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Are you one of the estimated 140 million people around the world who wears contact lenses? Whether your answer is yes or no, the story of the 1Czech chemist who invented the soft contact lens−Otto Wichterle−might give you some fresh insight. Today’s Doodle celebrates Wichterle’s life and legacy on his 108th birthday.

Otto Wichterle was born on this day in 1913 in Prostĕjov, the Czech Republic (then, Austria-Hungary). As a lover of science from his youth, Wichterle went on to earn his doctorate in 2organic chemistry in 1936 from the Prague Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT). He taught as a professor at his 3alma mater during the 1950s while developing an 4absorbent and transparent gel for eye implants.

1　チェコの
2　有機化学
3　母校(ラテン語)
4　吸収力のある

Political 5turmoil pushed Wichterle out of the ICT, leading him to continue refining his hydrogel development at home. In 1961, Wichterle (a glasses wearer himself) produced the first soft contact lenses with a DIY apparatus made of a child’s 6erector set, a bicycle light battery, a phonograph motor, and homemade glass tubing and molds. As the inventor of countless patents and a lifelong researcher, Wichterle was elected the first President of the Academy of the Czech Republic following the country’s establishment in 1993.

While Wichterle is most well-known as the inventor of contact lenses, his innovations also laid the foundation for 7state-of-the-art medical technologies such as “smart” biomaterials, which are used to restore human connective tissues, and bio-recognizable polymers, which have inspired a new standard for 8drug administration.

Happy birthday, Otto Wichterle−thanks for helping the world see eye to eye!

5　混乱
6　エレクターセット(玩具)
7　最新式の
8　薬剤投与


今回はオットー・ウィフテルレの生誕108周年のものでした。


かなり多くの人が使っているであろうソフトコンタクトレンズの開発者でありました。