University of Washington engineers have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. Interesting combination of biology and electronic application.
The researchers are developing techniques that would find a useful purpose and they are trying the lenses on rabbits at the moment. Cost will be an issue at the beginning but as the technology matures, this could be used as a visual aid to help vision-impaired people I think its a good idea, I hope they are successful in going from the lab to the streets.
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