“We’re taking fire from, uh hold on a sec, YEAH BABY, TAKE IT OFF RIGHT NOW! Be with you real soon, sarge!” Source: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/02/02/028249/darpa-works-on-virtual-reality-contact-lenses?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
[Continue reading…]Contact Lenses: How They Will Bring Virtual Reality to U.S. Soldiers by 2013
February 1, 2012 By
Like us on Facebook Willey explained that the system could also be useful for battlefield medics, who would be able to operate on patients while being “jacked into” the instruments surrounding them. The problem for Innovega designers was that a ‘natural’ human eye cannot focus on objects at very close distances. Although it is possible [...]
[Continue reading…]Elephant gets contact lens in stepladder operation at Dutch zoo
February 1, 2012 By
Win Thida, a 45-year-old Asian elephant, has become the first pachyderm in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens in an operation that required a stepladder to reach the giant-size patient. The Irish Times reported Win Thida, a native of Burma, had scratched her cornea during a scuffle with another member of the herd [...]
[Continue reading…]Dutch zoo fits elephant with contact lens
January 31, 2012 By
An elephant in Amsterdam’s zoo has made history after being fitted with a jumbo-sized contact lens following an eye injury, a statement said Monday. “Win Thida is the first elephant in Europe with a contact lens,” the Artis zoo said on its website. The 44-year-old Asian elephant accidently scratched its left cornea while playing and [...]
[Continue reading…]Sight for sore eye as elephant fitted with contact lens
January 28, 2012 By
The Irish Times – Thursday, January 26, 2012 PETER CLUSKEY in Amsterdam A 45-YEAR-OLD Asian elephant at Amsterdam’s Artis Zoo has become the first elephant in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens, after her cornea was scratched during a scuffle with another member of the herd. Veterinarian Anne-Marie Verbruggen had fitted contact lenses [...]
[Continue reading…]Elephant gets contact lens in stepladder op
January 28, 2012 By
WIN Thida, a 45-year-old Asian elephant, has become the first pachyderm in Europe to be fitted with a contact lens in an operation that required a stepladder to reach the giant-size patient. The Irish Times reported Win Thida, a native of Burma, had scratched her cornea during a scuffle with another member of the herd [...]
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