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Smart Contact Lenses

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-more-tears dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have recently designed a contact lens prototype with a built-in pressure sensor using a novel process that etches tiny electrical circuits within a soft polymer material. The new development could help glaucoma patients to measure their current risk factor, thus replacing the current methods which require constant visits to a clinician."

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  1. High tech beer goggles? by BitterOldGUy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Have the contacts make every woman look like a hotty?

    Frat boys reprogramming it so that they trick their buddy into doing a guy? Or a sheep?

    1. Re:High tech beer goggles? by laejoh · · Score: 3, Funny

      My eyes, the contact lenses, they do nothing!

  2. Granpa is the Terminator! by AioKits · · Score: 3, Funny

    He feels no pain, he can't be reasoned with, and he sees what you did there! Now get off his lawn!

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    "Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted." -Groucho Marx
  3. Diagnostic Possibilities by pragma_x · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guy: Dude, you seem to be blinking an awful lot, are you okay?

    Other Guy: Yea, its this damn "check eyeball" light in my contact lens - it keeps blinking on and off. Maybe I should go have it checked out.

    Guy: Naw, you probably didn't have the cap screwed on tight enough when you took it out last night.