Contact lenses

Dressing Up for Halloween? Here’s What You Should Know About Novelty Contact Lenses

There's nothing scarier than a pesky eye infection.

Health Passant Rabie Oct 26

A person trying on infrared contact Lenses

These Infrared Night-Vision Contacts Let You See Through Your Eyelids

Scientists want to give people super-vision. Literally.

Biology Natalia Mesa May 22

Your Contact Lenses Can Now Seep Antihistamines Into Your Eyes, If You Want

The FDA-approved technology might someday let people to treat many eye problems by simply wearing drug-releasing contacts.

Health Ed Cara Mar 30

Contact Lens-Removing Robot Requires More Faith in Technology Than I’ll Ever Have

Contact lenses offer a more comfortable alternative to wearing glasses for those with vision issues, but that’s assuming you can handle/endure the process of putting them in and taking them out. A Florida man has invented a robot that can insert and remove contact lenses for someone who can’t, although seeing it in action suddenly…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 5

Contact Lenses That Can Change Focus and Zoom When You Blink Move Closer to Reality

Believe it or not, contact lenses are still an option for those who wear glasses that accommodate multiple prescriptions, but because of the unique approach they take to remedying vision problems, it can sometimes take over a month to get used to using them. Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 29

These Contact Lens Horror Stories Show Why You Need to Take Them Out at Night

Those of us who regularly wear contact lenses know we should practice good lens hygiene, including taking them out at night and washing them with a sterile cleaning solution. But knowing doesn’t always equate to doing. For those who need a more visceral reminder of why these habits are so important, here are some gruesome…

Health Ed Cara Dec 19

Dirty Contacts and Bad Hygiene Are Helping Spread an Amoeba That Can Blind You

People who wear contact lenses are often warned to properly clean their reusable contacts. A new study published Friday provides a sober reminder of why those warnings exist. Since 2011, it found, an outbreak of a rare infection that can cause blindness has been spreading among contact lens wearers in England, often thanks to poor…

Health Ed Cara Sep 21

Stop Washing Your Gross Used Contact Lenses Down the Drain

I wear my contact lenses most days—especially during the summer when I hope to don some fly-ass sunglasses. At the end of every month, my two flexible lenses’ lives are over. Into the bathroom garbage bin they go. Turns out that one in five users of contacts may be flushing them down the drain or…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes Aug 20

Contact Lenses That Darken in Sunlight Are Going to Give You Some Creepy Alien Eyes

Johnson & Johnson has teamed up with Transitions Optical, the company known for making those glasses that automatically darken when you go outside, to bring the unique technology to contact lenses. If you hate wearing glasses, they’ll save you from also having to wear sunglasses outdoors, but only if you’re okay with having creepy alien…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 12

Horrified Surgeons Discover 27 Contact Lenses in Woman’s Eye

While prepping a 67-year-old female patient for routine cataract surgery at England’s Solihull Hospital, physicians noticed a strange bluish blob in one of her eyes. On closer look, the blob turned out to be 17 contact lenses stuck together. Another 10 lenses were subsequently discovered in the same eye. The surgeons have never seen anything…

Health George Dvorsky Jul 17

Being Fitted for Contacts in 1948 Was Totally Horrifying

Want to know just how badass folks from the boomer generation were? Just watch this nice lady get jammed in the eyeballs with pieces of glass—all in the name of 20/20 vision. Fair warning: you’re going to want to keep a finger on the close tab button because ewwwwwwwwwww. By the 1940s, contact lenses had…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 31

Contact Lenses Used to Be Made Out of Glass

Did you know that before the age of plastic, contact lenses were made of glass? It’s true! And slightly horrifying! Inventors were experimenting with glass-based contacts throughout the 19th century and Leonardo Da Vinci is often credited as having been one of the first to imagine some of the ideas behind the contact lens in…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 1

Google’s Smart Contact Lenses Are Going to Become a Real Thing

Remember Google’s smart contact lenses? Well, now the giant Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is turning them into a commercial reality. The two companies have announced that Novartis is licensing Google’s technology to create special contact lenses for diabetic patients. The new lenses will analyze tear fluid in the eye and provide real-time, constant measurement of…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jul 15

