Imagine reading a map or email on a head-up display right in front of your eyes聽鈥斅爄t sounds like something from a sci-fi novel, but it鈥檚 one of the many possible future uses for contact lenses that has been predicted through current and emerging research.
鈥淧eople typically think of contact lenses as just another way of correcting poor vision and being an alternative to spectacles. However, over the past decade we have seen tremendous developments in the potential for contacts to detect eye and systemic disease, in addition to delivering drugs to manage these diseases,鈥 says Dr. Lyndon Jones, lead author of the research paper聽, which compiles evidence pointing to the many current and future capabilities of contact lenses. 鈥淲e already have electronic contacts that can screen for glaucoma, treat itchy eyes due to allergies and photochromic contacts to protect the wearer from bright lights.鈥
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