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Level-headed specs
For design, posture, hands-on architecture and finding out why you don't trust Helen from two doors down. | |
A pair of glasses with a tiny horizontal
line
printed on the lenses, a lot like the
cross-
hairs of a scope. Set into the lenses is an
equally miniscule vial of water, with an
even smaller bubble of air inside, serving
as a spirit level.
Now, without the use of a ruler or on-
screen
guides, you can align objects on a
page with ease. Match up the lines,
ensure
the spirit level is centred and hey pesto.
Similarly useful for: keeping your head
straight, should you be so inclined;
building accurate and precise sand-
castles;
judging the lop-sidedness of old
buildings;
and discovering that one of
Helen's eyes is slightly higher than the
other.
Renders this obsolete for spec wearers
dSLRSL
Bravo! [coprocephalous, Apr 04 2008]
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You'd need equal-height ears. |
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//Similarly useful for keeping your head straight, should you be so inclined// [+] for that |
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I told Helen what you said, and now she's walking around all moany and squinty eyed looking like Popeye. |
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...and for playing fields |
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The problem is that a really small bubble
won't behave properly - it'll tend to stick. |
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//The problem is that a really small bubble won't behave properly//
Well, beat with a stick until it does. |
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With a fluid with a very low surface tension - like a low-molecualr weight hydrocarbon - the "sticking" effect might not be so bad. Liquid helium would be OK ... |
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So, what gas would you use to make a
bubble in liquid helium? |
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Innovative use of it in a car: |
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1. Determine one of the shock absorbers is strained by an overweight, or, there's a crude bomb in a luggage compartment! |
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2. It predicts a crash after a blown-out front tire. |
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3. It sternly point out where to swerve when the chauffeur traced the funny far side of the road. |
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4. To help a lady realize she's in for a hard driven life with her fiancé. |
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5. To gage what a jerk your partner is. |
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6. Take a privy peek preview inside your gf, hmmmm! |
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[2 fries], one wonders what would
happen should Helen wear these
glasses - presumably she would
distrust everyone else. |
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[Angel], when being subscribed these
glasses your optician will adjust the
frames to accommodate for lop-sided
ears. Simple. |
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[AWOL}, I tend to show my misbehaving
bubbles the back of my hand. |
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Pro: having all your pictures hanging exactly level |
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Con: developing OCD from checking how level your pictures are every day |
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