The device to make this happen may be familiar. Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights.

"Looking through a completed lens, you would see what the display is generating superimposed on the world outside," said Babak Parviz, a UW assistant professor of electrical engineering. "This is a very small step toward that goal, but I think it's extremely promising." The results were presented today at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' international conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems by Harvey Ho, a former graduate student of Parviz's now working at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif. Other co-authors are Ehsan Saeedi and Samuel Kim in the UW's electrical engineering department and Tueng Shen in the UW Medical Center's ophthalmology department.

Glamour, flashes, emotions, stars, guests from all over the world: it’s the unique magic of the Cannes Film Festival. Accompanying many celebrities on the red carpet were Silhouette’s sunglasses; lightweight and with a harmonious design, they don’t hide the face but enhance its beauty. Julie Judd of the TV series “Un petit mensonge” and soon to appear in a movie with Charlize Theron, wore Silhouette model, Harmonia. Leila Bekhti presented her latest movie “The Prophet” and was photographed wearing Silhouette wraparound, Harmonia. Josephine de Meaux, the star of the movie “Tellement proches” walked the carpet wearing Silhouette Harmonia in brown. Aurélie Bargème of the British psychological thriller “31 North 62 East” due for release September 2009, wore the classical and elegant Titan Minimal Art on the Croisette. A guest at Cannes, Paolo Coelho, author of the worldwide bestseller “The Alchemist”, wore Titan Minimal Art and commented: “These glasses are beautifully designed: the polarized lenses are really comfortable”. Also relying on the protection of Silhouette lenses were numerous other stars such as Lenny Kravitz, Diane Kruger, Mirwais Stass (the producer of some of Madonna’s albums), and Michael Haneke, who won the Palme d’Or for his movie “The White Ribbon”, received the award wearing Silhouette Titan Minimal Art vision eyewear.

In line with the brand’s fresh and sophisticated image, the new D&G eyewear collection is continually changing. The new models are rooted in the elegance typical of the past, but reinvented and made even more glamorous with unmistakably modern details.