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    Image of Jesse in Japan Jesse in Japan
    11/19/09

    In reply to Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses
    Superman can do that without any fancy glasses.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/18/09

    In reply to Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses
    They should've thrown a rock, or one of those damn gigapets. That's far more likely to fly at these glasses anyway.
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    Image of 32ndnote 32ndnote
    11/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Screw giga pets. Tamagotchi's in COLOR!!! O.0
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    Image of Knowitallguytherevenge Knowitallguytherevenge
    11/18/09

    In reply to Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses
    Someone tell that dumbass commercial photog that only the warhead of the bullet fires down the barrel. Christ what a dumbass.
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    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment Knowitallguytherevenge was starred Knowitallguytherevenge was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    11/18/09

    @Knowitallguytherevenge: that bullet was "thrown" at 106 mph...
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    Image of Knowitallguytherevenge Knowitallguytherevenge
    11/18/09

    @RainyDayInterns: LOL, perfect!
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    Image of BergenCountyJC can edit his name? BergenCountyJC can edit his name?
    11/18/09

    In reply to Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses
    So it might not shatter with a gigantic force thrust upon it but I would assume it would flex back far enough to still do considerable damage to your eyes.
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/18/09

    @BergenCountyJC can edit his name?: "Wow! Not even a scratch! Don't you see how remarkable that is, Mr. Johnson?"

    "No, doc, I can't see anything out of that eye; I have a flawless, bulletproof lens embedded into my ocular nerve."
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    Image of AyeEye AyeEye
    11/18/09

    @Gordonium: sorry had to...
    optic nerve
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    Gordonium promoted this comment AyeEye was starred AyeEye was unstarred
    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/18/09

    @AyeEye: I THOUGHT that looked funny...
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    Image of Lennyn Cornejo Lennyn Cornejo
    11/18/09

    In reply to Japan Self-Defense Force Sunglasses
    I wonder if mythbuster is interested in this!?
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    BergenCountyJC can edit his name? approved this comment Lennyn Cornejo was starred Lennyn Cornejo was unstarred
    Image of BergenCountyJC can edit his name? BergenCountyJC can edit his name?
    11/18/09

    @Lennyn Cornejo: Considering the number of unusual myths they busted I don't think it would be too far fetched for them
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    Edited by BergenCountyJC can edit his name? at 11/18/09 8:42 AM BergenCountyJC can edit his name? was starred BergenCountyJC can edit his name? was unstarred
    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/18/09

    @BergenCountyJC can edit his name?: It would be kind of cool to see where they take this kind of test. Like what glasses material WOULD it take to stop a speeding bullet?
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    11/10/09

    In reply to I Wear My Suncontacts at Night
    But wouldn't not doing the iris part defeat the purpose since that is where the light enters your eye? Correct me if I'm wrong. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of bagellord bagellord
    11/10/09

    @bagellord: Oops. I am complete moron. I got the two backwards. I got an A in anatomy in high school. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/10/09

    In reply to I Wear My Suncontacts at Night
    Hmm. Interesting. How much to get my eyes shined? #transitioncontacts
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/10/09

    @ripfire: Twenty menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/10/09

    @ripfire: I think going rate is a pack of menthols, though finding a doc to do it is a bit hard. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    11/10/09

    @Lizard_King: you guys are awesome. Don't you also have to kill a few people? #transitioncontacts
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    11/10/09

    @ripfire: I'm a little concerned that you guys are quoting Vin Diesel... #transitioncontacts
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/10/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: Best movies Vin Diesel ever did, can't wait for more Chronicles.

    Unfortunately, if the video game is canon, this ability is bestowed by a voice in his head, not the doc (Pope Joe just fixed his arm). It's apparently part of his Furyan abilities. I like the "shine job" explanation better. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    11/10/09

    In reply to I Wear My Suncontacts at Night
    That would be nifty for folks who play sports outdoors. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of mike.m mike.m
    11/10/09

    @FigNinja: Nike used to make colored contacts specailized for the sport you are playing. They have been discontinued though. You don't want to dim *all* light when you are playing a sport. You want to filter out colors.

    Example: For golf nike had grey-green contacts. Green light was filtered out so you could pick up the white golf ball better. #transitioncontacts
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    FigNinja promoted this comment mike.m was starred mike.m was unstarred
    Image of Gann Gann
    11/10/09

    In reply to I Wear My Suncontacts at Night
    Once they "isolate the photochromic material to just corneal region of your eye", they can start working on colored dyes to turn your iris's into spinners. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of The Overmind (aka that guy) The Overmind (aka that guy)
    11/10/09

    @Gann: And then people start trying to one-up each other by getting bigger and bigger rims. Soon we'll see people with eyes the size of old-school vynil LP records. #transitioncontacts
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    Gann promoted this comment The Overmind (aka that guy) was starred The Overmind (aka that guy) was unstarred
    Image of Gann Gann
    11/11/09

    @The Overmind (aka that guy): So basically anime characters?

