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Arrrrrrrrrrrrgh I've got spam in my eyes.

The horror
The unremitting horror...

Sitting in front of a computer screen has already screwed my eyes god knows what it would be like having it etched on a contact lens.

Blimey no - I have enough issues getting my smartphone's internet to work.

Though, on balance, if somebody could mod it so that I can go about with a custom HUD that makes my everyday life look like I'm in Fallout or Skyrim, that might sway me.

Doesn't appeal to me personally, I don't really like the idea of a computer glued to my eyeball, can't they put the technology in some shades instead?

This is a good point - you're always getting told not to focus on screens that are too close to you - what is focusing on something that's practically inside your own eye going to do in the long term...

Yes Yes Yes - dear god yes!

Imagine if you could have your own personal H.U.D

*read* imagine how much money advertised could make if they gave everyone a H.U.D

Still worth it in my opinion...

Is "reading emails" not an absolutely tragic lack of imagination for such a piece of kit? Imagine what it could overlay on everything you look at:

People: Recent tweets, Facebook updates, occupation, marital status (criminal records etc?)

Landmarks Opening hours, admission charge, history, etc. Or, more excitingly, access points and security patrol routes?

Maps Ever seen Donnie Darko? How about a Donnie-style trail to help you when using GPS/Google maps etc.

...whoever came up with "reading emails on the go" really does need to live a little more!

It takes several grown men to get eye drops in my eyes and I'd need a general anaesthetic to put ordinary lenses in, so ones with a built in telly are right out.

successfully tested on animals

I didn't know they could read.

Also:

• Soulmate profile

*hides*

JamesRBall

Is "reading emails" not an absolutely tragic lack of imagination for such a piece of kit? Imagine what it could overlay on everything you look at: People: Recent tweets, Facebook updates, occupation, marital status (criminal records etc?)

Why exactly would we need that functionality? God help us if this is where dating websites are going...

Oh God, Jessica's already thought of it.

Well, it's been fun, but I'm opting out of society, and going to set up my own island nation dedicating to sunbathing, picking fruit, and telling tales of how the great ancestors once smashed all the iPhones, and good riddance.

This is amazing. It could be like CatPaint but for your actual life.

...whoever came up with "reading emails on the go" really does need to live a little more!

There you are, quietly enjoying a bike ride, when a friend (in error) sends you a picture of his cock rather to his girlfriend, as you desperately try to crawl the contact lens out of your eyes, you go under a bus.

As your life fades, the last image you see is "LOL! SRRY M8, WAS 4 ME LADY".

I would want it, but you would probably have to carry a laptop just adjust the settings

Leave the animals out of it.

world peace and an end to starvation.

With the advance of all this microtechnology, soon they will be able to put micro x-ray scanners (airport style) into your contact lenses.

Then you will be able to see your girlfriend, and ....er... see your girlfriend!

This sounds like a really impressive piece of technology and the only application you can conceive for it is reading your farking emails??

I would love it personally but only if you could get a range of multimedia through it. Though I do not think I would be able to get the thing in, never worn contact lenses and really struggle getting drops in the eye.

As someone who was rendered severely visually impaired in a car crash in the eighties, I'd wear whatever it took to get my full vision back.

In the meantime I'd be hoping for the invention of a crash-proof motorbike too.

Why??? Just why????

I mean, I know I'm a bit of an Internet addict, but this is just...why????

Definitely not.

I am not that much attached to my e-mails, I read them when I have to and I do not need any bionic lenses to do that.

If they can have some other useful function - I can not imagine what, as the inventors/developers of this technology do not know either - I will decide then.

I would not want to surf on internet, watch movies on my bionic lenses too.

All this will mean is that men will have have discovered a more concealed way to watch porn at the office, in the tube, at dinner time, while having sex ... etc.

Quite. I'm a high myope anyway, so need to wear normal contact lenses. I doubt these things would be compatible. (Didn't they have them in Torchwood?)

Car crash waiting to happen !

Are you looking at me, pal?

No. I'm just checking the Dow Jones...

As long as everyone realizes that all the jobs that used to exist in Europe and America have disappeared due to technology they can praise every new advance as much as they like. I couldn't think of anything more pointless than all of the technology thats been invented since 1985, well unless the point is to make sure no one ever gets a decent job.

As long as it's got an option to provide Predator-style heat-vision complete with cool targeting triangle effect, I'm all for it.

