(Nanowerk Spotlight) What makes contact lenses so attractive for the development of all kinds of biosensors is the fact that they swim on a film of tears – and tear fluid, along with sweat and saliva, ...

A team of South Korean researchers are the latest to tout a smart, glucose-sensing contact lens. In a research article published today in Science Advances, the team described soft lenses carrying a ...

Google X, the secretive research lab famed for its work on Glass and Google's self-driving cars, has unveiled its next product: Smart contact lenses. The first smart contact lens, aimed at diabetics, ...

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 ...

Contact lenses are most often used to correct blurry vision, but sometimes, people wear differently colored ones for fun. And with Halloween just around the corner, people will soon be stocking up on ...

‘Smart’ contact lenses that have the potential to diagnose early stage cancer through tumour identifying chemicals found in tears have been created by scientists. The device could open the door to an ...

Smart contact lenses may have taken a step closer to becoming reality with the invention of a wafer-thin battery with a highly unusual way of recharging. The battery is just 0.2mm thick, or twice the ...

Scientists from Singapore have designed a new way to keep smart contact lenses charged without the inclusion of wireless charging. It seems like it's only a matter of time before the masses widely ...

CHENGDU, China — Most glaucoma damage happens when patients aren’t looking — literally. Since current eye pressure tests only work when your eyes are open and you’re sitting in a doctor’s office, ...