New Technology Powers Smart Contact Lens Without Burning Eyeballs

A New Smart Contact Lens Can Charge Wirelessly Without Burning Your Eyeballs
The technology uses supercapacitors and will help speed the creation of contacts lenses that monitor the body
Yasmin Tayag
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Dec 11, 2019
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Photos: Jang-Ung Park, Yonsei UniversityWhen smart contact lenses — wearable, functional electronics for your eyes — finally arrive, they could provide a revolutionary platform for biometric…
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Written by Yasmin Tayag
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Editor, Medium Coronavirus Blog. Senior editor at Future Human by OneZero. Previously: science at Inverse, genetics at NYU.
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