Monday, September 28, 2009

One Step Closer to the $6M Man

Here is an interesting article about technology for overlaying images on top of our normal vision. This is called augmented reality and is achieved in this case by integrating tiny LEDs in contact lenses. This could eventually have great applications in healthcare, by enriching the information richness of doctors'/surgeons' sensory environment. I don't know if I would like to teach classes though, wondering if everyone was secretly watching movies on their contact lenses rather than paying attention. :)
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens