight to the blind using bionic eyes....
Google Glass (styled as “Google GLΛSS”) is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project, with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer....