Everyday Inventions
Saul Griffith offers a glimpse into the future with this compelling overview of his works-in-progress and materials-in-progress. The award-winning inventor shares the inspiration (a droplet of water) behind his low-cost prescription lenses, produced by a machine the size of an inkjet printer. Other projects include Howtoons and Instructables (comics that show how to build things and understand things), “smart” rope that can tell how much it’s carrying, and a house-sized kite for towing boats.
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About Saul Griffith:
Innovator and inventor Saul Griffith has a uniquely open approach to problem solving. Whether he’s devising a way to slash the cost of prescription eyeglasses or teaching science through cartoons, Griffith makes things and then shares his ideas with the world.
A proponent of open-source information, he established Instructables, an open website showing how to make an array of incredible objects. His think-tank design firm, Squid Labs, invents myriad new devices and materials — such as a “smart” rope that senses its load, or a machine for making low-cost eyeglass lenses through a process inspired by a water droplet. He’s fascinated with materials that assemble themselves, and with taking advantage of those properties to make things quickly and cheaply.
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