“Smart Contact Lenses” with Built-In Camera Controlled By Blinking

[georgeks]

“Smart Contact Lenses” with Built-In Camera Controlled By Blinking

"Samsung Patents “Smart Contact Lenses” with Built-In Camera Controlled By Blinking

Wearable technology is a trend that’s here to stay, and Samsung has taken a step forward in this field with a plan for innovative eyewear. The company was recently granted a patent in South Korea for contact lenses with a display to project images directly into the wearer’s pupils. According to the blog SamMobile, a built-in camera and sensors are controlled by one of our most basic movements—blinking. To process the data being seen, embedded antennas send the content to an external smartphone-like device.
Samsung’s patent application explains that their desire to develop these smart contact lenses is because of the limitations that glasses (such as Google Glass) have. Contacts can provide..."

Samsung Patents ?Smart Contact Lenses? with Built-In Camera Controlled By Blinking - My Modern Met

 

[groze]

I find that a little creepy. However, one plus side it might help those who are blind, depending on the type of blindness the person has.