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Blink to zoom contact lenses developed

Source: Science, New Scientist, EPFL | Original text from IFLScience Over the past year, we’ve heard about some pretty interesting developments in the world of contact lenses. Scientists have made progress on creating a pair of “smart” lenses for diabetics that are...

What are the dangers of COVID 19 for contact lenses users

If there is one group of people who know all the consequences of dirty hands, it is the one that uses contact lenses. According to the CDC, 13% of US contact lenses users newer wash their hands before removing their lenses. Even with washing their hands, 33% of lens...

Self-moisturizing smart contact lenses

Source: Tohoku University, sciencedaily.com Researchers at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, have developed a new type of smart contact lenses that can prevent dry eyes. The self-moisturising system, which is described in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies,...

Color-changing contact lens could enhance monitoring of eye disease treatments

Source: American Chemical Society, sciencedaily.com For all the good they do, eye drops and ointments have one major drawback: It’s hard to tell how much of the medication is actually getting to the eye. Now in a study appearing in ACS Applied Materials &...

New development in contact lenses for red-green color blindness using simple dye

Source: University of Birmingham, sciencedaily.com Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a contact lens that may help people with colour blindness simply by using a low cost dye, according to research published today (26 April 2018) in the journal...

‘Smart contact lens sensor’ for diabetic and glaucoma diagnosis

Source: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), sciencedaily.com A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has proposed the possibility of in situ human health monitoring simply by wearing a contact lens with built-in wireless smart sensors. This study...