The first soft contact lenses hit the U.S. market in 1971. Since then, they have developed into more than an eyeglass alternative. Contacts have become a fusion of comfort, advanced technology, and ...

Scientist Lee Seok Woo said a scene from a "Mission Impossible" movie inspired his latest invention: batteries for smart contact lenses. In the fourth film of the series, an agent wears contact lenses ...

Novartis, the Swiss healthcare firm, has announced it will license Google’s exciting smart contact lens technology, initially unveiled by the Google X team at the beginning of this year. This is the ...

Asoft contact lens that watches for dangerous pressure spikes inside the eye and releases medication the moment they occur has moved closer to human testing, potentially offering millions of glaucoma ...

Most people with early-stage glaucoma don't know they have it, even though early treatment is key to reducing vision loss. While detecting a subtle increase in eye pressure helps doctors to diagnose ...

A team of researchers at Beijing Institute of Technology, the Avic Chengdu Aircraft Design & Research Institute, and the Beijing Friendship Hospital have designed a new “smart” contact lens that could ...

XPANCEO isn’t convinced the future of computing is in headsets. The Dubai-based technology company isn’t sold on the idea the future of computing is in internet-connected glasses or goggles. It ...

A smart polymer contact lens measures intraocular pressure (IOP) in real time and automatically releases medication into the eye when IOP goes beyond a critical limit. This technological advance, ...

A Dubai-based startup is showing off smart contact lenses which it claims can do everything you can with bulky headsets and a lot more. Xpanceo's set of eyewear can monitor health and serve all kinds ...

The ultra-thin battery is about 0.2 millimeters thick, making it thin enough to fit inside a 0.5 millimeter contact lens. The battery is powered by a biocompatible saline solution and serves as an ...