ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Silver - Optical innovator
Atomic physicist Joshua Silver invented liquid-filled optical lenses to produce low-cost, adjustable glasses, giving sight to millions without access to an optometrist.

Why you should listen

Joshua Silver reckons that around half the world's population needs corrective eyewear, yet has no access to it. His ultra-utilitarian spectacle design relies on the principle that the fatter the lens, the more powerful it becomes. The lenses are filled with liquid, and can be adjusted to different strengths by adding or removing fluid from tiny syringes on each arm, then locked to the right strength.

More than 30,000 of his lenses have been distributed in 15 countries, and a new model will scale that number up to millions.

More profile about the speaker
Joshua Silver | Speaker | TED.com
TEDGlobal 2009

Joshua Silver: Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses

Josh Silver demonstrira prilagodljive naočale ispunjene tekućinom.

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Josh Silver pokazuje svoje briljantno jednostavno rješenje za popravljanje vida uz najmanji mogući trošak -- prilagodljive leće ispunjene tekućinom. Na TEDGlobal 2009, on demonstrira svoje pristupačne naočale i otkriva svoj globalni plan za distribuciju naočala milijardi ljudi kojima trebaju do 2020. godine.
- Optical innovator
Atomic physicist Joshua Silver invented liquid-filled optical lenses to produce low-cost, adjustable glasses, giving sight to millions without access to an optometrist. Full bio

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I'm going to tell you about one of the world'ssvijetu largestnajveći problemsproblemi
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Reći ću vam nešto o jednom od najvećih svjetskih problema
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and how it can be solvedriješen.
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i kako ga možemo riješiti.
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I'd like to startpočetak with a little experimenteksperiment.
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Volio bih početi s malim eksperimentom.
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Could you put your handruka up if you wearnositi glassesnaočale or contactkontakt lensesleće,
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Možete li podići ruku ako nosite naočale ili leće,
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or you've had laserlaser refractiveprijelomni surgerykirurgija?
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ili ako ste obavili refraktivnu lasersku operaciju?
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Now, unfortunatelynažalost, there are too manymnogi of you for me to do the statisticsstatistika properlypropisno.
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Na žalost, previše vas je da bih napravio dobru statističku analizu.
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But it looksizgled like -- I'm guessingnagađanje -- that it'llto će be about 60 percentposto of the roomsoba
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Ali izgleda kao – nagađam – da je riječ o oko 60 posto vas u prostoriji
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because that's roughlygrubo the fractionfrakcija of developedrazvijen worldsvijet populationpopulacija
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jer je to postotak stanovništva u razvijenom svijetu
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that have some sortvrsta of visionvizija correctionkorekcija.
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koji treba neki oblik korekcije vida.
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The WorldSvijet HealthZdravlje OrganizationOrganizacija estimatesprocjene --
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Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija procjenjuje --
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well, they make variousraznovrstan estimatesprocjene of the numberbroj of people who need glassesnaočale --
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oni rade razne procjene broja ljudi kojima trebaju naočale --
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the lowestnajniža estimateprocjena is 150 millionmilijuna people.
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najniža procjena je 150 milijuna ljudi.
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They alsotakođer have an estimateprocjena of around a billionmilijardi.
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A imaju i drugu procjenu koja kaže milijardu.
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But in factčinjenica, I would argueraspravljati that we'veimamo just doneučinio an experimenteksperiment here and now,
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No, zapravo, tvrdim da smo upravo napravili eksperiment ovdje i sada,
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whichkoji showspokazuje us that the globalglobalno need for correctivekorektivne eyewearnaočale
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koji nam pokazuje da je svjetska potreba za korekcijom vida
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is around halfpola of any populationpopulacija.
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negdje oko polovice stanovništva.
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And the problemproblem of poorsiromašan visionvizija, is actuallyzapravo not just a healthzdravlje problemproblem,
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A problem slabog vida nije samo zdravstveni,
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it's alsotakođer an educationalobrazovni problemproblem,
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već i edukacijski problem,
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and it's an economicekonomski problemproblem, and it's a qualitykvaliteta of life problemproblem.
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a to je i ekonomski problem, kao i problem kvalitete života.
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GlassesNaočale are not very expensiveskup. They're quitedosta plentifulobilan.
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Naočale nisu jako skupe. Ima ih mnogo.
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The problemproblem is, there aren'tnisu enoughdovoljno eyeoko carebriga professionalsprofesionalci in the worldsvijet
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Problem je u tome što nema dovoljno okulista u svijetu
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to use the modelmodel of the deliverydostava of correctivekorektivne eyewearnaočale
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da primijene model isporuke pomagala za korekciju vida
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that we have in the developedrazvijen worldsvijet.
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kakav imamo mi u razvijenom svijetu.
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There are just way too fewnekoliko eyeoko carebriga professionalsprofesionalci.
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Jednostavno ima premalo okulista.
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So this little slideklizanje here showspokazuje you an optometristoptičar
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Ovaj mali slajd vam prikazuje okulistu
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and the little blueplava personosoba representspredstavlja about 10,000 people
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a plavi čovječuljak predstavlja 10.000 ljudi
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and that's the ratioomjer in the U.K.
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i to je omjer u Velikoj Britaniji.
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This is the ratioomjer of optometristsOptometrists to people in sub-Saharansub-saharskoj AfricaAfrika.
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Ovo je omjer okulista naprema stanovništvu podsaharske Afrike.
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In factčinjenica, there are some countrieszemlje in sub-Saharansub-saharskoj AfricaAfrika
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U stvari, u podsaharskoj Africi ima zemalja
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where there's one optometristoptičar for eightosam millionmilijuna of the populationpopulacija.
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u kojima jedan okulist dolazi na osam milijuna stanovnika.
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How do you do this? How do you solveriješiti this problemproblem?
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Kako postupiti u vezi s ovim? Kako riješiti taj problem?
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I camedošao up with a solutionriješenje to this problemproblem,
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Došao sam do rješenja,
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and I camedošao up with a solutionriješenje basedzasnovan on adaptiveprilagodljiv opticsoptika for this.
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i to do rješenja koje se temelji na adaptivnoj optici.
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And the ideaideja is you make eyeoko glassesnaočale, and you adjustprilagoditi them yourselfsami
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Ideja je u tome da napravite naočale i sami ih podesite
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and that solvesrješava the problemproblem.
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i to rješava problem.
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What I want to do is to showpokazati you that one can make a pairpar of glassesnaočale.
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Ono što želim učiniti je pokazati vam da čovjek može načiniti naočale.
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I shalltreba just showpokazati you how you make a pairpar of glassesnaočale. I shalltreba poppop this in my pocketdžep.
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Sad ću vam pokazati kako ćete napraviti naočale. Stavit ću ovo u džep.
