Well I said I would pass these on as I come across them and this one is a real eye opener.
Contact lenses with metal connectors for electronic circuits were safely worn by rabbits in lab tests.
If you think cell phones are a menace while people drive just wait until these babies hit the road.
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Contact_Lenses_With_Circuits_Lights_A_Possible_Platform_For_Superhuman_Vision_999.html
Do you blink twice for call waiting?
I don't know about call waiting but I do worry about the young ladies who want to read Teen Magazine while they drive.
I was not sure about the title on this would "Tomorrow's World" be better?
I don't like it one bit! It's scary to think that kids would have this kind of access to reading material while driving. Or adults, for that matter!
Now, if they could take the electronics and use them to adjust the focus on the contacts so we over (cough, cough) a certian age- people could see better.
Example:
If you look at something, the lens changes for the focus for the distance.
Then I think it might be a good idea.
Bifocal contacts make you look through both powers at once and do not work any better than the "tip your head" bifocal glasses.
Oh, and another thing.
How come they can do all this incredible stuff, but they cannot make 2 pairs of the same style and size Levis, the exact same size,
so that you don't have to try on every pair even after you get one pair to finially fit right.
(sorry, just a rant)
(feeling better now)
cpartschick look at it this way if you get to close to running over something or such they can flash an alert "What are you blind or what!" :0
Yup, can't see very well anymore.
But then again, DH looks great and I can't see those wrinkles, so it is maybe a good thing.
cpartschick, l.o.l. about the levis! That is so true. When I first started reading this thread, snipe, I got the impression that the cell phone contact lens' were being made for rabbits. I wondered why they would need them. Never mind.
Well according to my mother she's blind in one eye and can't see out of the other. :)
Just dawned on me it might not be so bad if it gave you road directions that you could see while your driving. Then guys really could say I'm not lost! And you would never know.
I find this horribly creepy. What's next, inserting an Intel chip into your brain so that you can have internet, wireless phone and music access 24/7? Is it really so important to have access to these things that people are going to be willing to start wearing circuits in/on their body parts? Am I the only one who can see this going from contact lenses to something that is actually implanted in the body? Very, very creepy.
Besides all of that, I have to wonder how this will really pan out. I wear contacts. I have worn them for about 16 yrs. In that time I've seen some amazing changes in them...more comfortable, safer for our eyes, ability to wear them while sleeping and for longer periods of time, disposables, etc. However, to this day, every time I try a pair of colored contacts they do something weird to my vision. Sometimes it's weird enough that I can't wear them and have to purchase something else. Sometimes the contact doesn't fit properly and the colored part will slide down over the pupil and I can't see....I've been told by the eye dr that happens to a lot of folks. Other times, when the entire contact is colored, it tints everything I see. It's not very noticeable until I take the contacts out, then my white bathroom walls and vanity look WHITE, compared to a slight blueish/greenish hue. If there's problems like that with regular contacts made simply to improve vision, what are these things going to be like? I don't think rabbits can complain too much about their field of vision, so I guess it all remains to be scene.
C'mon, am I really the only who thinks that putting diodes and mini-circuits in our eyes is completely unnatural and maybe a bad idea?
I can see it now....2013....the hottest Christmas gift will be the Bionic Eye....but they will have been manufactured in China and will cause lead poisoning in the eye, leading to blindness. Half the population of the US will look like pirates by New Year's Eve.
I am still laughing about the rabbits using a cell phone.
No, you are correct, this is creepy. I don't need an ipod to have a tune already running in my head. I do not need constant stimuli like the young folks. They are driven mad by the quiet at my house. No tv, no radio blarring, just the sounds of the wildlife, wind and nature.
(and me talking to myself, asking why I didn't try on that second pair of levi's, back to the store I go)
Morning up early for work and ran across this hummm I think the whole world has gone nuts-o- watso on a lot of things and I wish I could find just one pair of jeans that fit right after you wash them LOL
Gloria
Gloria, It is a lifetime pursuit isn't it.
About this new technology, I think it is sometimes that they "can" do it, not that it needs to be made, or should be made.
I really like some of the stuff. I remember the first calculator. It was huge, took a billion batteries, had that "red" readout, added, subtracted, multiplied and that was it. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
And digital cameras. They are fantastic.
But some of this other stuff? Bah Humbug.
