Contact lens that can receive your text messages

Contact lens that can receive your text messages Scientists have developed a new technology that allows electronic messages sent from mobile phones to be directly projected on to contact lens placed in the recipient's eyes.The technology, developed by Belgian researchers, allows information such as text messages from a mobile phone to the contact lenses. Ghent University's centre of micro-systems technology developed the spherical curved LCD display which can be embedded in contact lenses and handle projected images using wireless technology, 'The Telegraph' reported. "Now that we have established the basic technology, we can start working towards real applications, possibly available in only a few years," said Professor Herbert De Smet. The...

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Amazon's new tablet gets lukewarm reviews

Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to FacebookLa Amazon's new tablet gets lukewarm reviews )An employee demonstrates the new Kindle Fire HD 8.9'' at Amazon's Kindle Fire event in Santa Monica, California. Credit: Reuters/Gus RuelasAmazon.com Inc's latest $199 tablet computer got tepid reviews from some closely watched gadget reviewers, a potential hiccup for the world's largest Internet retailer as it tries to grab a bigger share of one of the hottest technology sectors this holiday season. David Pogue of The New  York Times said the 7-inch Kindle Fire HD has no camera on the back, no GPS navigation, no speech recognition, and trails Apple Inc's more expensive iPad in thickness, screen size, screen sharpness,...

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