    @Grinning Kestrel: Ah, but none of those are animated. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of The Overmind (aka that guy) The Overmind (aka that guy)
    11/13/09

    @Gann: Yes, exactly like that. With animations for moods. and when in idle they show a screensaver. maybe a hamster solling in a wheel. #transitioncontacts
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    "the Wrap 310 also features true 16x9 widescreen, twin high resolution displays"

    HOW high resolution?

    "428 x 240"

    EDIT: apparently they're 640x480. it's still:

    a bunch of horse shit.

    i've mentioned it before, i've got prototype glasses by inviso (formerly siliscape) from 2001 running 800 x 600 that were set to retail for $250. in 2002. 1024x768 was a mere 6 months to a year of R&D away. you can guess why the money got pulled out. 2001. ahem. you can run Windows through them and not have any problems seeing what you're doing. colors are great, no flicker, great contrast.

    so why? why, 8 years later, why the f*$% hasn't the technology been matched? what's the holdup?
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    Edited by nutbastard at 09/15/09 7:54 PM nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of jdale jdale
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    "The Wrap 310 will feature twin high-resolution video displays, project a 55-inch screen and include removable noise isolating earphones."

    Obviously it doesn't "project" anything and the display isn't "55-inch". I'm not sure why they can get away with saying that when what they mean is just that the display is equivalent in size or angular extent to a 55 inch display viewed at a distance of... what exactly? 55 inches at ten feet would not be very impressive.
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    Image of Forsakenchild Forsakenchild
    09/15/09

    @jdale: So say you are sitting on an airplane. Pull out these glasses and start watching a movie from your ipod whatever. The screen appears equivalent to a 55" screen from ten feet away. So its not impressive to get that experience sitting on a plane of all places? Now replace that with sitting in a car, or train, or where ever. Sure it may not seem that impressive if you are sitting at home, but for a personal viewing in places that it is not logical to have a 55" screen... its pretty damn impressive to me.
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    Image of jdale jdale
    09/15/09

    @Forsakenchild: My point is really that it is a meaningless measurement. If it feels better imagine I said 55" at 100 feet. Would you pay for that? No, it would be worthless. You'd be better off watching video on the tiny screen of your iPod Nano. But since they haven't specified a distance in their press release who knows?

    55" at 10' is about 22 degrees of view. At 5' it would be 43 degrees of awesome, at 15' it would be 15 degrees of lame.
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    nutbastard promoted this comment jdale was starred jdale was unstarred
    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/15/09

    meh.
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    Edited by nutbastard at 09/15/09 7:53 PM nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of XuanDawkins XuanDawkins
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    I hate how they always lie and say "high resolution". High resolution for what? An alarm clock? (640x480)
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    FrankenPC promoted this comment XuanDawkins was starred XuanDawkins was unstarred
    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    09/15/09

    @XuanDawkins: LOL@640x480. That's LAME. Why even bother.
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    Image of madog madog
    09/15/09

    @XuanDawkins: Any screen looks huge when it's a quarter of an inch away from your eyeballs.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    09/15/09

    @madog: Size ≠ Resolution. It's going to look like 55-inch screen at a resolution of 640x480. Big, yes, but not pretty.

    I'd be interested in something like this if they could get the resolution up to at least 720p, though.
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    Image of PaddyDugan PaddyDugan
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    These would be great to relieve the boredom of driving. Would they keep the sun out of my eyes at the same time?
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    whiteknight89 still plays DiabloII promoted this comment PaddyDugan was starred PaddyDugan was unstarred
    Image of slater slater
    09/15/09

    In reply to Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Sunglasses Look Less Dorky Than Ever
    They still look like the sunglasses my grandpa wears over his normal glasses.
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    Barry99705 promoted this comment slater was starred slater was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    09/15/09

    @slater: That's better than the competition. At least these don't go with the star trek uniform in the closet...
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/15/09

    @Barry99705: and the problem with our Star Trek uniform is what ....exactly? Don't make us go all Vulcan-nerve pinch on your ass!
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    Edited by RainyDayInterns at 09/15/09 4:58 PM RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    07/11/09

    In reply to Calvin Klein USB Sunglasses Upgrade Your Memory To 4GB
    We had a hard time leaving the office with either version of these "enhanced" sunglassess...we are just not cool enough to pull it off.



    Here is the Brando $99 version:

    http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2006/RDMHomeAug2006.htm#Brando



    Here is the Oakley $30 version:

    http://www.rainydaymagazine.com/RDM2006/GearNGadgets/July2006/O_ROKR/RDMGG_O_ROKRFirstLook.htm
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    Edited by RainyDayInterns at 07/11/09 12:38 PM RainyDayInterns was starred RainyDayInterns was unstarred
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