Tuesday 7 July 2009

sentient contact lenses

Saw this interesting article in the guardian today, which I thought was pretty cool. There are a new contact lens on the market which you put in during the night, instead of during the day.

While you sleep, they remodel your eye, so that when you take them out the next day, you can see perfectly. Read the article for a more scientific explanation, but I think that this is just the coolest thing ever- it's almost Star Trek-like technology. How did boffins work out that you could fix eyes temporarily, and then that they could do this by using contact lenses?

I really really wish that I had paid more attention in biology class now, rather than just terrorising the hamsters at the back of the classroom.

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