Bionic Contacts

Josh Bailey November 22, 2011 0

Reported by BBC News, the times are a changing. Researchers at Washington University have been busy working on a contact lenses that could one day project images or information over what the wearer is looking at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But there are still wrinkles to iron out, like finding a good power source. Currently, their crude prototype device can only work if it is within centimeters of the wireless battery. And its micro-circuitry is only enough for one light-emitting diode, reports the Journal of Micro-mechanics and Micro-engineering. BBC News Source

 

The world of science fiction and the real world are quickly becoming blurred. When technology is advancing at such an incredible rate, it’s not much of a stretch to think that human augmentation isn’t that far off.

 

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