{"id":525759,"date":"2022-12-12T22:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/scientists-figured-out-how-to-stop-your-glasses-from-fogging\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T22:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T19:35:15","slug":"scientists-figured-out-how-to-stop-your-glasses-from-fogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-figured-out-how-to-stop-your-glasses-from-fogging\/","title":{"rendered":"#Scientists figured out how to stop your glasses from fogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4a14b1d212e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4a14b1d212e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-figured-out-how-to-stop-your-glasses-from-fogging\/#%E2%80%9CScientists_figured_out_how_to_stop_your_glasses_from_fogging%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Scientists figured out how to stop your glasses from fogging&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/scientists-figured-out-how-to-stop-your-glasses-from-fogging\/#Greetings_humanoids\" >Greetings, humanoids<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CScientists_figured_out_how_to_stop_your_glasses_from_fogging%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Scientists figured out how to stop your glasses from fogging&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span>Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a special coating that prevents the lenses in glasses from fogging up. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently, not all heroes\u00a0wear capes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>This has been a problem\u00a0since the advent of optical lenses, but it\u2019s fair to say it reached a peak during the pandemic when everyone wearing glasses found out the hard way that most face masks vent your breath up\u00a0towards\u00a0your eyes. You\u2019d think someone would have fixed this by now, but it\u2019s harder than you might guess. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The difficulty of the problem is\u00a0evident\u00a0by the lack of current solutions. You can wipe your glasses off when they fog up or\u2026 well, that\u2019s pretty much it. There are anti-fog sprays and\u00a0special\u00a0lens\u00a0coatings\u00a0that help, but those only\u00a0minimize\u00a0the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper neural channel-cta hs-embed-tnw\">\n<div id=\"hs-embed-tnw\" class=\"channel-cta-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"channel-cta-img\"><img class=\"js-lazy\" https:=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-cta-input\">\n<h2 class=\"channel-cta-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Greetings_humanoids\"><\/span>Greetings, humanoids<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"channel-cta-tagline\">Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter now for a weekly recap of our favorite AI stories in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to be a physicist to\u00a0understand\u00a0that the best solution would be heat. Glasses\u00a0fog\u00a0when warm vapor comes into contact with their cooler lenses.\u00a0This\u00a0temperature fluctuation causes the vapor to turn into moisture, and\u00a0your\u00a0glasses turn foggy because they\u2019re wet.<\/p>\n<p><span>Unfortunately, heating up glasses isn\u2019t a simple task. Using traditional methods, you\u2019d have to find a transparent material that can be heated externally, develop a power source for the material, and make sure there\u2019s no danger of overheating the lenses or heating the frames. That\u2019s a pretty tall order, especially when you consider that any added bulk or weight will increase the wearer\u2019s discomfort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The ETH\u00a0Zurich\u00a0team got around these\u00a0engineering\u00a0problems by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41565-022-01267-1\">taking a different approach<\/a>. They developed a special gold coating that uses solar energy to produce heat. It doesn\u2019t\u00a0require\u00a0a battery or wires or any other components aside from the coating itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/P3S5MzMrErs\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" height=\"240\" width=\"320\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!--resp-video-container-->The way it works involves placing tiny clusters\u00a0of\u00a0gold in between ultrathin\u00a0layers\u00a0of titanium oxide. Gold makes a fantastic heat conductor,\u00a0and the titanium oxide layers amplify the metal\u2019s\u00a0retention\u00a0just enough to make it perfectly suited for warming up glass and similar surfaces.<\/p>\n<p><span>The whole thing is only 10\u00a0nanometers\u00a0thick (the processing size for\u00a0some\u00a0microchips) and can be used with other coatings \u2014\u00a0so\u00a0it should work with transition\u00a0lenses, and for use in car windshields, for example. In fact, the scientists are bent on testing the coating on other surfaces such as windows and mirrors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019ll also be interesting to see how this coating could be applied to other optics such as sensors and lasers. The applications for\u00a0this\u00a0coating could be\u00a0endless,\u00a0especially\u00a0as the scientists insist\u00a0that it\u2019s\u00a0not as\u00a0expensive\u00a0as one might think due to the incredibly small amount of gold needed to create the coating. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s unclear exactly how much heat could be generated using this technique, but <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2022-12-gold-based-passive-eyewear.html\">the researchers claim<\/a> it can heat up the surface by as much as 8 degrees Celsius. That\u2019s certainly enough to keep vapor from fogging up your lenses under common circumstances. But it\u2019s not quite enough to produce electricity in any usable amount.<\/p>\n<p><span>This probably won\u2019t solve the world\u2019s energy crisis, but it certainly has the potential to make life easier for the billions of us who wear glasses. <\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Apparently, not all heroes\u00a0wear capes. 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