A glimpse of how we'll see in the future

This is the most exciting thing coming out of Reikomoto Labs.

Aided Eyes: Eye Activity Sensing for Daily Life
http://lab.rekimoto.org/projects/aided-eyes-eye-activity-sensing-for-daily-life/

"
Our eyes collect a considerable amount of information when we use them
to look at objects. In particular, eye movement allows us to gaze at an
object and shows our level of interest in the object. In this research,
we propose a method that involves real-time measurement of eye movement
for human memory enhancement; the method employs gaze-indexed images
captured using a video camera that is attached to
the user's glasses.

We present a prototype system with an infrared-based corneal limbus
tracking method. Although the existing eye tracker systems track eye
movement with high accuracy, they are not suitable for daily use because
the mobility of these systems is incompatible with a high sampling rate.
Our prototype has small phototransistors, infrared LEDs, and a video
camera, which make it possible to attach the entire system to the
glasses. Additionally, the accuracy of this method is compensated by
combining image processing methods and contextual information, such as
eye direction, for information extraction. We develop an information
extraction system with real-time object recognition in the user's visual
attention area by using the prototype of an eye tracker and a
head-mounted camera.
"

The recent conference paper is interesting.

Yoshio Ishiguro, Adiyan Mujibiya, Takashi Miyaki and Jun Rekimoto, Aided
Eyes: Eye Activity Sensing for Daily Life, The 1st Augmented Human
International Conference (AH2010), Megève, France, 2010.
http://rekimotolab.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/ae-ah2010.pdf

Of course the next step is contact lenses. That's something for another
post.