That is a picture of an electronic contact lens. It is real. This isn't science fiction. There is still work to be done, but within a few years they could allow images to be superimposed on someone's field of vision.
Pilots could monitor speed, altitude, etc. without looking to a control panel. Could I get a pair that could help be see the spin on a baseball to alert me when a breaking pitch is coming? This is amazing stuff. Those working on the technology predict web browsing using these as a virtual monitor. Insanity. But this isn't the only recent development that caught my eye. (Seriously, that wasn't intentional, but it is staying.)
Scientists have developed synthetic skin for prosthetic limbs that will sense touch and heat. Again, it isn't quite ready to hit the market, but it isn't far off.
A monkey in North Carolina made a robot in Japan move... using her mind. She had the assistance of some scientists. The plan is to use this technology to allow paraplegics to walk again.
In other news, British scientists are starting to make human/animal hybrid embryos, but looking at this picture of a mutant puppy, someone may have found their own methods of combining genetic materials.
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techmology is great, innit?
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