Oct 20, 2016 | By Andre
3D printing is heavily entrenched in the Maker movement in that the technology allows for any individual with a bit of a creative spark to create something entirely new from scratch. For many of these individuals they surround themselves with like minded others at maker spaces and conventions.
Then other times, there are folks like reddit contributor Annoying_guest (Yousif Ashoor) that simply think of something, design and 3D print that something and throw it up on Reddit and see for what happens.
In this case, he decided to make sunglasses that automatically move back and forth in front of his eyes depending on whether a specific amount of UV rays are present or not. And as you can see in the video below, the shades are already fully functional (although he admits a few glitches still remain in his early prototype).
Taking influence from the preview trailer of the always popular video game series Deus Ex, he didn’t expect much fan fare or necessarily feel he was part of some grand movement as many Makers do. Instead, as he suggests, he “created these gla...
SOURCE: 3ders.org ( go on reading...)
