My friend Greg sent this to me today. I’ll be first in line when these come out!
Building the lenses was a challenge because materials that are safe for use in the body, such as the flexible organic materials used in contact lenses, are delicate. Manufacturing electrical circuits, however, involves inorganic materials, scorching temperatures and toxic chemicals. Researchers built the circuits from layers of metal only a few nanometers thick, about one thousandth the width of a human hair, and constructed light-emitting diodes one third of a millimeter across. They then sprinkled the grayish powder of electrical components onto a sheet of flexible plastic. The shape of each tiny component dictates which piece it can attach to, a microfabrication technique known as self-assembly. Capillary forces – the same type of forces that make water move up a plant’s roots, and that cause the edge of a glass of water to curve upward – pull the pieces into position.
Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision
Soon you may be seeing squads of power suited troops on your evening news reports from international hot spots. Or at least that is what the Utah based start up company SARCOS wants. The 
I can only hope that someone decides that this sort of service is needed at the Grand Canyon. Makes more sense than a 
Now if this material can be made clear… Oh wait, it is. If it can be made crystal clear and has good refractive qualities it would make for some dandy scratch proof glasses.
I was browsing the Internet today for random stuff and happened across this. It’s the online version of the Naval Safety Center’s publication ‘Approach’. All sorts of astounding stories about mid air collisions, shattered canopies, and others tails of how things can go bad and what can be learned from them. I’m sure that most people will never be in a position where they are running through an emergency checklist because they have lost their starboard flight side hydraulics and most of their port stab, but the lessons about keeping a cool composure and the value of training are ones that we can all use.
Oh cool, Mars in six months? Nice…