Belgian team develops “LCD” contact-lens display

by pwg • 14 years ago

14 7 14 years ago

nsxwolf• 14 years ago

What a mean trick that headline is. Everyone reading that thinks its going to be an awesome augmented reality enabling HUD, and instead we find out its only a "display" for everyone BUT the wearer.

politician• 14 years ago

Maybe it's time to invest in one-way mirrored sunglasses?

cdooh• 14 years ago

Isn't there a rule about writing biat switching headlines?

MalphasWats• 14 years ago

It's the headline of the actual article. I suggest you write a strongly worded letter to the editor explaining the HN submission guidelines.

Probably best send it in triplicate, just to be sure.

stevep98• 14 years ago

I never understood how contact-lens displays were supposed to deliver a focussable image on the retina. Is this doable? Maybe it will require some kind of magic metamaterials or something.

Udo• 14 years ago

I don't think it's doable with today's technology, that's why laser-based retina projection is what everybody's working on right now. Achieving the same effect with a thin and semitransparent lens would require a lot of engineering to achieve tightly controllable photon angles and I imagine power/data transmission to the lens would also be an issue. Also, personally I would rather put on a pair of glasses than stick a piece of plastic directly into my eye.

Belgian team develops “LCD” contact-lens display

Related Stories