All I can say about the blue jeans is that they need to have some stretch in them, they fit better and hold their shape better. A while back I remember seeing something on TV about custom fit Levi's. You went in, tried a pair on, told the sales clerk how you really wanted them to fit and they measured you....your measurements then went to the factory and a pair was custom made for your body. There were three women who had this done....and if I remember correctly, all of them said it didn't make a big difference in how the jeans fit/felt. I don't remember how much it cost to have it done, but I remember thinking I'd pay it because it'd be worth it....but not if it didn't work. I've almost given up my love for Levi's in the last few years....till I found some with s-t-r-e-t-c-h in them at Wal-Mart of all places. You just never know what you're going to find these days!
Lycra spandex, when added to other materials is a great invention. Lycra spandex by itself is a really bad idea. These things need to be utilized properly and for the *good* of mankind. Anyone remember the florescent bicycle shorts of the '80's? That's a good example of misuse gone to extremes.....just MHO....maybe it's just me. Now I have to find a way to block that memory again.........^shutters^
Oh yes, these levis have stretch. They just fit so well and the store didn't have any more in my size, so I went on the net and ordered 2 more the exact same.
One was 2" shorter, the other 1" shorter. One was 1/2" larger in the thigh, one was 1/2" smaller in the thigh. Sigh.
Oh well, got the one pair that fits great. Just have to savor them.
Maybe they could put the electronics in jeans. They could self adjust to the person and adjust when you eat that piece of chocolate cake.
Hey, I can come up with lots of idea better than grids on the eyeball.
My most hatefull thing to shop for Shoes jeans purses never can find ant that I like or that fit LOL
Gloria
Smart jeans, wired to fit. Now, that's something I would buy!
I remember hearing on Paul Harvey....must have been nearly 15 yrs ago now....that someone had invented a way to make colors change. He was talking about it and said something along the lines of....imagine changing your blue car to red, and then back again! It had something to do with moving the molecules around. I can't remember how all of it went.....but, I've been waiting for 15 yrs to see this thing, to no avail. I still wonder if it would only work on metal....or could I use it to change the paint color on my wall, the color of my curtains, my couch, carpet, the brick on my house....a flower? We'd have lots of blue flowers then!
l.o.l. ".Pirates by New Years.." Smart Jeans! I bet they Do come up with those. All this stuff is weird, of course. I saw on t.v. that women in China want to have whiter skins and be taller so they are having all these unpleasant surgical procedures done. They are having metal rods put in their legs to get taller. Ow! I'm short but I can't handle the idea of that. I can't even wear hi-heel shoes 'cause they hurt too much!
I find this horribly creepy. What's next, inserting an Intel chip into your brain so that you can have internet, wireless phone and music access 24/7? Is it really so important to have access to these things that people are going to be willing to start wearing circuits in/on their body parts? Am I the only one who can see this going from contact lenses to something that is actually implanted in the body? Very, very creepy.
Well heathrjoy I guess I need to post that next but I am afraid it's to late.
For those who are deaf they now insert a micro chip in the brain and attach it to a device you wear in the ear that allows you to hear. They have also started using this connection and by plugging it up to a transceiver the individual can control a computer with that done you can down load an education, make and receive phone calls, etc. In fact I think I have even already posted that on here some where.
Well I searched and I didn't post it here. So I will see about finding it and get'r done. :)
I also heard about the color changing. It was nano technology. You put these little nano things in paint, then you could change the color of your room without repainting.
I think some of these things can be done, but are blocked for a while by people who stand to loose alot of money when the product comes out.
I think this kind of stuff is pretty creepy, for sure. I guess there are good and reasonable uses for most technology and then there are people who figure out how to abuse it. And they sell it to anyone who is gullible and wants to spend money.
With the color changing thing I did think how folks could abuse that....imagine a bank robbery...a red car seen fleeing the bank....then somewhere the robber stops and changes the color of the car to blue. That's just an obvious way something like color changing could be abused, I'm sure someone who was really thinking about it could come up with some other dandies.
I've had back problems for years now and at one point they wanted to surgically insert an internal TENS unit into my back. It's hard to explain what it is...it's a little device that "shocks" your nerves to make them quit feeling pain. You can use them externally or internally. The docs thought it was an option for me to have one internally. They told me I would be able to control it with a "garage door opener like thing" when I aimed it at my hip. The idea of wires embedded into my nerves and that anyone who got hold of the "garage door opener" could control the shocks was way too much for me! I've seen similar type work-ups where they are actually able to stop terrets syndrome. The one big difference is the electrodes on the wires are attached to certain points in the brain. In a situation like terrets, or deafness like snipe said, it's a completely different situation. I still would have to think long and hard about it though. Amazing stuff, huh?
Wow, heatherjoy, you have a great criminal mind! (l.o.l.) You should be writing mystery books.
