Hehehe..these darn kids, what'll they think of next? When queried about the invention, the lads said that at least this is not as extreme as someone pointing a laser in your eye and cutting it so you don't need spectacles.

James Sooy and Oliver Gibson have come up with Pierced Glasses - the most minimalist eyewear since the Pince-nez glasses that clip onto your nose was invented in the 1840's.

Here's the step-by-step:

Get pierced - an internally-threaded barbell that goes through the skin above the bridge of your nose
Use a tabletop mill to cut the L-shaped metal pieces that screw onto the barbell
Attach rare earth magnets to the glasses; these hold the glasses on.
Don't get rid of the bridge pieces; they let the lenses sit on your nose and take the actual weight of the lenses.

In addition, there are some links given where people pierced their eyeballs in order to dress themselves up a bit.

OMG, that's insane!

OUCH!!!

I'll stick with my regular glasses, thanks

I would imagine it would be quite annoying when you wanted them off, and lost your screwdriver... still... i know 1 or 2 people who already have the bridge of their nose pierced

waaa... i thought it was a girl to begin with... aparently not

I think they look horrible.

I think it looks worse when they are off ...

What kind of a [insert profanity here] would go through such lengths to do this ? The tosspot looks ugly in these - that is so.....not cool

I think that is one of the dumbest ideas I ever seen

Have they heard of contacts???