Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:00 PDT Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110625/10375914858/dailydirt-2020-sight-sore-eyes.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110625/10375914858/dailydirt-2020-sight-sore-eyes.shtml

In the 1800s, the latest in contact lens technology was a piece of glass that stuck to your eye and blocked out the oxygen exchange to the cornea. Air permeable hydrogel polymers are much more comfortable. [url]

Myopia is correlated with children who go outside for less than an hour per day and stay indoors with artificial lights? Say it slowly: correlation is not the same as causation... And are there a lot of myopic pets now, too? [url]

Act now -- you can perform LASIK at home on yourself in just four easy steps. That third step is really hard, actually. [url]

To find more interesting stuff on health-related topics, check out what's currently in the StumbleUpon archives. [url]  

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