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Not sure where to begin with this post to be honest as it seems so way out in left field that I find it hard to believe, but researchers at the University of Washington “have developed a contact lens with the potential to project a telephone display directly on to the retina.” That means that in the future rather than pick up a text message of your mobile phone you could just “stare intently at a projected image in front of your eyes.”
As someone that wears contact lenses from time to time I am both intrigued and slightly alarmed by this – especially when they expand the use to “monitor chemical levels in the body”, probably a good thing for sugar levels and diabetes etc. but not to sure that I want a lens telling me when I am drunk, although to be fair my eyes tend to tell me that already I guess.
Looks like there is still some way to go with the testing though which is good news as sticking anything that close to your eye that carries a functioning circuit must generate some heat. Still the potential is endless – night vision for soldiers, training information for service personal etc.
As I said pretty futuristic and hard to believe, but fascinating at the same time.
Via [The Times]
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