Researchers outfitted rats with goggles that flashed a light in one of the animal's eyes to signal the rat to lick a spout in order to receive a drop of water.

MSN: Goggle-wearing rats show link between learning, rewards

The MREAL System for Mixed Reality (that's the full name -- or, if you want to drill down even further: the headset is the HM-A1 and the software platform is MP-100) generates video of one's surroundings using a pair of cameras positioned in front of the wearer's eyes, which is combined with computer-generated graphics.

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Time will tell if the Snickers change is well-received, but in the meantime, one thing's clear: All eyes are watching to see who will be this year's breakout star.

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The chancellor is wary of cutting loose: in Treasury eyes, one of the advantages of the Bank's control of interest rates (handed over by Mr Brown in 1997) is the discipline it exerts on fiscal policy.

ECONOMIST: The fiscal arithmetic

In the pre-Best days no one cared about the colour of a player's eyes.

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During one of them, the closest thing in the movie to a love scene, Algren's eyes are opened wide by Taka (the Japanese actress and model Koyuki), a taciturn beauty who washes his wounds and nurses him back to health.

WSJ: Cruise Fights for Honor in 'Last Samurai'

In case your 40-pound Collected Works isn't lying right beside you as you read this, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the one in which Helena (Flockhart) loves Demetrius -- who only has eyes for Hermia.

CNN: Flockhart in her element: slap-happy with the Bard