Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a ‘contact lens’ patch with microneedles that could provide a painless and efficient alternative to curr... Read more
Although electronic devices are shrinking all the time, the idea of a smart contact lens still seems wildly ambitious. Now Sony has reached even further into the realm of the hypothetical an... Read more
Optics specialist Eric Tremblay from EPFL in Switzerland unveils the latest prototype in the telescopic contact lens and debuts accessory wink-controlled glasses that switch between normal a... Read more
For years, treating scratches and burns to the eyes has usually involved dropping medicine onto the eyes several times a day, sometimes for weeks — a treatment that lends itself to missed do... Read more
What if computer screens had glasses instead of the people staring at the monitors? That concept is not too far afield from technology being developed by UC Berkeley computer and vision scie... Read more
“If we integrate it with a contact lens or other wearable electronics, it expands your vision,” Zhong said. “It provides you another way of interacting with your environmen... Read more
Google has said it is testing a “smart contact lens” that can help measure glucose levels in tears. It uses a “tiny” wireless chip and a “miniaturised” gl... Read more
“These new thin-film transistors adhere to a wide range of surfaces and adapt perfectly” Researchers at ETH are developing electronic components that are thinner and more flexible than befor... Read more
An augmented reality system which projects a heads-up display onto contact lenses Though most of the attention surrounding the race to commercialize connected eyewear has focused on Google G... Read more
A team of engineers has designed a telescopic contact lens that can switch between normal and magnified vision by using slightly modified off-the-shelf 3D television glasses. The researchers... Read more
Slimmed-down telescopic contact lens switches between magnified and normal vision using a modified pair of liquid crystal eyeglasses Contact lenses correct many people’s eyesight but... Read more
A design for solar panels that can simultaneously generate power from sunlight and store power reserves for later, all within a single device. The potential energy available via solar power... Read more
Wearing eye contact lenses, picture-taking and scanning, is not science fiction anymore. Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) has demonstrated that a live rabbit coul... Read more
Curved LCD display holds widespread potential for medical and cosmetic applications The Centre of Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec’s associated laboratory at Ghent University (Belgium),... Read more
Available to the public towards the end of 2014 The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision. The lenses are designed to be pair... Read more
