Across the world, some 80 million people suffer from glaucoma, a number that’s expected to swell to 111 million by 2040. Today, an estimated three million have been diagnosed in the United States. But ...

A team of researchers in Singapore has come up with a tiny, micrometer-thin battery that can store energy from human tears to power smart contact lenses. If inventors ever arrive at a viable prototype ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

One of the coolest things we've seen in movies like the Mission: Impossible series is smart contact lenses that display all sorts of cool information right in the main character's field of view. The ...

Scientists in Singapore are striving to be years ahead of their time when it comes to how we see the world, media sources are reporting. While huge tech companies such as Apple and Meta are ...

Although great strides are being made in the field of "smart" contact lenses, one challenge remains – how do you safely and discreetly power the things? Singaporean scientists may have the answer, in ...

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 ...

Amid the increased clamor for AR smart glasses and headsets over the last year, it’s become easy to lose sight of the much more advanced alternative: smart contact lenses. At MWC 2025, though, I got ...