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A Simple Israeli Invention Could Help 2.5 Billion People – and NASA

Prof. Moran Bercovici and Dr. Valeri Frumkin developed cheap technology for making optic lenses, with the potential to produce glasses for developing nations where many have no access to them. Now, NASA says it could be used to make space telescopes

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The production of a lens at the Technion lab, this week.
The production of a lens at the Technion lab, this week.Credit: Rami Shllush
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Research engineer Omer Luria, Prof. Moran Bercovici, and doctoral student Mor Elgarisi.
Research engineer Omer Luria, Prof. Moran Bercovici, and doctoral student Mor Elgarisi.Credit: Rami Shllush
UV radiation being used in the creation of a lens at the Technion lab, this week.
UV radiation being used in the creation of a lens at the Technion lab, this week.Credit: Rami Shllush
Mor Elgarisi at the Technion lab, this week.
Mor Elgarisi at the Technion lab, this week.Credit: Rami Shllush