Liquid glasses and a new smartphone app could bring perfect vision to the third world
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Yahoo! News - The need is compelling: Over 1 billion people in the third world need corrective eyewear but lack access to testing and glasses. The solution is spectacularly innovative: A $2 scope attached to a smartphone tests for vision defects, and a new pair of … Photos: Knut's Half-Sibling Born at Zoo Anori, Knut's half-sibling born at German Zoo
  Madelyn Wins Out in Facebook Poll to Name Baby What’s in a name? A lot, according to the more-than-4,200 people who took the time to vote in Facebook poll to determine what Dave and Lindsey Meske of Crystal Lake, Ill., should name their newborn baby daughter. The Meskes set up the poll, which drew...
  Fresh Android Apps for Feb. 7: Draw Something Free, Transparent Screen, The Lost City
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Appolicious - Only a few days left until Valentine’s Day. Draw your sweetie a beautiful picture (Draw Something Free), look for a romantic spot while out and about (Transparent Screen), and plan a getaway to a secret location (The Lost City). First Earth-Size Planets Found in Space Scientists using NASA's Kepler space telescope say they have found two planets orbiting a distant star -- and say the planets are the first ever that are the size of Earth or smaller. That could be critical in the search for extraterrestrial life.
  Family Billed $11K for Streaming Movies When the Gibsons of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, in Canada, returned home from a family vacation in Arizona, they found a $10,600 bill from their Internet provider – all because they had let their children stream movies on Netflix without realizing there would be roaming charges. “The kids were getting...
 
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