Glass without the glasses: Google patents smart contact lens system with a CAMERA built in

Story and images by Mark Prigg / Mail Online

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• Lens has camera built in
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• Could be developed to help the blind see and give them guidance
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• Could also give wearer 'supervision' with ability to zoom
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• Could shrink Glass to fit on a pair on lenses
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• Firm already developing lenses with screen and medical sensors built in
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• Project developed in secretive Google X lab
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Google has patented a smart contact lens that could see its Glass wearable computer fit inside a smart lens.

The firm has already developed a contact lens for diabetics analyses their tears, warning them if their glucose levels are low.

Now it has revealed plans for a lens with a camera built in - opening the possibility of its Glass system being shrunk down significantly, offering features such as 'superzoom' to wearers and even helping the blind see.

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