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Solar-Powered Augmented Reality Contact Lenses

Posted by samzenpus on from the are-they-covered-in-the-vision-plan dept.

ByronScott writes "Want eyesight that could put your neighborhood cyborg to shame? Well, University of Washington professor Babak Amir Parviz and his students are working on solar-powered contact lenses embedded with hundreds of semitransparent LEDs, letting wearers experience augmented reality right through their eyes. If their research proves successful, the applications — from health monitoring to gameplay to just plain bionic sight — could be endless."

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Yes I Do Want by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They're doing this with LED's and not LSD?

  2. Re:Yes I Do Want by Dripdry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    --Off topic--: I have a number of friends in alternative lifetsyles/communities in the Twin Cities (that's all MN is, right?), if you're really looking I can ask around. Hey, always happy to help a fellow geek, right?

    Oh, and perhaps the above poster was going for levity. One hopes.

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