Televisions could be fitted into
contact lenses within ten years, according to analysts.
The move towards direct implants of music radio
television and whoever or whatever would seek to embed social engineering in
these vehicles continues at breakneck speed.
Telegraph.co.uk
09 Feb 2009
The sets would be powered by the viewer's
body heat, according to Ian Pearson, a so-called "futurologist" who
has advised leading companies including BT on new technologies.
Mr Pearson told the Daily Mail he believed
that channels could be changed by voice command or via a wave of the hand.
Meanwhile "emotional
viewing" could be another development in television technology, according
to a report commissioned by the technology retailer Comet.
A "digital tattoo"
fitted to the viewer would pick up on the feelings of characters on screen and
create impulses causing them to feel the same way.
The development could see James
Bond fans become able feel the thrill of a high-speed car chase or sports fans
allowed to share the joy of elated players, it said.
"We could even get to the
point where we'll be able to immerse ourselves in a football game, making it
feel like you're running alongside your favourite
player or berating the ref," the report added.
Miriam Rayman,
of the Future Laboratory consultancy, which compiled the report, said the basic
technology needed for the developments already existed.
She said: "The technology is
getting smaller and smaller and people are trying to work out how to make it
more immersible. They are trying to bring it closer
and closer to the eye."