It’s taken centuries for this humble accessory to morph from Inuit snow goggles to medieval Chinese quartz lenses to 18th-century tinted glasses to today’s sunnies. Innovations like UV ...

Take goggles, for instance. The technology has certainly come a long way from when Inuit hunter-gatherers used to wear caribou antlers carved with thin slits in order to prevent snow blindness.

Harsh winters were a staple to the climate conditions of our ancient ancestors, so innovative ways to encounter its struggles were opted for. Inhabitants of Alaska and northern Canada around 800 ...