Internet Contact Lenses? Yup.

MaestroMan · Post by **MaestroMan** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:56 pm

Don't worry, now you'll be watching Cloverfield during class in no time...

http://gizmodo.com/346164/electronic-co ... up-display

So, Senor Grunt, I guess there's your answer to 'simulated reality'.

bibbit · Post by **bibbit** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:02 pm

Flipping awesome.

Rockymods · Post by **Rockymods** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:09 pm

I guess everyone is gonna start eating raw vegetables now..
It may not be good when you get a romantic moment with that special someone and you both look into eachothers eyes deeply..

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:18 pm

This is far from what the topic discussion implies. It's red LEDs. There appear to be 49 of them. Show me a watchable film, or web page in a 7x7 pixel size and I'll be impressed.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:43 pm

BY RF1234 AT 01/17/08 03:25 PM

You mean I could potentially watch porn all day at work and no one would know?

Sweet.

xD

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:53 pm

I'm with Tural on this...how is it even visible at that size? Has any human even tested them out yet like on their own eye?

shadowkhas · Post by **shadowkhas** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:55 pm

Would be a good novelty for about half an hour, which is what the time limit seems to be for wearing those. I'd hate to have that a lot...I rather like taking breaks from the internet.

hollow121314 · Post by **hollow121314** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:19 pm

What if that thing sparked or something, your eye is done. I really dont see whats wrong with walking over to a computer to go on the internet. Theres really no point in having some electric device stuck to your eye...

metkillerjoe · Post by **metkillerjoe** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:55 pm

Patrickssj6 wrote:
BY RF1234 AT 01/17/08 03:25 PM

You mean I could potentially watch porn all day at work and no one would know?

Sweet.
xD

QFT.

Bought effing time. Now I can use pretend I'm paying attention in history class and whenever the teacher asks me something I'll just switch to the wikipedia.

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:11 pm

Tural wrote:This is far from what the topic discussion implies. It's red LEDs. There appear to be 49 of them. Show me a watchable film, or web page in a 7x7 pixel size and I'll be impressed.

Indeed... It's a start, however.

warlord · Post by **warlord** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 4:58 am

What were once punch hole card machines are now super powerful multi-tasking computers....wait about 20 years and the same evolution will be the same for these contacts with any luck.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:23 am

How do you charge them?

MaestroMan · Post by **MaestroMan** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:27 am

Cryticfarm wrote:How do you charge them?

Evidently, they won't require you to charge them as they will more than likely be one-time use, like current contact lenses.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:29 am

MaestroMan wrote:
Cryticfarm wrote:How do you charge them?
Evidently, there won't be a need to charge them as they will more than likely be one-time use, like current contact lenses.

So your saying you use them for like an hour and then there gone?

MaestroMan · Post by **MaestroMan** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:05 am

That's what they appear to be like at the moment, but anything described as of yet in the article is still in a very early stage of development. So, in given time their technology could develop rapidly.

Prey · Post by **Prey** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:54 am

I'm assuming you didn't click on the MedGadget link..

The researchers hope to power the whole system using a combination of radio-frequency power and solar cells placed on the lens, Parviz said.

metkillerjoe · Post by **metkillerjoe** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:55 am

To power them, most practically, you'd probably use the light that is usually directed at the eye for power. It looks like a tiny amount of power is needed anyway.

peta-182 · Post by **peta-182** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:45 am

I think it's safe to say Welcome to the Future

TomClancey · Post by **TomClancey** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:23 pm

I think I'll stick to glasses, but this is a cool creation, nonetheless.

(If I'm not mistaken, they did have something similar like this for glasses? In testing, of coarse.

)

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:25 pm

Is each led a pixel?