Hot day? Just step away from the phone… | Barbara Ellen
by Barbara Ellen from on (#2TVS6)
When the sun is shining, this particular worker bee is definitely out of the office
Observant readers may have noticed that it has been quite warm. Yet strangely, as I was scurrying from one patch of shade to another, trying to stop my internal organs from liquefying, at no point did I start fretting about sunbathers being unable to read work emails because of the glare on their smartphones.
However, now this "problem" has been solved by US and Taiwanese scientists, who have taken the light-baffling habits of moths to conjure technology that reduces screen glare from 4.4% to 0.23%. Which is fine, except, if people are frolicking in the sunshine, then why are they even bothered about work emails?
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