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Contact lenses get pretty thin nowadays, but they’ve got nothing on a new lens from scientists at Stanford and the University of Amsterdam. The team has created the world’s thinnest lens, measuring just three atoms thick.Continue ReadingCategory: Physi… Continue reading World’s thinnest lens is just three atoms thick
Scientists have developed a new type of lens that creates multiple focal points, which could make for glasses or contacts that provide a clearer view over a range of distances. The secret? Making the lens a spiral shape.Continue ReadingCategory: Techno… Continue reading Glasses with spiral lenses could help you see clearer, farther
Researchers have developed contact lenses with embedded sensors that measure the pressure inside the eye and send the information to an ophthalmologist for evaluation. It’s hoped that the lens will lead to the early diagnosis of glaucoma, which can lea… Continue reading New contact lenses monitor changes in eye pressure to diagnose glaucoma
Although great strides are being made in the field of “smart” contact lenses, one challenge remains – how do you safely and discreetly power the things? Singaporean scientists may have the answer, in the form of a tear-fluid-charged ultra-thin battery…. Continue reading Tear-charged glucose battery could power smart contact lenses
A new clinical trial has found that a common eye drop is a safe and effective way to slow the progression of nearsightedness in children. The finding may provide an easier way of treating the condition, which is expected to affect about 50% of the worl… Continue reading Common eye drops may provide hope for nearsighted kids
Over the past few years, we’ve heard about several experimental devices that monitor the pressure in glaucoma patients’ eyes. The miLens contact lens – which is the latest one to cross our radar – has just completed clinical trials, and could be commer… Continue reading miLens contact lens could soon be keeping an eye on glaucoma patients
If people with glaucoma don’t stay on top of their condition, blindness may result. An experimental new contact lens is designed to help, by both monitoring glaucoma symptoms and automatically releasing medication as needed.Continue ReadingCategory: Me… Continue reading Eye-pressure-sensing contact lens both monitors and manages glaucoma
Many contact lens users end up suffering from an uncomfortable and sometimes even debilitating condition known as contact lens-induced dry eye (CLIDE). An experimental new contact lens, however, could keep that from happening … using a fairly simple de… Continue reading Dry-eye-preventing contact lens is powered by its wearer’s blinks
Forget your bulky AR headsets, smart contact lenses are coming to place augmented reality displays right there on your eyeball. Last week, Mojo Vision CEO Drew Perkins volunteered to test the first feature-complete prototype of his company’s design.Con… Continue reading CEO test-drives Mojo Vision’s smart augmented reality contact lens
If diabetes progresses too far, it can result in a potentially blinding condition known as retinopathy. And while existing treatments are invasive and often painful, there may be new hope in the form of an LED-equipped contact lens.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading LED contact lens treatment may prevent diabetes-related blindness