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The Bionic Contact Lens

• By Alex Gianos

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Introduction

• The first ideas came from the hit film the
  Terminator in the early 80s
• Showed point of view through a Bionic Eye

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Dream

• This project was started in 2005 by a engineer
  professor Babak Parvis out of the University of
  Washington
• He dreamed this lens could be connected to a
  wireless device to show a floating virtual
  display
• He wanted to use this to display medical issues

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Design
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Design Cont.

• Lens Special polymer with same materials as an
  every day contact lens.
• Polymer ads reinforcement and durability
• Components sprinkled on to lens when polymer is
  drying, Metals and micro components all
  translucent
• The shape of each tiny component dictates which
  piece it can attach to, a micro fabrication
  technique known as self-assembly
• Capillary forcesthe same type of forces that
  make water move up a plant's roots, and that
  cause the edge of a glass of water to curve
  upward
• Components include antenna, storage device, LEDs
  or display control unit
• Researchers built the circuits from layers of
  metal only a few nanometers thick, about one
  thousandth the width of a human hair

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Progress

• The design actually made at The University of
  Washington, is still in the production and design
  process.
• They have built a working lens with a single led
  in the center, an antenna and power supply unit.
• Only capable of txt projection, and floating txt
  display
• Lens made of inorganic material and caused no
  irritation or aggravation in animal eye
• Very close to 240p image projection

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Trials

• Only trials preformed were on a 3 rabbits.
• This trial was to see if the inorganic material
  that makes up the lens was suitable to be in a
  animal or human eye.
• 20 min trial each ( results) NO agitation or
  pain, from the 3 rabbits
• Led was not turned on in the Rabbits eye for the
  animals protection.
• Successful!

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Future prospects

• Bionic Lens connected to internet using an
  external device ( smart phone.
• Lens connected to brain nerves connected to an
  implantable chip inside eye, allows lens to
  search and project things your brain wants to or
  tells it to.
• Higher quality image projection
• Image recognition software
• Translations
• Every possibility the internet allows ( GPS) and
  more

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Future cont.

• With other devices linked to the contact lens, we
  can someday use this to possibly fix humans
  visual decay rate.
• Use the display to project a constantly updating
  picture of what we would see if our eyes were
  better
• Our eye sight can last longer and stay more clear
• Lastly Zoom feature
• Placing crystals in the lens that can refract
  light and act as a magnified glass 10x zoom!

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Conclusion

• Bionic contact lens will keep getting more
  advanced as technology gets better.
• This project should continue to get funding
  because of its promising applications
• These can someday be mass produced so price
  shouldnt be to ridiculous

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Work Cited

• ""Bionic" Contact Lens May Create Tiny Personal
  Displays." National Geographic. National
  Geographic Society, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
• "Contact Lenses for Superhuman Vision." UW
  College of Engineering. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct.
  2013.
• "Final THE BIONIC CONTACT LENS.doc." Scribd.
  N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
• Kelly, Tara. "Bionic Contact Lens Could Stream
  Emails, News And Medical Information." The
  Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 22 Nov.
  2011. Web. 28 Oct. 2013.
• "OPHTHALMOLOGY/MICRO-OPTICS Telescoping Contact
  Lens Switches between Magnified and Normal
  Vision." - BioOptics World. N.p., n.d. Web. 27
  Oct. 2013.
• "Seeing the Future with Bionic Contact
  Lenses." SiliconANGLE. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct.
  2013.
• "Vision of the Future Seen in Bionic Contact
  Lens." Msnbc.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013