I'm going to be a bit of a Ludite and raise a flag of caution on this one.  In the movie, "Jurassic Park," where modern scientists find away to genetically bring dinosaurs back from extinction, Jeff Goldbloom's character, Ian Malcolm, warns that just because we have the technology to do something doesn't mean we should.  Dr. Humphreys mentioned some of the benefits of this new technology, I want to consider some of the drawbacks.

For example, I have a wristwatch.  This watch not only tells the time, it gives the time for every major time zone around the world.  It can store appointments and alert me when one is coming up.  It can store phone numbers.  It has a calculator.  It has a stop watch, timer and an alarm.  (Definitely not a Ludite's watch, I know).  Since I've had this watch, I've noticed that many of the things I used to do in my head, i.e. remembering phone numbers and dates, doing simple math calculations; I now rely on my watch to perform.

Dr. Humphreys entitled this Science Short, "Enhancing Our View of the World," but could these video enhanced spectacles actually diminish the normal visual ability we are born with?  It's said that people who are blind have their other senses naturally strengthen; they can hear, smell, taste and feel better than a person who has the use of all five senses.  Couldn't using technology to enhance our senses actually weaken their natural sensitivity, just like my watch weakens my ability to remember information?  Just because we can, does it mean we should?