[78-L] TV right on your eyeballs ^

[David Lennick]

Can't wait till this is a reality.

http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/TVNews/Articles/090211_contact_lens_tv_DW

While most people want huge HDTVs for their living rooms, dens, basements and 
man-caves, there are others who think size is all relative.

There are some who prefer the teeniest, most compact gadgets, like those 
itsy-bitsy cell phones that would get lost in a pocket. So for all those 
teeny-gadget lovers, here’s the TV for you.

OK, well, it’s not an actual TV. But researchers at the Future Laboratory 
believe the future of television is in contact lenses, reports TV Tattle.

Similar to those who prefer convenience and watch TV on the refrigerator, or 
talk on the phone while in the shower, you can soon watch your favourite show 
via a contact lens.

The lens, which could be a reality within 10 years, would be powered by body 
heat. Oh, and channels could be changed by voice commands or a wave of the 
hand. Presto, indeed.

“You will just pop it into your eye in the morning and take it out at the end 
of the day,” said Ian Pearson, a futurologist who advises companies on new 
technologies.

While this may sound farfetched and a little too James Bond, Future 
Laboratory’s Miriam Rayman, who compiled the report, said that it already 
exists in a way.

“The technology is getting smaller and smaller and people are trying to work 
out how to make it more immersible.”

Would you wear TV contact lenses? denette at tvguide.ca