Contact Lenses To Monitor Health

Professor Babak Parviz, from the University of Washington has made a new presentation at a NASA research center in Hampton USA. Back in 2008, his work was focused on creating virtual displays on contact lenses and it seems by using advancements in nanotechnology, they have now come up with a contact lenses that can display information to the user and continuously monitor the person's health through the biochemistry of the eye surface. The researchers are working on integrating small optical, electronic and biosensing devices into contact lenses.

Parviz' research at the University of Washington includes nanotechnology, bionanotechnolgy and microsystems. In 2008 his work was chosen by Time magazine as one of the top inventions of the year. The device doesn't seem to have a name yet that I can find, however it's referred to as the E-Lens on the London Museum of Science website, where his work is on display.

Press Release: PRNewswire