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Samsung Receives Patent For Smart Contact Lenses (softpedia.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the part-human-part-machine dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Samsung has received a patent in South Korea for interactive contact lenses. The lenses will be formed of a transmitter, a camera, a display unit, and movement sensors. The lenses will be controlled by blinking. The contact lenses will be able to receive [videos or images] from a nearby smartphone, which will double as a processing unit for interactive controls and a storage device for pictures taken with the lens' camera. While Google and Swiss healthcare startup Sensimed have been working on contact lenses to cure medical diseases, Samsung's lenses are for experimenting with new methods of delivering augmented reality interfaces and data.

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  1. Distracted driving, eye popping... by justcauseisjustthat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Imagine an ad showing up in your eye while driving, nothing could go wrong here.

    1. Re:Distracted driving, eye popping... by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      ad showing up in your eye while driving

      "The Jake & Flake law firm would like you to consider our legal services to assist you with the accident you are about to have..."

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      Table-ized A.I.
  2. Glassholes by penguinoid · · Score: 2

    Smart contact lenses ... controlled by blinking.

    Now we need to punch anyone who blinks a lot? Stupid glassholes.

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  3. So if you poke me in the eye, by dsmatthews9379 · · Score: 2

    will it automatically unfriend you on my Facepoop account?

  4. Re: conceptual patent by safetyinnumbers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm wondering what sort of display could produce a focused image. You can't just put OLEDs or whatever right against the lens and be able to see them clearly. You'd have to collimate it somehow.

  5. Patent system abuse yet again by TomGreenhaw · · Score: 2

    Patents should not be issued for inventions without working models. With the principle of first to file, anybody can file a patent for anything. This stifles innovation. Why would anyone work on a genuine effort for an innovation when a troll has decided to squat on an idea they have no intention of developing.

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