Google has patented a new technology that would allow the company to inject computerized lenses directly into your eyeballs.
The company has been developing smart glasses and even smart contact lenses for several years. But the new technology patented by Google would go further... and deeper.
In its patent application, which was approved last week, Google said it will remove the eye's lens, inject fluid into the empty lens capsule and then place an electronic lens in the fluid.
Once equipped with your cyberglasses, you will never need glasses and lenses again. In fact, you may never even need a telescope or microscope again. And who needs a camera when your eyes can take photos and video?
Computerized artificial lenses will be able to automatically adjust to help see objects at a near or far distance. The lenses can be powered by the movement of your eyeball and can even be connected to a nearby wireless device.
Google says its patented lenses can be used to cure presbyopia, an aging-related condition in which the ability to focus is limited or lost and the eyes harden. They can also correct eye problems such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.
Currently, we cure blurred vision with lenses or pupils. But sometimes vision is not fully correctable.
And there are clear advantages to being a "cyborg" with mechanical eyes.
However, Google noted that privacy could become a concern. If your computerized eyes are transmitting data all the time, that signal can allow security agencies or hackers to identify you or record your movements. Google said it can make cyber glasses erase personally identifiable information so your information remains secure.
Before you order your cyber glasses, it's important to note that Google and many other companies patent technologies all the time. Many of these patents do not lead to products on the market. So there's no telling if Google is going to implant computers in your eyes soon... or ever.
Updated on: 06/05/2016 00:00:00
Source of Information: DAVID GOLDMAN para CNN Expansión
