TBT: The display of the future might be in your contact lens

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 01.14.21 You've seen the futuristic glasses that can project important information into your line of vision, but gone are the days of the heavy goggles or unfashionable specs—say hello to the future of the contact lens. A company called Mojo Vision has created a prototype contact lens that can display your schedule and enhance your vision, all from the lens itself. And while that may seem like too many "screens," it might actually lead you to pick up your phone a whole lot less. Read all about the display of the future, plus more of the best WIRED stories from this month a year ago below.   The Display of the Future Might Be in Your Contact Lens Mojo Vision's prototypes can enhance your vision or show you your schedule—right from the surface of your eyes. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year Scientists Predict Wuhan's Outbreak Will Get Much Worse New estimates of how far the virus could spread suggest an explosion of cases will hit the Chinese city and more infected individuals will show up abroad. A Surge of New Plastic Is About to Hit the Planet A world awash in plastic will soon get slammed by more, as major oil companies ramp up their production. All the Ways Facebook Tracks You—and How to Limit It If you have a Facebook account—and even if you don't—the company is going to collect data about you. But you can at least control how it gets used. Watch SpaceX Blow Up a Falcon 9 Rocket to Prove It's Safe for People On Sunday, Elon Musk's space company will attempt its last big test before it can begin launching humans from US soil. How the Extreme Art of Dropping Stuff Could Upend Physics Scientists are going to great lengths to try to make gravity fail, so as to link Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics. CollegeHumor Helped Shape Online Comedy. What Went Wrong? The company grew from a scrappy startup to a digital media player. Now it's clinging to life after mass layoffs. GET WIRED Get one year of WIRED access for less than $1 per month. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions