unite biology with electronics is n’t a dubiousness of if , but when . Someenterprising biohackershave even decide that the time is now . Google - parent Alphabet is likely prepare for our cybernetic future tense with a new letters patent for electronics that can be injected onto your eye .
The company has been interested in eyeball technical school for for a while , most notably with its longtime development ofsmart contact lensesfor monitoring diabetes . However , this cringe - inducing tech ( I do apologize for that GIF above ) would actually function to assist focus Inner Light onto the retina .
The patent of invention specifically cover a method acting for “ injecting a fluid into a lens capsule of an eye , wherein a natural crystalline lens of the eye has been removed from the lens system ejector seat . ” ( EW ! ) An “ intra - ocular ” float in the fluid and conforms to the surface of the oculus . ( GROSS ! ) It ’s powered by “ radio frequence energy ” received by a minor antenna inside . This teeny eyeball gadget even has its own data point reposition .
Injected on your eyeball ? Yeesh .
And of course , patents are patents , and we’veseensomestrangeonesthat have never come to life-time beyond crappy black - and - white sketches . Still , it ’s notable that shot - based electronics are clearly a next monolithic company are beginning to woolgather up — and patent .
[ USPTOviaForbesviaCNET ]
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