New contact lens technology to help diagnose and monitor medical conditions may soon be ready for clinical trials. (Image provided by Pete Kollbaum) New contact lens technology to help diagnose and ...

An estimated 45 million Americans wear contact lenses to improve their vision without the need for eyeglasses. But these common medical devices may one day offer so ...

“Over half of the solar radiation energy, existing as infrared light, remains imperceptible to humans,” comments Dr. Yuqian Ma, a researcher at the University of Science and Technology of China. But, ...

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 ...

It may sound like something right out of a comic book but scientists have created contact lenses which give the wearers clear sight, even in the dark. These latest "night vision" contact lenses use ...

Optometrists, ophthalmologists and their patients will benefit from new, high-tech tools to detect glaucoma at its earliest stages thanks to a startup that will commercialize smart contact lenses ...

A research team has introduced core technology for smart contact lenses that can implement AR-based navigation through a 3D printing process. With the advent of the Metaverse era, there have been ...

Although there already are "smart" contact lenses that monitor the eyes for signs of glaucoma, the devices are typically only worn when the patient is awake. A new type of contact lens, however, ...