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Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses (techxplore.com)

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Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses::Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a flexible battery as thin as a human cornea, which stores electricity when it is immersed in saline solution, and which could one day power smart contact lenses.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (11 children)

this type of technology could be revolutionary and restoring people's eyesight as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Contacts? Don’t you need to see for them to help

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some “blind” people do have data coming in, it’s just so blurry/skewed that it’s worthless. It might be possible to fix this but it would be a case by case basis and likely very expensive. Not all blindness is a world of black

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Even totally blind people can usually detect light as painful, slightly less dark darkness. That's actually why so many wear dark sunglasses

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