First-Ever Photochromic Contact Lenses May Replace Sunglasses
I wear glasses, but don't own contact lenses. And while this normally doesn't make a difference, staring into the midday sun often leads me to think about switching to contacts simply so I can wear...
View ArticleSensor-Equipped Contact Lens Monitors Glaucoma Symptoms Around the Clock
Glaucoma is a tricky ailment to manage; rather than being a single disease, it's actually a cluster of diseases with various manifestations that, taken as a whole, are the second leading cause of...
View ArticleSmart Contact Lenses Deliver a Steady Stream of Drugs to the Eye
In a breakthrough that is sure to thrill optical ailment sufferers and stoners everywhere, a team of Auburn University researchers has invented a new kind of drug-delivering contact lens that could...
View ArticleDARPA Invests In Megapixel Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses
The augmented reality future we were long ago promised has been slow to come around, perhaps restrained most by the basic biology of our own eyes, which are unable to properly see detailed images...
View ArticleHow We're Creating "Terminator Vision" in Your Future Contact Lenses
"We made a lens that displays a single pixel that can be turned on and off wirelessly. An integrated circuit stores the energy, and a light-emitting diode shoots light toward the eye, but the optics...
View Article2012 Invention Awards: Augmented-Reality Contact Lenses
After two decades as an electrical engineer, Randy Sprague quit his job in 2008 to start a solar power company. He had been planning the venture for years, saving up, getting his wife's blessing. But...
View ArticleThese Contact Lenses Give You Telescopic Vision
So this is pretty much one of those things you've always wanted from the future, right? Researchers have created a prototype contact lens-and-glasses system that lets you zoom in on something to 2.8X...
View ArticleBig Pic: An Electronic Membrane Thin Enough To Drape Over Human Hairs
What's this? It's an electronic membrane that's so thin and flexible, it can drape itself over human hairs and continue to work. Yep, those long sticks are hairs. The membrane is one micrometer thick,...
View ArticleA New Material For Night-Vision Contact Lenses
Nobody has made night-vision contact lenses yet… but here's a glimpse at how that technology might work, if it ever comes to be. University researchers have created a super-light, super-thin material...
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How Counterfeit Contact Lenses Can Make You Go Blind
Health Something to really be afraid of this Halloween Wearing counterfeit or unapproved colored contact lenses could cause eye infections or even permanent eye damage, according to a recent press...
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