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Electronic contact lenses

electronic contact lens

Who do you think will get these first? The military or Xbox gamers?

Researchers at the University of Washington managed to embed an electronic circuit and LEDs directly into contact lenses, which seemed to look good on rabbit eyes. Though the circuit is not functional and the lights don’t light up, the development shows that future applications like direct video to the eye may indeed be possible.

[University of Washington press release]


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January 20, 2008

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2 Comments

  1. you know...if you’re going to spam my blog, at least be creative in your comments.


  2. hey it would be cool if they could zoom in on things far away just by nerves and a small clock in the corner or something


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