How Google's intra-ocular device will make the Blind see Hyperspectral and shoot Lasers

Google apparently thinks that they can cure blindness and in the process make you bionic.

They've recently published a patent US20160113760 dated Thursday April 28^th, 2016, for a device that is injected directly into your eyes as reported in the article “Google Patent Application Shows Device That's Injected Directly Into Your Eyeball To Improve Vision”, published April 28, 2016 by Aaron Tilley, Forbes.

 

First, take a look at what the patent US20160113760 is proposing, which is summed up in this drawing

 

Google proposes to inject an intra-ocular device into the lens capsule of the eye, where the natural eye lens is located.

Invented by Verily's Jason Conrad, an engineer working under Google Alphabet as noted in the article “This may sting: Google's new patent describes a smart lens injected right into your eyeball”, published April 29, 2016 By Christian de Looper, Digitaltrends, this may be Google's latest stab at the implementation of IoT in the Medical Devices Market

 

It also one-ups the Samsung Gear Blink in that Samsung's device is a contact lens as described in my blog article entitled “How Samsung Gear Blink Contact Lenses will beat Virtual Reality by curing Blindness” whereas this device is a medical implant.

It’s also a bit more advanced than their original patent filed back in April 2014 for a pair of Contact Lenses with Cameras built in as described in my Geezam blog article entitled “Google Contact Lenses with Cameras will be Next-Gen Google Glass Smartphone Replacement” and may have drawn inspiration for this original patent

So how does it work, exactly?

Verily's Patent for an intra-ocular Camera - Blind can see in hyperspectral and shoot lasers

Strangely enough, Verily’s proposal would involve the removal of the natural lens to be replaced by this intra-ocular device, which contains the following components:

1.      RAM storage

2.      Sensors

3.      Radio

4.      Battery

5.      Electronic lens

The battery is clearly rechargeable and harvests its energy from either EM (Electromagnetic) radiation entering the eye, reaction with the body fluids or possibly using ultrasound as described in my blog article entitled “Why Meredith Perry's Ubeam's Wireless Charging Future is a Good”. Vibration”.

Hopefully it’s the former method of harvesting, as the latter would mean replacement of this intra-ocular device every five (5) or so years. Still, what has me impressed is that this device comes with RAM Storage and Sensors and is intended to completely replace the eye lens.

In the process, this intra-ocular device may give the wearer the ability to see in multiple EM frequencies, like a Hyperspectral camera as described in my blog article entitled “University of Washington HyperCam - How Hyperspectral Imaging can improve Biometric Identification in Apple iPhones”.

 

You’re basically being turned into a walking camera, able to record using your eyes. The intra-ocular device may possibly with upload capability to your smartphone via a NFC reader or even ultrasound which has been demonstrated to transmit data as noted in “Researchers hit 30Mbps wireless transmission through meat”, published April 21, 2016 By Bruce Brown, Digitaltrends. 

Such an intra-ocular device that is so invasive it would have to be very low power to avoid triggering migraines by excesses electrical signals travelling down the optic nerve. Still, this is a lot better than their September 2014 collaboration with Novartis’s Alcon Team to develop a pair of Contact Lenses that could detect Blood Sugar as noted in my Geezam blog article entitled “Google and Novartis develop Contact Lenses to Detect Blood Sugar and cure Blindness”.

 

Not comfortable with this replacement of my natural lens.  But if this were to come to production, not only is this a cure for blindness (and a blessing to voyeurs the world over), but it can potentially give the blind the additional ability to see in multiple frequencies and possibly emit low power direct energy beams or lasers from their eyes.

Now all they need is a medical partner to prototype, build and this can be a reality by 2025.