This would allow the lenses to transmit computer information or augmented reality displays directly into the wearer’s eyes. And it would all be powered by tears, Yahoo and New Atlas reported.

Over time a lens formed at the front of the eye. It could have arisen as a double-layered transparent tissue containing increasing amounts of liquid that gave it the convex curvature of the human eye.

New lenses turn invisible infrared light into visible images, a study found. Humans can now see in the dark -- and even with their eyes closed -- using nanotechnology contact lenses that turn ...

06/01/2025 June 1, 2025. Chinese researchers have developed an infrared contact lens that makes night vision possible. Nanoparticles make the previously invisible light range visible to the human eye.