Tag: Contact Lenses

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Ginormous diamonds, living robots made from frog stem cells, and more from around the web

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Preserving the Scents of Everyday Life Researchers at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage are working double-time to identify and catalog scents that exist all around us—from the smell of an old book, to a pub at a particular time of night, and worn-in leather. Many of these are disappearing right under our noses. For example, as we collectively move deeper into a digital age, …

Hubble’s Inexpensive Contact Lenses

A new company takes on the monopolized industry to provide big-time savings

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Anyone who’s worn contact lenses knows: there isn’t much choice out therein terms of brands and, importantly, price. There’s finally some form of rebellion in the industry, thanks to NYC-based start-up Hubble, which is merging the ordering and delivery convenience of 1-800-CONTACTS at less than half the cost. They’re able to achieve it by partnering with a Taiwan-based FDA-approved contact lens manufacturer to produce their …