A contact lens case for disposable lenses with a built-in back-lit LCD timer with customisable delay so you know when to replace your lenses. That’s about all I need to say about Countact. The battery’s built-in, so you can’t replace it when it dies after about 3 months: but you all know you should change your case regularly no? Otherwise you’d get a nasty infection which’d mean we’d have to write Giz in BIG LETTERS so your crusty eyes could read it. A four-pack’ll cost you $US34. [Product via OhGizmo via BBG]
Gee whiz guys, why didn’t any of us think of this sooner? You know Swarovski crystals, those fancy, shiny pieces of glass that kind of look like diamonds but are much cheaper? Let’s put them in contact lenses! Sure, it’s essentially putting shards of glass on your eye, but it’s just so cool looking! Bling bling! Going blind is totally hot this season anyways, so we’ll just ride this wave of trendiness all the way to the bank! The eye bank! Hiyo! [Mami Magazine via BornRich]
Researchers at UC Davis have designed contact lenses that can give you an in-eye checkup to make sure there’s nothing wrong, as well as dispense medication automatically when needed. The “smart” lenses use an organic polymer called PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane, if you’re nasty) that detects eye pressure and sends that data to a computer–important updates to get if you’re at risk for glaucoma.
Sporry guyss, there’lll be speling mistkes in this post coz I cnt see the keyboord proply: my eyess ar watercingg to much. *dab dab* Ah that’s better. Just don’t think too much about the eyelid jewellery from designer Eric Klarenbeek, or your eyes too will fill up in sympathy with that poor model. Wearing jewels dangling from contact lenses stuck to the front of her eyeballs. Ten out of ten for ingenuity, minus several million for practicality…that’d be my stance on these. Still, it’s a weird world out there, so these will appeal to someone. Oh darrrn, I justu watchd the videoo… *drip*
Having the internet be constantly displayed no matter where we look is a dream we’ve had for years, but having to shove an electronic contact into our eyes makes us think twice. This prototype device, which has red LEDs and can be worn for up to 20 minutes (tested on rabbits) with no adverse effects. The contacts beam images directly into the eyes, which means you can have either superhuman vision by feeding a zoomed in image to the device, or even heads-up displays like Arnold had in T2 or RoboCop had in RoboCops 1, 2 and 3. [MedGadget]
There’s something not quite right about this girls’ eyes. No, it’s not the emo makeup or stupid hair colouring, although those are pretty bad. It’s… oh my god, it is. She has Hello Kitty contact lenses. We’re through the looking glass here. Take a closer look, if you dare.