Yes. It's bad enough walking along the pavement with idiots who talk into their phones and don't look where they're going...

Porn 24/7 ?
This could make folk go blind.

On the plus side, could it superimpose your fantasy girlfriend over the real one ?

Oh yes, I could surf the net at work which I can't otherwise do...

oh wait.

Fans of the Terminator franchise may be thrilled...

I think you've misinterpeted the message behind the Terminator franchise.

Reminds me of that old joke: but what's the suitcase for? that's the battery.

I didn't get on very well with the one-day disposables you can "hardly feel are there".

So no thanks, I'll read my e-mails without sticking things in my eyes if it's all the same with you.

I've been waiting for someone to finally come up with this. A usable HUD that could connect to any computerised system would be great. Couple it with eye tracking and you have a complete control system too.

No need to check the time or date, have it available in the top right corner of your vision if you need it.

Have you diary/itinerary available at the blink of you eye.

Face recognition? Never forget a name again - see virtual name tags on people, Is it their birthday today?

In a car, not a car crash waiting to happen, but quite the opposite. Have all the data you need within your field of vision without having to take your eyes off the road. Sat Nav route laid out on the road in front of you, visible speed limit warnings, etc.

No more having to fumble for your smartphone to look something up on the web - do it in a picture in picture window.

All sorts of augmented reality possibilities spring to mind, if you don't have a narrow 'check your email' view.

However, with the onset of nanotechnology and bio-genetics, I would not be a bit surprised that if in the future, individuals could afford to extend their longevity substantially by syntheskeletal and other beneficial bio-medical implants.
Forget a bio-hardware internet implant: sooner or later someone will start messing around with the human genome from the standpoint of eugenics. A scenario similar depicted in the movie "Gattaca" is entirely possible, with negative genetic traits eliminated and positive ones induced.
Most people would condemn this as a dystopia because of conservative religious or "moral" arguments. For me that is neither here nor there. In my mind, it is a question of priorities. In the light of untrammeled overpopulation as a root cause of planetary pollution and socio-economic inequity, I favor the chicken of massive contraception before the egg of longevity.

What, given a top team of boffins and a whopping budget, would be the innovation of the future you'd like to see?

a volcanic super lair (evil villain type), or possibly a death star.

I can see that police, border control and security services are going to love this when it is allied to facial recognition technology: instant labels on everyone in sight, along with arrest/bar entry/kill tags. Of course, it has to work reliably...

For a long time, I have postured that the shape of the stereo typical Alien is such because they have come from the distant future, one in which we live in spaceships with little to no gravity, hence the little bodies, and we are super intelligent, hence the big heads, no I understand the black eyes are actually contact lenses, and the fact they are really ugly with no discernable features is because long ago, we developed the ability to project whatever image we like onto the world.

I still cant figure out anal probing though.

"with negative genetic traits eliminated and positive ones induced."

Get with the programme. We are already doing this. In fact, it is oft encouraged by this very newspaper.

I can see that police, border control and security services are going to love this when it is allied to facial recognition technology: instant labels on everyone in sight, along with arrest/bar entry/kill tags. Of course, it has to work reliably...

I saw ...arrest bar..., that would result ina great drinking game, who could get their bar closest to arrest without actually being arrested.

E-mail? What a lack of immagination.There are so many more useful things you could do with it:

Things that we could do now (i.e. the only new technology required would be the lenses themselves)

- Driving:
- Night vision
- Highlighting pedestrians
- Being able to 'see' out of the back of the car when reversing
- Immersive experience for gaming
- Augmented reality (e.g. Wikitude)
- GPS display
- Phone (combine with earpiece containing the actual phone).
-Record what you see (combine with earpiece for recording what you hear)
-Covert communication - chat to your friends when the music is too loud to hear or when you don't want everyone present to hear you.

etc.

Can I join your island nation?

I'm guessing bringing my kindle is out of the question though?

how do they know whether it's been successfully tested on animals?

They know whether it's successful by testing on animals because they don't get any phishing emails..

Before I get my coat, I'm with Almondjoy on this - unless it gives everyone telephoto voyeur vision , it's just another way to sell web veritising and is no advance at all.

Why don't we all just plug into the Matrix and be done with all this pointless reality?

how do i get hold of you ....you can always reach me through my "contact" lens

Spent a lot of money getting my eyes lazered so I wouldn't have to wear contact lens so No