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exDM69
on Nov 22, 2011
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Electronic contact lens displays pixels on the eye...
Did anyone else think about the Eyephone episode of Futurama when they saw this?
arethuza
on Nov 22, 2011
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No - I thought about the augmented realities in Vernor Vinge's
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rasur
on Nov 22, 2011
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I thought of Steve Mann's "eye tap"
polyfractal
on Nov 22, 2011
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Was just about to post the same thing. Pretty nifty device, I've considered building my own for a while now. It's pretty simple.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EyeTap
rasur
on Nov 22, 2011
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Yeah, I like the wearable computing idea much more than I like walking about with a "smart" phone.
viraptor
on Nov 22, 2011
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Ghost in the shell and vision interception devices. Hopefully the devices these guys create don't come with an integrated killswitch.
starwed
on Nov 22, 2011
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I actually thought about the contact lenses in Torchwood that could overlay text on your vision.
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