5 devices you won’t believe have been made

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We have put together a list of our top 5 devices that you won’t believe are real. These are the devices we think have broken the barrier between sci-fi and reality.

Melcap Obesity Pill

MelCap Systems is a swallowable electronic pill. To begin the therapy, the pill is swallowed, it then unfurls a mesh filled with inflated particles. A wireless device is then used to activate the pill. Once activated the pill stimulates the stomach to make it believe it’s full. MelCap has an authorised patent and hopes to have a product ready to market sometime next year.

By MelCap

Diabetes contact lens

A smart contact lens has been built to continuously measure glucose in tears of diabetic patients using a wireless chip and miniaturised glucose sensor. The smart lens technology involves non-invasive sensors, microchips and other miniaturised electronics, which are embedded within contact lenses.  This device is currently being discussed by the FDA but might soon be released into the market.

By Google and Alcon

Bionic Eye, Argus II

The Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System is intended to provide electrical stimulation of the retina to induce visual perception in blind individuals. The Argus II implant is made up of two parts. It has an internal implant, with an electrode array, which is embedded in the eye’s retina and an external pair of glasses that has a forward facing camera.

By Second Sight

BrainPort V100

The BrainPort V100 is a non-surgical, non-invasive assistive aid that translates visual images of the user’s environment into electro-tactile signals displayed on the user’s tongue. With supervised training, users learn to interpret the electro-tactile signals to perceive shape, size, location, and motion of surrounding objects.

By Wicab

Google Glass 2.0

Google glass 2.0 has a hands-free format similar to that of a smartphone with a screen-like display that appears in the top right corner of the wearer’s vision. It will be water-resistant with a more rugged design, a 5 GHz Wi-Fi band to support smoother streaming video and an improved battery life, rumoured to be provided by Intel. However, the glasses will only go to Google’s ‘Glass at Work’ partners.

By Google

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