Bionic Contact Lenses

[scrabface]

(technology review):
Researchers at Washington University in Seattle are developing a contact lens that could project text and images before your very eyes.

hoooly shit I can't wait for this.

here's the article http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27382/

[Jordan]

It reminded me a little of this Futurama episode:



Cool shit, anyway.

[DarkHoodness]

Probably will be something that only the very rich can afford though until the far future. But it is pretty cool, I didn't think things like this were possible.

[STM]

Hope people don't walk into things, it's an amazing step in a future we've only seen in the grim futuristic films thus far. Can't say I want one though, I love the world too much to switch off into an ipod touch let alone an eye piece.

[JennyGenesis]

How long till you can browse Facebook on those things?

[Crashpunk]

They remind me of the ones from Torchwood.

[Ridg3]

I just want to play Sudoku on it. When will this be possible?

[JennyGenesis]

Not still stuck in that phase are you?

[Ridg3]

I demand to know the reason what's wrong with Sudoku.

I demand it.

I held off making a quip about BvB.

[JennyGenesis]

The fact that I don't know how to play it and I don't understand why it became so popular at one time.

[Scraby]

well as we are rapidly advancing our technology suddenly nothing is impossible if you keep thinking,and inventing,just like tesla did.

[StrangerEastwood]

If they were like the ones from Torchwood...eep. We'd have people watching our lives, our own personal Big Brother devices. Creepy.

[scrabface]

It reminded me a little of this Futurama episode:



Cool shit, anyway.

I was more thinking of Ghost in the Shell and Deus Ex though.

[StrangerEastwood]

Being able to move through cyberspace in a semi physical form would be pretty badass, if that ever came about. However, it seems to just screw shit up in GitS, lol. But you have to wonder: how on earth would the contacts be practical? I mean, wouldn't that just be unnecessary imagery cluttering up your vision all the time? I'll stick to screens, thank you. >_<

[skychase2rebirth]

Annoying Pop-up while driving your car.... *ENLARGE YOUR PENISES* (yeah, 'cos in the future everyone has two c0cks) Oh and everything is written in Comic Sans..... ;P

[StrangerEastwood]

Then do all women have two vaginas, or is one penis superflous? Or, is it vertically placed? You see, these...these are the questions. Of the future.

[skychase2rebirth]

One word: Customisable

[StrangerEastwood]

Can mine have a skylight?

[Daxter King]

Im sure its fun whenever you get a virus that shows you visions of hell.

[Jordan]

That's an interesting idea. Could making the lens flip out and show stupid colours become a new type of drug? I could imagine the burn your eyes would get but some would go ape for that shit.

[T-nex]

This could give virtual reality a possibility. I'm liking it.

Imagine playing lasertag and seeing everyone as zombies

[skychase2rebirth]

Seriously, I don't know. I never played laser tag...

[Carnix]

Y'know when I'm not playing laser tag, I just stop not playing laser tag, and be awesome instead. True story.

EDIT:

Imagine playing lasertag and seeing everyone as zombies

Would imagining everyone as zombies while playing laser tag not be easier? Just saying..

Also, I tried contact lenses once and couldn't tame my blinking reflex so I only managed to get them in twice in the last month of trying. I'd actually find getting my entire eye replaced with a biotic one more convenient than this. Deus Ex HR puts me off of that idea, though.

[MeechMunchie]

I've played lasertag. It was pretty awesome, except I was 8 years old and cried when someone hit me.

[MA]

Y'know when I'm not playing laser tag, I just stop not playing laser tag, and be awesome instead. True story.

EDIT:

Would imagining everyone as zombies while playing laser tag not be easier? Just saying..

Also, I tried contact lenses once and couldn't tame my blinking reflex so I only managed to get them in twice in the last month of trying. I'd actually find getting my entire eye replaced with a biotic one more convenient than this. Deus Ex HR puts me off of that idea, though.

what happened to your ~Blessed Be wank?

[Carnix]

what happened to your ~Blessed Be wank?

Sorry to disappoint.


There, now it's in my signature, you can find my wank on every post that I have ever made here. It'll even appear twice on posts in which I typed it manually.

Your approval?

[STM]

Cheater.

[AlexFili]

Funny you should mention contact lenses. I'm reading a book called The Dark Tower Volume 2 and the when the main character possesses this prisoner, the eyes of the man change from Hazel to Blue. The air stewardess kept thinking he must wear coloured contact lenses, but then had an internal argument about the price of the lenses.

[MA]

Sorry to disappoint.


There, now it's in my signature, you can find my wank on every post that I have ever made here. It'll even appear twice on posts in which I typed it manually.

baby, you never fail to disappoint.

Your approval?

NO

[Mr. Bungle]

I'm still waiting for virtual reality video games. Virtual Skyrim, fuck yeah.