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New Google patent shows contact lens with built-in iris sensor and capacitive detection, could final

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You've seen the movies where people use their eyeballs (via iris scanners) to unlock doors, pay for items, essentially like a password or passcode. Two new Google patents for contact lenses suggest that could soon become a reality.

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Meh, been done before in the '80s. MacGyver anyone?

Also done in the '80s in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan. Kirk uses a retina-scanning system to unlock an encoded Starfleet transmission about the Genesis Device.
 
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