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Or have the mechanism attached to your eyelid so that activation occurs by way of an actual wink. |
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Ah, skinflapping sunglasses. And maybe for funerals an option for shedding tears. |
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Make the lenses of the glasses from monochrome LCD screens. Mount a reflective IR diode/photodarlington pair in the corner of each eyepiece, aimed at the cornea. When the eyelid occludes the eye, the IR reflectance path is broken and the LCD shutter goes transparent. So you can be seen winking. Could run of a small lithium battery - the electronics could be integrated into the sidepieces. Cost about USD $500 apiece. |
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If I wink each time the lens goes goes transparent, how do I ever know if it's working? |
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Ask a friend ..... if you have one ..... |
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Well, I winked at a friend, but then he walked away, quickly. |
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or perhaps ones which looked like a winky. |
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You would end up looking like Groucho Marx winking |
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