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Telescopic Contact Lens With Switchable Magnification To Help AMD Patients
cylonlover writes "Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness among older adults in the western world. Unfortunately, conventional optical aids provide little help for a retina which has lost the acuity of its central area. Now a team of multinational researchers led by University of California, San Diego Professor Joseph Ford has created a telescopic contact lens that can switch between normal and magnified vision to offer AMD patients a relatively unobtrusive way to enhance their vision."
I didnt realize that AMD was a disease - I guess i should of bought a machine with Intel Inside(TM)
Telescopic contact lens + Linux-powered rifle scope = I can finally become Hawkeye. Minus the abs.
sudo make me a sandwich
Zooming in for the breast shot! ;)
yes I know, we'll all be dirty old men one day.
... does it make The Noise from "The Six Million Dollar Man" when it zooms in?
Because... REASONS!
No really, it causes issues with the brain when the lens does not move with the eye. Like vertigo. Yes I RTFA.
Someone had to do it.
Is there some fundamental reason why these are only useful to someone with damaged vision? Since they are not implanted and have no moving parts, they shouldn't be much worse than regular contact lenses, which some people wear for purely cosmetic reasons. The biggest problem I can see would be the light loss from the polarizing glasses. Two stops is significant, especially at night, and the ability of the iris to compensate will be hampered by the size of the central pupil in the contact lens.
How is the Riemann zeta function like Trump rallies? Both have an endless number of trivial zeros.