The technology that will enable heads-up displays, or HUDs, to be embedded in contact lenses is progressing rapidly. That’s not to say that laws that will enable you to wear them are right around the corner.
Still, less than two years after he conducted successful tests on rabbits fitted with contacts powered by radio waves, Dr. Babak Parviz of the University of Washington foresees contact lenses as the basis for viable platforms, ‘like the iPhone is today,’ with LED displays and biosensors to display body chemistry. As many tech challenges as these LED contact lenses seem to have surmounted, I’m wondering just how much info can be assimilated by people who aren’t fighter pilots. On the other hand, your great-grandfather probably wouldn’t have been able to drive and text message at the same time.
Apparently the good doctor is a bit of a poet too:
As far as we’re concerned, the possibilities extend as far as the eye can see, and beyond.
