Contact Lenses with Circuits for Superhuman Vision
Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.
The prototype contact lens does not correct the wearer’s vision, but the technique could be used on a corrective lens. There are a number of possible uses for virtual displays.
Drivers or pilots could see a vehicle’s speed projected onto the windshield. Video-game companies could use the contact lenses to completely immerse players in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion. And for communications, people on the go could surf the Internet on a midair virtual display screen that only they would be able to see.
Link Via [Science Daily]
January 31, 2008 - Category: Tech - Posted by: Hans - Comments: 9
February 3rd, 2008 at 9:50 am
Whoah that looks cool.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Damn it…cool I want a pair of those =))
October 1st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Please continue research into these. I have been dreaming of such things for years. Imagine the possibilities. Cell phones would simply be WIFI links for us when we are not near our home networks and such, allowing us to have heads up displays like on Ironman of whatever color/variation/purpose we see fit. My main question would be…. Interfacing with said virtual displays…. how would these work, because if we need to learn a complicated series of eye movements or blinks to get this to work. Nix the project now. If the lenses are just monitors for say… our cells, then wouldn’t the devices be able to Triangulate the position of our hands and such with simple gestures to point and click and drag and the like in real time?
October 31st, 2008 at 7:39 am
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December 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Hello,
My name is Jeffrey Gerlach and I am an Industrial and Interaction Design student at Syracuse University. Together with fellow design student Andrew Stanley, we have been designing around themes of urban life, DIY, and sustainability. This is the concept behind our DPW ADK furniture.
born from a spontaneous need and evolved from a simple vision the department of public worth adirondack chair is true upcycling a modern and sustainable take on the classic adirondack chair all that is needed is the rearranging of some nails when we don’t have much we make much more of what we have now go show your public worth…
I would love to send images of our work for submission. If you would be interested please contact me at JkGERLAC@syr.edu
Thank you,
Jeffrey Gerlach
Industrial | Interaction Design
Syracuse University
December 24th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
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January 5th, 2009 at 7:43 am
WOW!!!!! this is amazing, I see this on tv it looked so cool, you have to make these things, so many people want a pair. does any one know if they are going to release this?????
May 17th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Hey CubeMe,
Your contact page is inaccessible. Here’s a news tip from Minimalismi:
http://www.minimalismi.com/2009/05/ring-a-reflection-of-a-chair-by-philippe-starck/
June 8th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Could you please tell me who the manufacturer of the Style Ball by Emilio Alarcón is?
Thanks,
Gwen