[78-L] TV right on your eyeballs ^

[Malcolm Rockwell]

I'm gonna the world's smallest Victrola mounted in my ear. It's powered 
by earwax.
Finding records for it might be problematic, though.
M

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David Lennick wrote:
> 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
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