Is it feasible nowadays? Will it be soon?
Bumped this question from a few months ago A digital camera capable of transmitting real time pictures should have at least a) a lens, b) an image sensor (ccd or MOS type), c) electronic circuitry that scans the image information in a standard format and d) a transmission devise. So you may realise that Contact lens can be in principle function as part (a) above and other components like (b), (c) and (d) are also required. But contact lens has no self focusing capability hence the images of objects at a fixed distance can be clear while the rest will be blurred. Also a contact lens by itself can not have a stable shape. It has to be fixed on a base curve. So the proposition obviously is not possible. If your question is whether a devise of the size of contact lens capable of real time transmission of images is possible, then the answer yes. I'll say no, I'm pretty confident about not now, but predicting the future is difficult, but still, I'll say not "soon" either. Now if you wanted to put a camera and transmiter into an entire glass eyeball, I suspect that could be done, but a contact lens, no. |
