Augmented Reality In a Contact Lens

Toe, The writes "Bionanotechnology researcher Babak A Parviz writes about his research toward producing a computer interface in a contact lens. At the moment, they have only embedded a single LED, but they foresee a much more complex interface such as detailed in Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End. Such lenses potentially could also read human bio-information from the eye, providing medical information on the order of what is now taken from blood tests, but on a continuous basis. An example would be monitoring glucose levels for diabetics. The author states that, 'All the basic technologies needed to build functional contact lenses are in place,' and details what refinements and advances will be necessary to bring this technology to reality."

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Let me be the first to say...

[Akido37]

Resistance is futile.

Re:Cool

[mcgrew]

There was a slashdot discussion some time ago about something related (or maybe this is a dup, I don't know), and several people wondered when we would have augmented reality in a contact lens. Not there yet if they only have one LCD, but I can see having these things implanted in your eye. I already have "augmented vision" from an implant - I got a CrystaLens implant in my left eye back in 2006. That eye now has better then 20/20 vision (although the surgeon said most people are lucky to get 20/20). You will be assimilated!

I can see them putting this in an IOL.