BEEKEEPERS: The future is now!
Bionic eyes: Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
Does this look… familiar?
Man, I’m good. ;)
(for those of you not in the know, I designed that for a “special commendation” in the I Love Bees ARG)
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of course, i don’t wear contacts for the simple reason that putting anything that close to my eye, let alone TOUCHING my eye squicks me out… but i would work to overcome that just for these
For the same reason I’m glad that I trained myself not to flinch at age 15 and have worn contacts for ten years – all the irritation of putting the things in is totally worth it if I have something to look forward to.
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I would love to know what the power source is.
It doesn’t mention it in the article, but is it possible it uses the bodies natural currant?
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“the researchers hope to power the whole system using a combination of radio-frequency power and solar cells placed on the lens, Parviz said.”
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Yeah, s’what I get for just skimming while doing class work.
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Now if you had one of these, think how much easier it would be!
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No kidding. I’d be able to run a program to do it all for me. However, here’s the bummer. Getting a Virus in your eye, or spyware. Think about how frightening that could be.
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Eh. As long as the contact lens doesn’t have the power to physically change itself, what harm will it do? Maybe your vision goes white – unless you happen to be on the freeway, I think you’ll be alright.
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Mhm, but what about spyware? How much would you have to worry about your eye taking shots of whatever it is your seeing and sending it back to someone for “marketing research”?
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Mmm, partly it uses tiny solar cells.
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“the researchers hope to power the whole system using a combination of raisins and other dried fruit naturally found in the body, Parvis said.”
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Haha, I need to add you on Xboxlive for that.
Get this to be embedded in my cornea, then let’s talk.
Great find! :)
My coworker just got an eye upgrade. laser surgery so he can now see better than ever, AND got himself an implanted UV filter, freakin crazy!
Daaaaaamn, didn’t know they were implanting filters and such like that. I’ll have to mention it to my optometrist the next time I see him and hear what he thinks.
That’s one of those things that, once I have crazy money, I’m going to have to buy my husband – my prescription bounces too much for laser surgery to ever help.
First you got to get sent to a slam, where they tell you you’ll never see daylight again. You dig up a doctor, and you pay him 20 menthol Kools to do a surgical shine job on your eyeballs.. Wait.. no.. thats Pitch Black..
Lol…I’d have to be really screwed up to want to move to the Pitch Black/Riddick reality – I think I’ll just wait for our technology to get to that point.
Impressive work, Sarge. Can’t wait to put my own eye under the knife for this.