Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Smart contact lenses that diagnose and treat diabetes and diabetic retinopathy

(c) POSTECH
What if you could control the secretion of insulin just by wearing contact lenses?

A research team at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in South Korea developed wirelessly driven a 'smart contact lens' technology that can just that too - it can detect diabetes and further treat diabetic retinopathy just by a person wearing them.