Scientists create sensor for night vision contact lenses

It may seem like the stuff from spy and superhero movies but scientists have created “the first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum” which, according to researchers at the University of Michigan, can be made so thin that it can be easily stacked on night vision contact lenses. Back in 2011…

Sploid Jesus Diaz Mar 30

New Sensor Could Make Night Vision Contact Lenses A Reality

It sounds like something from a spy thriller movie: putting on contact lenses that give you infrared vision without the need for a bulky contraption that covers your face. But now, thanks to research at the University of Michigan, such a contact lens is a real possibility. The Michigan researchers turned to the optical capabilities…

io9 Dexter Johnson — IEEE Spectrum Mar 21

Graphene Could Give You Predator-Vision Contact Lenses One Day

Imagine a future where your contact lenses gave you Predator vision. One day, it might happen, thanks to graphene. Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed the first room-temperature light detector that can see the entire infrared spectrum of colors. And it can be small and compact, because graphene is insane and only one…

Tech News Leslie Horn Mar 17

Google Is Making Smart Contact Lenses for Better Health Monitoring

A late-breaking surprise just came out of the Google camp with the revelation that it’s going to start making smart contact lenses. As in contact lenses with integrated sensors and circuitry. Yep, it’s that time in the future. But it might not be what you’re hoping for. It isn’t the next generation of heads-up display…

Health Brent Rose Jan 16

This New Contact Lens Basically Turns Your Eye Into a Telescope

Contact lenses are great if your only issue is near or farsightedness, but for those struggling with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness among older adults, those flimsy little lenses ain’t going to cut it—or at least not the kind of contact lenses you’re used to. But soon, AMD-sufferers could see their…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Jun 27

This Contact Lens Puts a Display Right On Your Eye

It seems like everyone and their brother is working on some sort of smart glasses, but how about smart contact lenses? It turns out those might actually be closer than you think. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-has-plans-for-its-own-project-glass-5962848 Researchers at Ghent University have been working on smart contact lenses and now they’ve got a working prototype that uses an LCD…

Tech News Eric Limer Dec 8

Woman with eye infection had an entire microbial ecosystem in her contact lens solution

There’s a reason why optometrists say you should regularly replenish your contact lens solution and throw out your lenses after the expiry date. Last year, a young woman contracted an eye infection after using tap water to dilute her cleaning solution, and while wearing contact lenses that were two months past their expiry date. Subsequent…

io9 George Dvorsky Oct 17

Contact lenses

Dressing Up for Halloween? Here’s What You Should Know About Novelty Contact Lenses

These Infrared Night-Vision Contacts Let You See Through Your Eyelids

Your Contact Lenses Can Now Seep Antihistamines Into Your Eyes, If You Want

Contact Lens-Removing Robot Requires More Faith in Technology Than I’ll Ever Have

Contact Lenses That Can Change Focus and Zoom When You Blink Move Closer to Reality

These Contact Lens Horror Stories Show Why You Need to Take Them Out at Night

Dirty Contacts and Bad Hygiene Are Helping Spread an Amoeba That Can Blind You

Stop Washing Your Gross Used Contact Lenses Down the Drain

Contact Lenses That Darken in Sunlight Are Going to Give You Some Creepy Alien Eyes

Horrified Surgeons Discover 27 Contact Lenses in Woman’s Eye

Being Fitted for Contacts in 1948 Was Totally Horrifying

Contact Lenses Used to Be Made Out of Glass

Google’s Smart Contact Lenses Are Going to Become a Real Thing

Scientists create sensor for night vision contact lenses

New Sensor Could Make Night Vision Contact Lenses A Reality

Graphene Could Give You Predator-Vision Contact Lenses One Day

Google Is Making Smart Contact Lenses for Better Health Monitoring

This New Contact Lens Basically Turns Your Eye Into a Telescope

This Contact Lens Puts a Display Right On Your Eye

Woman with eye infection had an entire microbial ecosystem in her contact lens solution

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