Smart Contact Lenses May Arrive as Soon as 2030. Here’s What They Do - CNET
It’s estimated that over 140 million people worldwide wear contact lenses. As a contact lens wearer myself, I was eager to know more when I learned about Xpanceo, a Dubai-based, deep-tech company that has spent the last five years developing AI-powered smart contact lenses. I sat down for a video chat with founder and managing partner Roman Axelrod and founder and CTO Valentyn Volkov.
The smart contact lens is like an AI helper, but directly on your cornea. There are many use cases the company is exploring, from accessing your apps and data, just as you would on your smartphone, to instant identity verification, augmented reality and, with a companion helmet, space missions, aviation and racing. The lens itself can even monitor certain aspects of your health like a wearable, as tear fluid provides biological information.
How smart contact lenses could work
The lens contains a screen, biosensors, a...
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