Sony Smart Contact Lens Could Record Everything What You See

Smart lenses are known for their focus and improving vision but for the first time Sony gets a patent for its new generation smart contact lens that could record everything what you see.

Over the years there has been several speculation regarding this technology now comes in reality. "The contact lens according to claim 1, further comprising: a recording control unit configured to perform control in a manner that a captured image by the image pickup unit is recorded in a storage medium."  View the full patent on the USPTO website

Sony smart contact lens can be controlled by users blink. Users can switch the camera mode on and off by closing their eyelids on purpose. Sensors embedded in the lens are able to detect the difference between voluntary and involuntary blinks. If the time period of blinking exceeds 0.5 sec, the blinking is considered to be conscious blinking. The contact lens also equipped with electroluminescence display screen for viewing videos and images. There will be zoom, auto focus and blurry images adjustment option. Accelerometer and infrared sensors are also added according to the document.

Privacy Concern: No doubt the contact lens is futuristic but it can cause a breech of an individual's privacy. The person would never know that someone with such advance tech can record his/her activities with just a blink of an eye.

If you are eager to buy the Sony smart contact lens you will have to wait at least two years. Till now no release date has been announced.