We can possibly all settle
on one thing: that technological devices are getting small in size by the day.
Now, contact lenses are getting cooler – well soon
– and all because of nanotechnology. The technology giant Sony has ramped
up their tech from something that we have only witnessed in James Bond
movies, to now being our reality.
Sony has filed for a patent that shows how their smart contact lenses will captures pictures and record videos just with a blink of an eye, keeping them in a small memory space on the lens – or on the user’s eyeballs. Not only is Sony determined
for this, but other technology giants such as Samsung and Google are also planning
for their smart contact lenses, going public with their concepts of taking
pictures, making videos and observing sugar intake; gamers will also experience
improved gaming, and other potentials are limitless.
Though, Sony’s patent does
not mean we will be seeing them anytime soon. However, Sony’s release of
the lens will comprise a picture-taking unit, a central controlling unit,
the main unit along with an antenna, a storage area and a piezoelectric sensor.
The last stated unit above is accountable for observing the time on how long
the eyelids have stayed opened, and it will also identify the blink that was
done to take a picture, as well as the winks that were done subconsciously.
This will let the unit to differentiate between taking pictures and a
normal blink.
As stated in Sony’s patent,
the unintentional blink is between 0.2 to 0.4 seconds, thus the patent states
that if the blink surpasses more than 0.5 seconds, then it was done on
purpose and will be considered a peculiar blinking, so, signaling the unit
to capture the image. The antennae will provide the power to the lens
wirelessly, capturing it from the smartphone, a smart tablet or a computer. The
tech that was first discovered by Nicola Tesla, will use either radio
waves, electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic field resonance, and to top
it off, the smart lens will support an auto-focus and zoom capability.
But before happy blinking consumers
can get their hands on this cutting-edge device, and for the intelligence
agencies to ‘blink’ on everything in their sight, the technology is still to go
through strict tests. Then again, a technology such as this, is a fascinating idea
enfolded up in the scary, subject to how it will be used.
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