University of Washington Lens contains single pixel of information.
Hands-free information could stream across your lens, in a device that came one step closer to reality this week. In a new paper , University of Washington researchers demonstrated the safety of a prototype device tested in the eye of a rabbit. At the moment, the lens device contains only a single pixel of information, but the researchers say it is a proof of the concept that the device could be worn by a person. Eventually it could display short emails and other messages directly before a wearer's eyes. "This is the first time we have been able to wirelessly power and control the display in a live eye," said Babak Parviz , an author and UW associate professor of electrical engineering. Among his coauthors are Brian Otis, associate professor of electrical engineering, and Andrew Lingley, a graduate student. "Looking through a completed lens, you would see what the display is generating superimposed on the world outside," Parviz explained during a 2008 .
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