A TV in your contact lenses? What?

I am all for progress. But I am also all for my eyeballs. I went to the eye doctor the other day, and he said those strange flashes in my eye were nothing serious.

Now I'm thinking I'm part of an experiment, one I know nothing about.

You see, Ian Pearson, a man whose job title is 'futurologist', claims that in 10 years' time, we will all be able to insert a TV screen onto our eyeballs via contact lenses.

He told the Daily Mail: "You will just pop it into your eye in the morning and take it out at the end of the day." But would that mean I would be forced to watch The Young and the Restless? Every day? Even in meetings? Perhaps not. These devices would, apparently, be voice-activated.

I have no reason to believe that this woman's TV contact lenses are stuck to her eyeballs.

(Credit: CC Orin Optiglot)

Mr. Pearson also believes that we'll have digital tattoos. No, not ones that say "Momma, I love you." Rather, ones that pick up the feeling of whatever is happening onscreen and transferring it to your nervous system.

Which might be amusing, if one were watching, say, the Golden State Warriors pummeling the hapless, witless Utah Jazz. But a little more concerning if one were enjoying a rerun of Friday the 13th. Or another rivetingly truthful interview with Alex Rodriguez. Or any love scene featuring Keanu Reeves.

Apparently, most of the technology to make this happen already exists. Which leads me to believe that someone may have secretly implanted these lenses into my eyeballs. And the TV is on the blink.

I think I'll give Best Buy's Geek Squad a call and ask them to check my eyeballs out.

[rapier1]

I'm a futurist! My predictions are worthless! Woo!

[Super2online]

Can we refrain from including photos that are really hard on the eyes please!

[Norseman]

Contact TV sounds great--except for those damn coax cables you have to connect to each eye.

[acarswell]

It'll be hdmi. Not so bad.

[Chapmaniac]

10 years is so far off on this prediction it isn't even funny.
I also can't believe there is still a paycheck for these people who call themselves "futurists."

[Wak_Em]

I wonder if they will be true flat panel screens or the ancient vacuum tube technology? Will they be digital compliant or will I need to carry around a converter box?

[ClarkWells]

But where would we put the DTV box?

[BryanMG]

What's with the awful and disgusting picture? Not appropriate for a professional news posting.

[angmi90]

Wow...when I saw the picture in this article...I just about died. This is an absolute joke and I cannot believe that CNET News would include this picture.

[ean_kile]

That would make 3D viewing very easy, and even enable 3D virtual reality.

Hopefully when everyone is off buying eyeball TV's, big screen LCD's will drop to a decent price. And Blu Ray will be merely expensive rather than absurd.

[Rod Roddy]

I'm into foot eyeball massages too, its futuristic!

[Morisot]

Heck, I'd like a good 13 inch flat screen DTV with a good tuner for the kitchen first!

M.

[bornlikethis38]

Keanu Reeves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm straight yet he is still sexy

[abundantsnotbob]

I thought about those at least 6 years ago. How do you get paid for this stuff?

[jpmccloud01]

Oh my god, so instead of people not paying attention to there driving because of cell phone use and almost or actually crashing there cars, we will have to worry that a game is on and while looking like there paying attention to the road, they kill someone due to there contact lens's and a touch down. that's the bad side. the other is great if you are traveling and want the movie you want to see when you want or playing full in your face games without getting up to set the game system that's way excellent. How often though will you need to clean the lenses?

[bilimoco]

Shucks, too bad we don't have that yet. Even a black and white version will do. Our new President can really use that technology. Don't they use the same technology in teleprompters? With teleprompters, text use only black and white display and are produced as a mirror-image. Then they 're projected against a glass to reverse the mirror-image so that the user can read it. With this Contact-Lens TV, Obama can do away with all that and look more intelligent. Our President will defintiely enhance his image, power and glory as a ruler to the entire world! Yeah!

[tipoo_]

Oh, great. Now i can lose an entire television in my eye!

[seasonwind]

Well, That's really good. I would like to have one if they are going to sell it. I will find some good deals on http://www.lenscompare.com