The Event Horizon Telescope, incidentally, is a fantastic example of a large scale decentralised non-governmental collaboration.
That black hole image was taken using 8 separately managed radio telescopes scattered across the planet. It was organised by scientists working in 60 different research institutes in 17 countries across 6 continents. With no motive beyond trying to learn something which they didn't know before.
Buying sunglasses on Amazon, and the video short is of the glasses being hit by a hammer to demonstrate durability. I’m not sure, but if you’re wearing these glasses, and they get hit by a hammer, I think you have bigger problems than broken glasses. http://bit.ly/2RHdBuU
I am a Kenyan living in Nairobi, I travel within kenya and Eastern Africa every so often. i look forward to sharing pictures of my travels whenever i get the chance.