Nah, I just (unfortunately) grew up on the wrong side of the tracks and watched all the stuff the neighbors did. Seriously. LMBO! They used to paint their cars a LOT....and chase each other with hammers. Maybe that's why I didn't miss having TV when I was a kid.....
Well heathrjoy since you brought up the hammers and found that entertaining, let me tell you about my neighbors. :)
One day I heard the monotone of a small engine that just kept going and going and going so I stepped over to a part of the property that allowed me to see what this monotonous noise was and there my neighbor sat on his ATV going in a slow circle around a tree in his yard, well thats a little weird but who am I to question it. After a short while I am still hearing the monotone engine but something new is added, the occasional bong, motor, bong, motor, bong. Now what? So once again I step over to see what this new noise is and low and behold he is still motoring slowly around the tree but there stood his wife and every time he passed her she whacked him on the back of the head with a cast iron skillet. This kept up for a while longer and he eventually put the ATV away.
I guess the banging of the pan finally penetrated the alcohol induced fog in his head.
That is just too funny. You do not need tv with neighbors like that!
There was a guy in the neighborhood we used to live in that lost his drivers license. So he would ride around on his riding lawnmower everywhere and pick up extra money for beer, by mowing lawns along the way. Probably didn't have a wife with a skillet.
OMgosh! Both of those stories are hilarious. I'll be laughing all day at them.
Just yesterday I was thinking about one of my neighbors from when I was a kid. When this happened I found it very odd and startling, it kind of made me afraid of the guy, but now it's hilarious too. I must have been about 8 yrs old. I was in my second story bedroom and it was afternoon. I heard a noise outside, like someone clearing their throat, so I looked out the window to see what it was. The neighbor man (in his 60's) was doing some gardening along the side of his house that faced ours. He stood up, looked around, then pulled down his pants and adjusted his undies. Thankfully, he never knew I saw this. I just stood there, shocked and dismayed....then I ran and told my Mom, who wasn't sure whether to believe me or not. She told me to just not watch him garden anymore. LMBO!
The large family across the street used to provide us with hours of entertainment with their frequent family fights, usually following a celebration such as a christening, funeral, first holy communion, etc. Every event became a "drinking holiday". In the summer, we and other neighbors would pull out chairs to watch from our front yards. There was a lot of posturing, yelling, etc. but I never saw any blows exchanged. If the show went on too late in to the evening the police would arrive and bring down the curtain. The family is still there but seems less volatile. They still like to throw parties in the front yard but maybe they've gotten older and their energy levels have depleted.
Roybird, that sounds a lot like the family I grew up across the street from....only these folks did exchange blows. Luckily the guy with the hammer never did catch his brother (I remember watching Pauly hide on the garage roof while Billy looked all over for him, cussing and waving the hammer in the air). They often had the police called on them too....once instance I remember very well is the Mom standing outside her garage....she was a very large woman and I think she was a sailor at one time, or at least she sounded like she had been! Her adult children had been fighting...screaming at each other, and when fists started to fly she got involved. Then the Mom and Dad started fighting and were very near blows themselves when the police showed up.
So, the Mom is standing in front of the garage, arguing with her hubby when the cops show up. The Mom asked the police officer why he was there, he responded that he came to stop the fight and commotion. (I will *never* forget this) The Mom replied, "Yeah, you and what Army?!"
I still wonder what that officer thought. He must have had a great sense of humor because he didn't arrest her.
I see that lady around every now and then, and she looks as mean as ever. I often wonder if things have calmed down any at their house. I hope so.
....and you know, everyone in our neighborhood always had chairs on their front porches, but it never occurred to me the reason why until you mentioned that. I always just thought it was what they did....but when I think about it they only ever used those chairs when a "show" was going on. Seriously, I can remember walking down the street many times and no one was out on the porches....but I remember looking down the street when those folks were fighting and the whole neighborhood was out, including us. It was just like the fourth of July.
Oh, heathrjoy, you are cracking me up! You "thought she was a sailor at one time". Yeah, that's about right. The ones over here did used to push each other down but it was mostly just guys puffing up like pigeons and strutting around making noise. The younger family members had those "thump, thump" kind of stereos that sent vibrations all up and down the street. The old grandfather, who passed away several years ago, used to turn off the electricity from a breaker box in his room when things got too loud for his taste. Of course, he was already deaf.Then the kids got the same stereos in their trucks and played them but they apparently lost the trucks from drunk driving and now the only "kid" who still lives there is around 30 years old and has a bicycle! Good thing, too. I'm laughing now but at the time I didn't always enjoy it!
