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Introduction ◦ Contact lenses are worn daily by more than a
hundred million people, and they are one of the only disposable, mass-market products that remain in contact, through fluids, with the interior of the body for an extended period of time.
◦ Bionic contact lenses will potentially include hundreds of LEDs, which will form images in front of the eye, such as words, charts, and photographs
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History of contact lenses ◦ 1887 - First contact lens manufactured from glass,
and fitted to cover the entire eye
◦ 1939 - Contact lenses first made from plastic
◦ 1948 - Plastic contact lenses designed to cover only the eye's cornea
◦ 1971 - Introduction of soft contact lenses
◦ 1987 - Introduction of disposable soft contact lenses
◦ 1996 - Introduction of one-day disposable soft lenses
◦ 2002 - Silicone-hydrogel contact lenses first marketed and overnight orthokeratology approved by FDA
◦ 2010 - Custom-manufactured silicone-hydrogel lenses become available
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• Potential for a bionic contact lens
• E-mails, text messages, maps, driving directions, ect.
• People who have diabetes could keep tabs on blood-sugar levels without needing to prick a finger
• A contact lens could monitor cholesterol, sodium, and potassium levels
• With a wireless data transmitter, the lens could relay information to medics or nurses instantly
• Video gaming could use the bionic contact lenses to put the player in a virtual world without restricting their range of motion
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What’s the difference?
◦ Integrated control circuits, communication circuits, and miniature antennas into the lens using custom-built optoelectronic components
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Concept lens
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Advantages and disadvantages oAdvantages
oProvide up to date medical information
oMake it easier to read an E-mail or text
oIt may expand the technology and integrate into a new product
oDisadvantages
oDevice can only work if it is within centimeters of the wireless battery
oMay result in eye damage if worn for an extended period of time
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Future Effects – Direct
Positive ◦ Make daily operations easier
◦ Hands free device
Negative ◦ It may make the operators vision worse
◦ The malfunction of the device
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Future Effects – Inderect
Positive ◦ Improve Micromechanics and Microengineering
◦ You could also get many different uses
Negative ◦ May cause eye damage
◦ May be a distraction to everyday life
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Future Effects – Unintended
Positive ◦ Being able to make medical advances
Negative ◦ Have the technology not working
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Future Timeline
In 5 years ◦ Will be used for medical purposes only
◦ Will not be advanced enough to make a complicated image
◦ Only the wealthy will be able to afford one
In 25-30 years ◦ Will be able to have a screen and you will be able to interact with it
◦ Will be affordable enough for most of the population to purchase one
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Conclusion
This will be a helpful technology
It may take time to get used to
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Bibliography
Babak A. Parviz. (September 2009). Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens. In IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 11/26/2012, from http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens.
Babak A. Parviz. (March 7, 2011). Augmented Reality - Bionic Contact Lenses. In Media Theory. Retrieved 11/26/2012, from http://james-lumsdenkeys-media-theory.blogspot.com/2011/03/0-false-18-pt-18-pt-0-0-false-false.html.
CLMA. (September 2009). A Brief History of Contact Lenses. In GP contact lenses. Retrieved 11/26/2012, from http://www.contactlenses.org/timeline.htm.