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I'm shortkratak sightedviđen. I look at the signsznakovi at the endkraj, I can hardlyjedva see them.
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Ja sam kratkovidan. Ako gledam natpise na kraju, jedva da ih i vidim.
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So -- okay, I can now see that man runningtrčanje out there,
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Dakle – OK, sad vidim čovjeka koji tamo trči,
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and I can see that guy runningtrčanje out there.
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a vidim i tipa koji ondje trči.
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I've now madenapravljen prescriptionrecept eyewearnaočale to my prescriptionrecept.
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Sada sam napravio pomagalo za vid po vlastitom receptu.
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NextSljedeći stepkorak in my processpostupak.
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Sljedeći korak u mojem procesu.
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So, I've now madenapravljen eyeoko glassesnaočale to my prescriptionrecept.
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Sada sam napravio naočale po mojem receptu.
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Okay, so I've madenapravljen these glassesnaočale and ...
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Dobro, sad sam napravio naočale i...
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Okay, I've madenapravljen the glassesnaočale to my prescriptionrecept and ...
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OK, napravio sam naočale prema svojem receptu i...
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... I've just ...
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... samo sam...
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And I've now madenapravljen some glassesnaočale. That's it.
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I sada sam napravio naočale. To je to.
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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Now, these aren'tnisu the only pairpar in the worldsvijet.
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No, ovo nisu jedine na svijetu.
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In factčinjenica, this technology'stehnologija je been evolvingrazvojni.
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U stvari, tehnologija se razvija.
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I startedpočeo workingrad on it in 1985,
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Počeo sam raditi na ovome 1985.,
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and it's been evolvingrazvojni very slowlypolako.
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i razvijala se vrlo polako.
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There are about 30,000 in use now.
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Sada ih je u uporabi oko 30.000.
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And they're in fifteenpetnaest countrieszemlje. They're spreadširenje around the worldsvijet.
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Ima ih u petnaest zemalja. Raširile su se svijetom.
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And I have a visionvizija, whichkoji I'll sharePodjeli with you.
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Imam viziju, koju ću podijeliti s vama.
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I have a globalglobalno visionvizija for visionvizija.
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Imam globalnu viziju za vid.
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And that visionvizija is to try to get a billionmilijardi people
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A ta vizija se sastoji u tome da pokušamo da milijardu ljudi
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wearingnošenje the glassesnaočale they need by the yeargodina 2020.
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nosi naočale koje im trebaju do godine 2020.
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To do that -- this is an earlyrano exampleprimjer of the technologytehnologija.
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Da bismo to postigli – ovo je rani primjer tehnologije.
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The technologytehnologija is beingbiće furtherunaprijediti developedrazvijen --
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Tehnologija se dalje razvija --
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the costcijena has to be broughtdonio down.
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trošak mora pasti.
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This pairpar, in factčinjenica, these currentlytrenutno costcijena about 19 dollarsdolara.
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Ove naočale trenutno koštaju oko 19 dolara.
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But the costcijena has to be broughtdonio right down.
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Ali trošak se mora smanjiti.
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It has to be broughtdonio down because we're tryingtežak to serveposlužiti populationspopulacije
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Mora se smanjiti budući da pokušavamo opskrbiti stanovništvo
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who liveživjeti on a dollardolar a day.
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koje živi od dolara dnevno.
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How do you solveriješiti this problemproblem?
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Kako riješiti taj problem?
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You startpočetak to get into detaildetalj.
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Počnete se upuštati u detalje.
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And on this slideklizanje, I'm basicallyu osnovi explainingobjašnjavajući all the problemsproblemi you have.
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Na ovom slajdu, u principu objašnjavam sve probleme koji postoje.
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How do you distributeraspodijeliti? How do you work out how to fitodgovara the thing?
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Kako distribuirati? Kako razraditi ugađanje naočala?
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How do you have people realizingrealizirati that they have a visionvizija problemproblem?
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Kako postići da ljudi shvate da imaju problem s vidom?
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How do you dealdogovor with the industryindustrija?
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Kako surađivati s industrijom?
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And the answerodgovor to that is researchistraživanje.
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Odgovor za to je istraživanje.
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What we'veimamo doneučinio is to setset up the CenterCentar for VisionVizija in the DevelopingU razvoju WorldSvijet
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Ono što smo učinili je da smo osnovali Centar za vid za zemlje u razvoju
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here in the universitysveučilište.
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ovdje na sveučilištu.
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If you want to know more, just come have a look at our websiteweb stranica. Thank you.
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Ako vas zanima više, pogledajte na našoj Internet stranici. Hvala.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Silver - Optical innovator
Atomic physicist Joshua Silver invented liquid-filled optical lenses to produce low-cost, adjustable glasses, giving sight to millions without access to an optometrist.

Why you should listen

Joshua Silver reckons that around half the world's population needs corrective eyewear, yet has no access to it. His ultra-utilitarian spectacle design relies on the principle that the fatter the lens, the more powerful it becomes. The lenses are filled with liquid, and can be adjusted to different strengths by adding or removing fluid from tiny syringes on each arm, then locked to the right strength.

More than 30,000 of his lenses have been distributed in 15 countries, and a new model will scale that number up to millions.

More profile about the speaker
Joshua Silver | Speaker | TED.com

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