July 26th, 2014, 20:49 GMT · By Gabriela Vatu
Ever since news that Google had patented some really smart contact lenses to detect sugar levels in tears to help out people suffering of diabetes, the idea that the company may be working on more tech that could turn the world into a sci-fi set didn’t seem that far-fetched.
Well, it seems that everyone’s hunches weren’t that far off the mark. In fact, Google has filed a couple of new patent requests related to this area.
If Google has its way, special contact lenses could basically turn the human eye into a fingerprint. Since everyone has a unique pattern within the eye, the technology should work well. The lenses would need to have capacitive sensors to ensure that it is indeed an actual eyeball and not a glass replica.
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Sy-Fy becoming reality!
Good one!
Good one!
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But don't they already have retina scanners...so what is so new about the Google plan...or is it just another brash attempt at self importance?
And just you wait...some one will already be working on a glass eye replica that is capacitive...just to be able to fool the lens.
This is all just one large merry go round that just keeps on going...LOL
And just you wait...some one will already be working on a glass eye replica that is capacitive...just to be able to fool the lens.
This is all just one large merry go round that just keeps on going...LOL
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Yep! Self importance and try to make them look good, LOL!@ wrote:
But don't they already have retina scanners...so what is so new about the Google plan...or is it just another brash attempt at self importance?
And just you wait...some one will already be working on a glass eye replica that is capacitive...just to be able to fool the lens.
This is all just one large merry go round that just keeps on going...LOL
I think what they are doing though is for the home/consumer computer users to use on websites like social media and email.
Wait, the Google Glasses will be available contacts! Actually, that is a bit scary.
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