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09-12-2009, 02:54 AM
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/TECH/ptech/09/11/wired.digital.contacts/art.digital.contacts.wired.jpgDigital contacts will keep an eye on your vital signs
September 11, 2009
" Forget about 20/20. "Perfect" vision could be redefined by gadgets that give you the eyes of a cyborg.
The tech industry calls the digital enrichment of the physical world "augmented reality." Such technology is already appearing in smartphones and toys, and enthusiasts dream of a pair of glasses we could don to enhance our everyday perception. But why stop there?
Scientists, eye surgeons, professors and students at the University of Washington have been developing a contact lens containing one built-in LED, powered wirelessly with radio frequency waves.
Eventually, more advanced versions of the lens could be used to provide a wealth of information, such as virtual captions scrolling beneath every person or object you see. Significantly, it could also be used to monitor your own vital signs, such as body temperature and blood glucose level.
Why a contact lens? The surface of the eye contains enough data about the body to perform personal health monitoring, according to Babak Parvis, a University of Washington professor of bionanotechnology, who is working on the project. "
:source: Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/09/11/wired.digital.contacts/index.html:view: Homepage: CNN (http://www.cnn.com)
September 11, 2009
" Forget about 20/20. "Perfect" vision could be redefined by gadgets that give you the eyes of a cyborg.
The tech industry calls the digital enrichment of the physical world "augmented reality." Such technology is already appearing in smartphones and toys, and enthusiasts dream of a pair of glasses we could don to enhance our everyday perception. But why stop there?
Scientists, eye surgeons, professors and students at the University of Washington have been developing a contact lens containing one built-in LED, powered wirelessly with radio frequency waves.
Eventually, more advanced versions of the lens could be used to provide a wealth of information, such as virtual captions scrolling beneath every person or object you see. Significantly, it could also be used to monitor your own vital signs, such as body temperature and blood glucose level.
Why a contact lens? The surface of the eye contains enough data about the body to perform personal health monitoring, according to Babak Parvis, a University of Washington professor of bionanotechnology, who is working on the project. "
:source: Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/09/11/wired.digital.contacts/index.html:view: Homepage: CNN (http://www.cnn.com)