Posted on 04/30/2016 8:35:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The device, Forbes reports, is designed to help the focusing of light onto the retina, resulting in the correction of poor vision. It will contain its own storage, radio and lens and will apparently be powered wirelessly from an energy harvesting antenna. Presumably, you won't need aerials sticking out of your eyeballs.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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I am OK with this as long as they let the NSA have a backdoor.
I would take it over blindness.
First they put that creepy “echo” is it? in your living room to monitor everything you say; and now, this gadget to monitor everything you look at. The “INJECTION into the eyeball” idea should turn off even the fools and suckers. They may well recruit a few from the self-piercing and mutilation crowd, though.
It would be wonderful if this would work to stabilize the lenses. I’m virtually blind in one eye, and half in the other due lens drop since cataract surgery.
As it stands I have to go through the whole process again with a different lens that will be stitched to my eyeball to hold the new lenses in place.
Not looking forward to going through it all again, but I don’t like the not being able to see bit.
Does April Fools apply to the whole month?
I read this company is now worth almost $250 billion. And Mr. Schmucko here bought 1000 shares if you can believe it when it first came on the market at 100 bucks in Aug of 2004. I put up $50k of my own money - which was everything I had - and $50k on margin and I got too nervous about it and sold it when it went to $99. I could have retired wealthy if had nuts of steel and held on to it. I sold at $99 and of course then it went to $120 a week later then $140 then doubled by January and of course you know the rest - $300 $400 $500 $700 then $1000. You ever have one of those dreams where you are riding on a merry go round and no matter how far you stretch you just can’t grasp that golden ring? Millimeters close but no cigar.
You went in big and sold at a tidy profit?
I’d say you did real good.
No looking back on that call FRiend.
Google is giving it out free, as long as it can run ads.
Google is giving it out free, as long as it can run ads.
(JUST KIDDING!)
He missed the profit and sold at a 1% loss, costing himself a thousand bucks plus transaction fees.
It’s okay, I once told a guy selling a 57 Chevy 210 Coupe that he was asking too much money for it, $150.
Don’t even get me started on the 69 Shelby GT 350H that I didn’t jump on quickly enough.
Don’t second guess Life, you can’t go back and fix it.
Next: Advertisements delivered to your brain based on things you look at.
I wonder if Google is just patent trolling here.
What a great idea! This would be a wonderful help to many people who can see somewhat but are probably legally blind.
No, I lost $1000. I bought it as soon as it went on the market for $100 a share and I got scared when it dropped to $99 so I sold it all for a loss of $1000. If I waited a few months I could have made $100,000 and if I waited even longer I could have made a million.
“And Mr. Schmucko here bought 1000 shares if you can believe it “
I have a few similar stories. You are not alone :-).
I now invest in mutual funds ... I kind of buy and forget them :-). I mostly use those funds targeted to my retirement date.
I have ZERO patience when it comes to trading and I am far too paranoid. I have some Apple stock I got on the cheap that I refuse to sell since some I sold tripled in value not even a year after I sold it (I did buy a bunch of stuff for jobs I do on the side, so I can’t *really* complain, but I would rather have the over $100K I pissed away by being nervous).
I also invest in a couple of FPGA companies that I hold for the long term since that’s what I do for a living and know those companies well. That’s about it for individual stocks.
Some people are very talented and well disciplined when it comes to trading. I am not one of those people nor will I ever be that way. That’s why I focus on engineering ... When I start something new, I can spend a week or two changing, second guessing, rearranging, and coding stuff w/o losing anything then build on that :-). If you do that kind of stuff with stocks, you’ll either lose, or miss out on opportunities that’ll drive you crazy for a little while :-).
Personally, I would prefer to stick with my glasses which give me perfect vision, and no risks of infection, scarring, etc.
I guess I suckered the buyer, selling my beautiful perfect low-mileage 57 Chevy coupe for $300 (1974). But then again, I had a souped-up 327ci engine, Muncie 4-spd tranny, headers and big pipes on it. Been kicking myself ever since.
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