Here’s something to ‘look forward’ to. We put ear buds in our ears for hands free but in the future we may be able to keep our eyes on the road too, while we fiddle with our information gadgets.
Engineers at the University of Washington are creating a contact lens with an embedded electronic circuit and lights. The display would be superimposed on your view of the world so you could mapquest, play games, ebay or whatever else you absolutely need to do, while keeping sight on a real world backdrop.
The lenses have not yet been tested on humans but so far show to be safe and effective. The engineers behind the lens are intending to make the lens wireless capable and power the circuit with a small solar cell on the lens. (UV protection enforced, hopefully – see previous post.)
Amazing but not unbelievable. I’ll let you know when these lenses become available in my office…. š
