Some clever
geeks souls at the University of Washington have used some pretty serious tech to allow themselves to make a flexible and safe -- don't they always tell us that? -- contact lens with a built-in circuit and lights. Uses for it are all right out of a
James Bond film, seeing a caller-id pop up as if floating in mid air, web browsing, and of course its application could extend to cars, gaming, and just about anything you can dream up that uses a display. No word on what type of communication gear they could use, but hopefully security will be top notch as having somebody hack your eyes as you're out and about would be a pain.
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scorpfromhell @ Jan 18th 2008 6:57AM
Just imagine this tech a few years later ... you have this image projection happening via a circuit in the lens ... there's a small cam in the lens that tracks your fingers ... you calibrate the software for keystone or any other distortions, etc. ... and then you are able to do Minority report kind of stuff in mid air, sans any table/boards!!! Who knows, this finger tracking could even get three dimensional, so that the whole volume of atmosphere available before you is the play arena?
Digital Man @ Jan 18th 2008 8:10AM
Apparently, it's being tested on albino cattle.
Juice @ Jan 18th 2008 11:08AM
Haha. Yeah, what's up with that. Seriously I don't see these coming to market for at least 10-15 years. But I do see it as a possibility considering I know people who wear hard contact lenses. You ever see those things?
blade417 @ Jan 18th 2008 8:25AM
I've said this before, and i'll say it again...
Somewhere down the line, someone will do a study, and these things will cause cancer.
Just like popcorn fumes...
michas_pi @ Jan 18th 2008 9:42AM
Just like WiMax in Sweden.
Sean M. @ Jan 18th 2008 10:52AM
To be fair...it was the fake-butter flavor in the popcorn that was causing the issue...and I know that I personally never trusted fake butter. I always assumed it was left over anti-freeze. blech!
max @ Jan 18th 2008 9:07AM
"I hacked your eyes". Go watch both Ghost in the shell movies...
evilai @ Jan 18th 2008 9:58AM
Read Rainbows End by Vinge. Personal, wearable computing including tech like this makes me wish for the future.
carzzz215 @ Jan 22nd 2008 12:14AM
These will come in handy when finals season comes around o.