Guardian: “Augmented reality: US researcher proposes life through a lens.” “Last year we reported on the work of Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer at the University of Washington who is building bionic contact lenses – little gizmos you can pop in your eye that contain tiny circuits and LED displays. Now Parviz has written a detailed account of his work in IEEE Spectrum, which is well worth a read. In it he outlines some of the work his team has done, as well as the problems they are facing (including the manufacturing process and safety).”

BBC News: “Japan looks to robots to fill jobs.” “… build more robots to do the work there are not enough people to do, or allow in millions more workers from overseas.”

Chicago Tribune: “Caregiving robots on the way, UIC scientists say.” “Elderly patients who want to stay in their homes instead of having to consider or be put in a nursing home could get help from a robot in the not-too-distant future, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A basic prototype of a robotic caregiver for the elderly might be a mere three years away, they say.”