The coating conducts electricity on a contact lens

Google Glass was somewhat beset with controversies — often thought to be unsightly, the tech was also banned in cinemas, declared “no safer than texting” when worn by drivers, and subject to privacy debates. They may be resigned to the past, however, as a new contact lens is developed that can act as a computer screen.

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CrazyNeutrino said:

The coating conducts electricity on a contact lens

Google Glass was somewhat beset with controversies — often thought to be unsightly, the tech was also banned in cinemas, declared “no safer than texting” when worn by drivers, and subject to privacy debates. They may be resigned to the past, however, as a new contact lens is developed that can act as a computer screen.

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> eventually

Anyone want to hazard a guess at the timescale of that “eventually”?

mollwollfumble said:

CrazyNeutrino said:

The coating conducts electricity on a contact lens

Google Glass was somewhat beset with controversies — often thought to be unsightly, the tech was also banned in cinemas, declared “no safer than texting” when worn by drivers, and subject to privacy debates. They may be resigned to the past, however, as a new contact lens is developed that can act as a computer screen.

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> eventually

Anyone want to hazard a guess at the timescale of that “eventually”?

A decade?
Haven’t they or aren’t they about to get working protypes of contact lens that can zoom in and out on objects