The daytime of traditional screens could be numerate if the news coming out of Washington University is anything to go by . It ’s testing inter-group communication lenses that could project information into the wearers eyes and initial rubber tests look hopeful .
We ’ve been dream of aHUD - style vision foil ever since Sci - Fi first introduced the concept to the masses with things like The Terminator . But now we ’ve taken a significant step forrad and are really getting closer to take a leak Terminator - imaginativeness a world . researcher have been test a archaic adaptation of a impinging lense display with just one light-emitting diode — a single pixel — but they ’re pursuing the technology with renewed vigor after condom study concluded that the inter-group communication lens caused no adverse move to the wearer when tested on lapin .
The main problem , like so many of these extremist - thin applied science idea , is the power source . The current implementation use a wireless battery , but it ca n’t be more than a few centimeters aside . gratefully another possible hurdle to potential eyeball - climb on presentation , the fact that your center ca n’t normally focus on something actually on its surface , was solve by a collaboration with boffins from Aalto University in Finland . The squad superintend to use the material of the lens to alter the focal length of the eye , a mo like a traditional contact lens lens does , allowing you to focus on the lens of the eye display itself .
With safety confirmed , let ’s hope the project work up at a rate of knots . Augmented world shows great promise , but is a bit lame on the phone . I want my Terminator - sight now . The next stage in testing is to force forward with their architectural plan to get the electron lens to expose some pre - dictated text — may I propose “ Hello World ” ? [ BBCviaGizmodo UK ]
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