While Japanese company JINS calls their new eyewear smart-glasses, they don’t have a screen or present you with information from your phone. Instead the brains behind the Meme eyewear are designed to utilize discrete sensors to track the movement of your eyes. In each nosepad there is a three-point electrooculography (EOG) sensor. Built into the frames are a gyroscope and accelerometer. Combined these sensors can estimate energy levels, gauge fatigue, estimate calories burnt, judge posture, and count blinks (?). While the overall utility of Meme probably still needs to be sorted out, JINS is working with health tech company Omron to develop applications. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of Meme is that the frames are almost indistinguishable from something you might pick up at Warby Parker.
