Staring: It's the great human pastime. There's nothing like a good long stare at a wall, or computer screen, or darkened window to really get the mind nice and empty. Well, emptier. It's the perfect way to sink into the vast nothingness that is forever lapping at the tiny shore of our miniscule existence. Just open your eyes and…stare.
But how many times have you been staring at something for hours and forgotten to blink? Hundreds? Thousands? How many times have you gone to the eye doctor complaining of chronic dry eye only to have the doctor say, "Are you looking at a screen all day long. Uh, maybe you should blink more"?
But who can remember to blink? It's just such a pain to perform that basic human function that requires little-to-no conscious thought. If only there were something that could blink for you. A robot you could insert into your eye that would pull down your eyelid whenever blinking was necessary, or something.
Well, technology isn't there yet, but a Japanese company is making eyeglasses that remind you to blink, you stupid, lazy dolt.