Eyeglasses on the cheap
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A graduate student inventor, Saul Griffith sets his sight on correcting the world's vision problems with tabletop lens molding. His encounter with Kenya's education minister who reported that lack of eyeglasses was one of the country's biggest problems, motivated him for the invention.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2004
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Blood test
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The use of vascular pattern recognition devices, which can map the blood vessels of a person, is discussed. These biometric devices are meant for identification of a person.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2006
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Tulane Engineering is latest Katrina victim
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The decision of Tulane University to do away with some of the engineering disciplines to ensure that other disciplines functioned smoothly is discussed.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 2007
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