Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses::Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a flexible battery as thin as a human cornea, which stores electricity when it is immersed in saline solution, and which could one day power smart contact lenses.

  • Kungolicious@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s true. All new inventions have a morality issue to them. And those moralities need to be weighed heavily before implementing them.

    But it can also be used to guide a secluded operative back to his troop. It can be used to detect road mines that otherwise would have exploded.

    New technology is just a tool. It’s the people choosing how to use it that makes it moral/immoral.

    • Zron@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Listen, all I’m saying is if I was surrounded by enemy combatants on all sides, I wouldn’t want to have to see that while getting shot at.

      Also wouldn’t want to see a fellow soldier get gunned down in a little twitch.tv window in my eye while I’m trying to clear a room.

      I’d call that a major distraction. And distractions in combat get people killed when otherwise they might have lived.

      Maybe smart contacts would have some use for NCOs, even then, a tablet or something with the same info would be just as useful and less likely to block vision. Giving it to everybody would just cause panic and confusion on a battlefield.