Transcript The Bionic Contact Lens

The Bionic Contact
Lens
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By: Alex Gianos
Introduction
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The first ideas came from the hit film the
Terminator in the early 80’s
Showed point of view through a Bionic Eye
Dream
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This project was started in 2005 by a engineer
professor Babak Parvis out of the University of
Washington
He dreamed this lens could be connected to a
wireless device to show a floating virtual
display
He wanted to use this to display medical issues
Design
Design Cont.
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Lens: Special polymer with same materials as an every
day contact lens.
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Components: sprinkled on to lens when polymer is drying,
Metals and micro components all translucent
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Polymer ads reinforcement and durability
The shape of each tiny component dictates which piece it can
attach to, a micro fabrication technique known as self-assembly
Capillary forces—the same type of forces that make water move
up a plant's roots, and that cause the edge of a glass of water to
curve upward
Components include antenna, storage device, LED’s or
display control unit
Researchers built the circuits from layers of metal only a few
nanometers thick, about one thousandth the width of a
human hair
Progress
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The design actually made at The University of
Washington, is still in the production and design
process.
They have built a working lens with a single led in the
center, an antenna and power supply unit.
Only capable of txt projection, and floating txt display
Lens made of inorganic material and caused no
irritation or aggravation in animal eye
Very close to 240p image projection
Trials
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Only trials preformed were on a 3
rabbits.
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This trial was to see if the
inorganic material that makes up
the lens was suitable to be in a
animal or human eye.
20 min trial each ( results) : NO
agitation or pain, from the 3
rabbits
Led was not turned on in the
Rabbit’s eye for the animals
protection.
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Successful!
Future prospects
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Bionic Lens connected to internet using an external device (
smart phone.
Lens connected to brain nerves connected to an implantable
chip inside eye, allows lens to search and project things your
brain wants to or tells it to.
Higher quality image projection
Image recognition software
Translations
Every possibility the internet allows ( GPS) and more
Future cont.
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With other devices linked to the contact lens,
we can someday use this to possibly fix
humans visual decay rate.
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Use the display to project a constantly updating
picture of what we would see if our eyes were
better
Our eye sight can last longer and stay more
clear
Lastly… Zoom feature :
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Placing crystals in the lens that can refract light
and act as a magnified glass 10x zoom!
Conclusion
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Bionic contact lens will keep getting more
advanced as technology gets better.
This project should continue to get funding
because of its promising applications
These can someday be mass produced so price
shouldn’t be to ridiculous
Work Cited
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