For Your Eyes Only

Scientists are developing contact lenses that contain an integrated circuit, potentially allowing users to take photos, zoom in on distant objects, and display virtual images and text over their regular field of vision. The science fiction writer Vernor Vinge imagined something similar in his book Rainbows End. Combine these lenses with a neural interface and wi-fi connection and I’ll be able to surf the web from anywhere I like. I’ll no longer have to endure my nurses’ judgmental glares as I scour the Internet for images of women in fishnets. The very thought makes me almost giddy with anticipation.