Terminator-style data on our eyes
source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens/0
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Seeing is believing and sooner than you think, we will be able to see an array of data right on the surface of our eyes, similar to how the Terminator does.
Research at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle, has been conducted to produce the first step in technological contact lens. Professor of Biotechnology, Babak A. Parvizthe has been working on the production of these lens with his students -- they have been currently producing lens that have one LED, which is powered wirelessly by RF.
Parvizthe explains that control circuits, communication ciruits and miniature antennas are built into ordinary contact lens -- using custom-built optoelectronic components -- to transform them into lens capable of storing data.
Eventually the lens will consist of hundreds of LEDs, all used to form images, words, charts and photographs in front of the wearer's eye.
For the wearer to see a distinct image, a number of smaller lenses (micro lenses) must be placed on the surface of the contact lens. Microlenses like have been used in the past to focus lasers and in photolithography, to draw patterns of light on a photoresist.
With the lens' hardware being semi-transparent, it will allow the wearer to travel around in their daily environment as normal, without any visual interference causing them to bump into things. It is possible that a separate portable device will tranfer displayable information to the lens’ control circuit, which will operate the optoelectronics in the lens.
Parvizthe states: "What we’ve done so far barely hints at what will soon be possible with this technology."
It is also possible that lens with a single pixel could help people who are partially def or be incorporated as an indicator into computer games.
Research at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle, has been conducted to produce the first step in technological contact lens. Professor of Biotechnology, Babak A. Parvizthe has been working on the production of these lens with his students -- they have been currently producing lens that have one LED, which is powered wirelessly by RF.
Parvizthe explains that control circuits, communication ciruits and miniature antennas are built into ordinary contact lens -- using custom-built optoelectronic components -- to transform them into lens capable of storing data.
Eventually the lens will consist of hundreds of LEDs, all used to form images, words, charts and photographs in front of the wearer's eye.
For the wearer to see a distinct image, a number of smaller lenses (micro lenses) must be placed on the surface of the contact lens. Microlenses like have been used in the past to focus lasers and in photolithography, to draw patterns of light on a photoresist.
With the lens' hardware being semi-transparent, it will allow the wearer to travel around in their daily environment as normal, without any visual interference causing them to bump into things. It is possible that a separate portable device will tranfer displayable information to the lens’ control circuit, which will operate the optoelectronics in the lens.
Parvizthe states: "What we’ve done so far barely hints at what will soon be possible with this technology."
It is also possible that lens with a single pixel could help people who are partially def or be incorporated as an indicator into computer games.
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Yes,this is awesome.
I'ma huge fan of Augmented Reality and this is awesome news.
Consider me SIGNED UP FOR BEING A TEST SUBJECT PLEASE!!!!!!
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