For nearly 1,000 years, we’ve worked to improve our vision.
Italian monks made eyeglasses by the 13th century. In the 1600s, seafarers gazed at distant shores through spyglasses. The first telescope was patented in 1608. Many credit Benjamin Franklin with inventing bifocals. Even thermal technology has roots going back more than a century.
Today, anyone else who wants to see the wild world better has an array of options, from eyeglasses to optics that seem like something from science fiction.
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