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It may sound like something from a science fiction novel or a summer blockbusting Hollywood movie involving the former Californian governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, but futuristic technology such as that from films like the Terminator may not be all that far away. The latest in eye wear advancements may see humans soon have the ability to access information, not at the touch of a button, but in the blink of an eye.
Recent technological advancements have paved the way for a breakthrough contact lens prototype which has been successfully designed and created which allows the streaming of information from electronic devices to the lens itself, projecting data into the wearers line of sight, allowing them to read and interpret information on the move. I'm sure many of us remember seeing a certain 1980's Terminator robot accessing and analysing data as it patrolled the streets hunting for its target and questioning whether such massive leaps and strides could be made in the real world. This design, published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, could have a wide range of uses very similar to this.
Hopes for the practical use of the highly sophisticated eye wear range from the everyday interactive use of smartphones and computer equipment, accessing emails and the like, all the way through to medical use in tracking body health via biosensors designed to detect health concerns and issues, making the wearer fully aware of not only their surroundings but themselves too. The thinly constructed lenses are still a distance away from this level of use, but this prototype design could certainly pave the way towards these specifications in the near future.