21st Century Innovative Technologies and Developments as also discoveries, curiosity ( insolite)...

Google has invented a new smart contact lens with an integrated camera. By virtue of being part of the contact lens, the camera would naturally follow your gaze, allowing for a huge range of awesome applications, from the basis of a bionic eye system for blind and visually impaired people, through to early warning systems (the camera spots a hazard before your brain does), facial recognition, and superhuman powers (telescopic and infrared/night vision). In related news, Google Glass is publicly available today in the US for one day only (still priced at $1500).

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• http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=contact+lenses+from+Google

Google has a new patent application with the USPTO (via 9to5Google), which takes one of the basic concepts of Glass and extends it even further, embedding tiny cameras that could be embedded in contact lenses for various uses, including photographing what a wearer sees, or providing the basic input for a contact-based assistive device for the visually impaired.

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• http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=contact+lenses+from+Google