The Terminator and the Bionic Woman both used bionic eyes to zoom in on distant objects, have useful information pop into their field of view, or create virtual crosshairs. In real life, researchers at the University of Washington are developing contact lenses that may allow virtual displays for more practical purposes: visual aids to help vision-impaired people, virtual displays for pilots and drivers, video-game projections, telescopic vision for soldiers, and even as a way to surf the Web on the go.
"There is a large area outside of the transparent part of the eye that we can use for placing instrumentation," said Babak Parviz, a UW assistant professor of electrical engineering. "This is a very small step toward that goal, but I think it's extremely promising."
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