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Bionic Contact Lenses

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Danielle Citron at Concurring Opinions:

According to Government Technology, engineers at the University of Washington have developed contact lenses with integrated circuitry. Although the lenses have only been tested on animals, researchers are working on having electronic lenses overlay a display over a person’s visual field without impairing sight. Researchers hope that the lenses, once completed, will allow users to zoom in on distant objects and see useful facts. Future applications might allow drivers and pilots to see their direction and speed projected across their view or to surf the Web without a monitor. The circuit components would be powered by integrated solar cells and a wireless radio-frequency receiver.

Citron speculates that a lens with a zoom function and connection to the Net might allow the wearer to record and transmit images, raising privacy concerns to a whole new level.



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6 Responses to “Bionic Contact Lenses”

  1. Dyre42 says:

    Yeah, but do they make that cool Six Million Dollar Man nananana sound when they zoom in?

  2. JMattM says:

    Awesome way to check out the babes secret agent like!

  3. StockBoySF says:

    Cool! I think the ads on TMV cycle through… but the ad under this post on bionic contact lenses is for… contact lenses from VisionDirect! Maybe there are already privacy concerns since someone knows I'm reading an article on bionic lenses…. nah… it's more like co-branding… :)

  4. contactlenzen says:

    This sounds very interesting. We are also selling contact lenses but I could not find a place where I can buy these contactlenzen . I hope someone can tell us who sell these acuvue contactlenzen

  5. Kontaktlinsen_Preisvergleich says:

    yes, this would be nice if we get some lenses. I also sell Kontaktlinsen (contact lenses) in germany. I wait for the product. The name could be james bond lenses :) .

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