Life is full of amazing memories - and sometimes, we just want to capture them.
Of course, we have smartphones and cameras and other devices that record video... But that's not the same.
Haven't you ever wished for a way to record things exactly as your eyes saw them?
Well, your wish might soon come true.
Sony is apparently working on Smart contact lenses that can record what you see!
Smart contact lenses are not something entirely new - other companies are already working on products that might improve the patient's visionary experience or add an augmented reality factor to it.
After Google's smart glasses, Google Glasses, were drowned by criticism, the Internet Giant had also announced that they would be working on smart contact lenses next.
They're biggest rival, Samsung, has also announced that they would be working on contact lenses that include a tiny camera.
But Sony's specific claim that the lenses should record and store videos are something new.
Sony has already filed the patent for this new product in 2013, but the media has only picked up the story this year.
Apparently the contact lenses will be able to autofocus and zoom, and the user should be able to control them by blinking.
What's interesting is that the lenses would be a standalone device, there's no need to connect them to a Smartphone - and still, the lense would be able to STORE videos and photos, as well as record them.
Experts suggest that the product would be powered by electromagnetic fields.
The lense would be able to recognize when you're consciously blinking to activate it, or when you're simply blinking because it's natural.
"It is known that a time period of usual blinking is usually 0.2 seconds to 0.4 seconds, and therefore it can be said that, in the case where the time period of blinking exceeds 0.5 seconds, the blinking is conscious blinking"-Quote from the patent application
Now imagine the possibilities that you'd have with this kind of technology ...
- Treasure and re-live certain memories like your wedding or your kid's first words
- Forgot something? Simply check your recorded data and you will see what you wanted to do!
- Can't remember a name or a fact for your exam? Just rewind and you'll remember.
- When arguing over the past with someone, you could just look back at old memories and instantly see who's right
- Benefits for criminal justice: Has the subject really committed the crime? Simply check their recordings!
Lying would become impossible.
But there are not only positive aspects to these contact lenses ...
This is a clip from the Series "Black Mirror", which features futuristic, dystopian scenarios.
The episode "The Entire History Of You" showed exactly what smart-recording contact lenses could do to our lives.
It shows that people might end up relying on positive memories so much that the forget to live in the moment, and that we could become obsessed with our past.
Apart from that, obviously we would face huge privacy issues, as nobody would know when they'd be recorded by someone else.
This is the entire episode, that gives us an interesting outlook on how this technology could impact our lives:
Of course, these smart contact lenses are still only at the patent stage and we're far from actually using these in our daily lives. But still, it's a remarkable technology that could have a huge impact on our lives in the future !
What's your opinion about it?
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