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4 unusual facts about goggles


Eye protection

Goggles are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the eye area in order to prevent particulates, infectious fluids, or chemicals from striking the eyes.

Ezra Jack Keats

Goggles tells the story of boys finding a pair of goggles, and the chase that follows when a gang of bullies wants them, too.

Girl in a Wetsuit

The bronze sculpture depicts a friend of Imredy's, Debra Harrington, in a wetsuit with flippers on her feet and a mask on her forehead.

Prehistory of Alaska

Snowgoggles having only small slits to look through to protect their eyes from the glare of snow and ice were carved out of wood or ivory.


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Aereo-Plain

The cover features a bearded, long-haired Hartford wearing old style, aviator goggles, a distinct contrast from his previous appearance as a regular on The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.

Air-One Emergency Response Coalition

The AIR-ONE Emergency Response Coalition uses a variety of mission equipment including police capable radios, LoJack receivers, night visions goggles (AN-VIS), forward looking infra-red (FLIR) and Night Sun search lights.

Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On

"Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" is a song written by Philip White and Michael Mobley, and recorded by American country music artist Neal McCoy.

Casco Schützhelme

Casco Schutzhelme based in Bretnig-Hauswalde, Germany, is a protection headwear producing company from Germany which has two production sites located in Bretnig-Hauswalde and Satu Mare, Romania and is specialised in producing helmets and safety glassess.

Infection control

Components of Personal protective equipment (PPE) include gloves, gowns, bonnets, shoe covers, face shields, CPR masks, goggles, surgical masks, and respirators.

Malus Island

It was charted by the British Graham Land Expedition under John Rymill, 1934–37, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960 for French physicist Étienne-Louis Malus, who discovered the polarization of light by reflection, a fact subsequently used in the design of snow goggles.

Occlusion training

Alternating occlusion training using shutter goggles that feature a rapid flicker rate

Red adaptation goggles

Red adaptation goggles were first invented by Wilhelm Trendelenburg in 1916 for early radiologists to use to adapt their eyes to view the light produced by fluorescent screens during fluoroscopic procedures.

Stig Severinsen

In March 2010 he swam 236 feet (72 meters) under ice wearing only swimming trunks and goggles adding 47.6 feet (14.5 meters) to Wim Hof's record from March 2000.

Wild Grinders

He is also the MacGyver of the group and tech expert so that whenever Lil' Rob's schemes require super complicated, technical solutions, Goggles comes to the rescue with awesome contraptions and inventions.

Yuval Boger

Yuval Boger is the CEO of Sensics, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance virtual reality goggles in Columbia, MD.


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