Re:Inventor's 2020 vision: to help 1bn of the world's poores...
by swombat on Monday December 22, 2008 @06:19AM
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Josh Silver was one of my tutors at university (a very smart, friendly, approachable professor).
He has indeed been pursuing this idea for a good while, quite passionately. This is one case where entrepreneurship in the western world can really help poorer countries, imho.
It's also a good example that it can take a lot of perseverance and more than just cool technology to make things happen on a large scale like this. The science to make these glasses was already pretty much done 10 years ago when I did my degree, but unfortunately it's still not widely distributed to the people who need it most.
I know there are many people on this site who are looking for interesting, socially constructive projects to back - this is certainly one of them.
He has indeed been pursuing this idea for a good while, quite passionately. This is one case where entrepreneurship in the western world can really help poorer countries, imho.
It's also a good example that it can take a lot of perseverance and more than just cool technology to make things happen on a large scale like this. The science to make these glasses was already pretty much done 10 years ago when I did my degree, but unfortunately it's still not widely distributed to the people who need it most.
I know there are many people on this site who are looking for interesting, socially constructive projects to back - this is certainly one of them.