Researchers at the University of San Diego have just developed new contact lenses which, when combined with a pair of specific 3D glasses, provide a telescopic view. Specifically, to see details up to 2.8 times larger.
These contact lenses, which were developed in collaboration with the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland), measure a little more than 1 mm thick. They have a central vision that allows you to see normally and small optical rings placed on the periphery, which react with a kind of switch placed on the glasses. Thus, the person who wears these lenses, can choose to have normal vision or to zoom.
According to the researchers, this prototype of “hard” lenses could evolve towards more flexible and breathable lenses, like conventional contact lenses.
What may look like a gadget is in fact a real innovation in ophthalmology. These contact lenses could indeed allow people with Macular degeneration (AMD) to use it as a “prosthesis” to see better. AMD is an eye disease that affects more than a million people in France and is the leading cause of visual impairment in people over 60 years old.
