Futuristic Contact Lenses – Did the movies get it right?

For years we have been watching films that play with the idea of technological breakthroughs. Tom Cruise has been greeted by a virtual sales assistant in the smash hit Minority Report and Gerard Butler has been transported into a shooting game by a fanatic video gamer. In spy films, especially Mission Impossible Ethan Hunt uses contact lenses to get into top secret rooms and Arnold Schwarzenegger brings up his victim’s details on a screen right before his eyes.

And it seems now technology has caught up with these ideas and produced a lens that is truly futuristic.

This new lens projects images to wearers allowing them to read floating texts and emails or augment their sight. The bionic contact has just passed the first set of tests and if successful is going to change the way we see life and conduct everyday activities forever. Researchers and the team behind the bionic contact lens, believing that hundreds more pixels could be embedded in the lens, which could be used in a multitude of everyday uses such as:

•    Drivers can wear these lenses to see journey directions or their vehicle's speed, which could be projected onto the windscreen
•    They could be used to take the virtual world of video gaming to a new dimension, just like Gerard Butler’s Gamer film
•    Provide doctors/nurses/dentists with up-to-date medical information like blood sugar levels by linking to biosensors in the wearer's body

Professor Babak Praviz’s team have already overcome one of the most difficult hurdles; getting the human eye to focus on an image generated on its surface, by adapting the lens to shorten the focal distance.

According to research the human eye can normally only see objects clearly if they are held several centimetres away from the eye. However, before they come onto the market there are more hurdles to overcome. A good power source needs to be found and their microcircuitry needs to be more advance as it can only currently source enough power to light one light emitting-diode.

We’re a little bit excited about these new lenses, it’s a bit Terminator meets Minority Report. They’re certainly going to be the hottest new technology for gamers and are sure to come in useful when wanting to drive safely.


Get noticed by fashion bloggers

Eyesbright are experts when it comes to colour blocking your eyesAll the fashion shows have been and gone and people are buzzing with excitement over what trends they are going to follow this season. One trend we can’t wait to get wearing is the colour blocking trend, not only in our clothing but also with our makeup. The trend has become such a phenomenon it has been translated into a makeup trend as well.

But why stop there? The only way you can stay one step ahead of the crowd and become a fashion setter yourself, is to try something new and exciting. In a recently article that was passed around the Eyesbright office, one of Grazia’s writers wanted to see how far you would have to take fashion, to get noticed and photographed by a fashion blogger. Being noticed by a fashion blogger is the new and exciting thing, but it is harder than you think. From sky high, extravagant shoes to wearing extraordinary sunglasses, the writer had no luck. It wasn’t until she wore a veil that she got recognised and photographed.

So how can we make our make up so different and wonderful, without being too expensive that we will get noticed by these fashion bloggers?

How about colour blocking your eyes? With a paired of coloured contact lenses, you can take your colour blocking makeup to the next level and people will go mad for it. The biggest rule of this trend is to wear clashing colours, the bigger the colour clash the better. So if you will be sporting some red lipstick this spring, why not opt for a pair of purple contact lenses or maybe orange lenses?

It doesn’t just have to stop with two colours, why not go for three (but not anymore, you might begin to look like a clown!); take one colour for your lipstick, one for your eyeshadow and one for your contact lenses. This is a really good way to get an eye popping look, you will be noticed everywhere you go.

Come back and will we show you just how to get the colour blocking makeup trend down to perfection. However, if you want to find out more about fashion and how contact lenses are the new fashion accessory to have, why not take a look at some of these posts below?

Make up trend – try the colour purple
Make up tips for Blue eyes
Fashionable Make-up: Get your party look
Fashion Lenses: What colours are in Vogue
Eye Accessories: Brighten your style everyday