The injectable smart lenses aim to innovatively correct vision by inserting the device directly inside the eyeballs.
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Sony, on the other hand, is beefing up plans to invent a futuristic type of contact lens – the contact lens user can shoot videos and play them.
The patent says the electronic lens could assist in the process of refocusing light into the eye’s retina.
Google filed a patent for the device that would be “installed within a flexible polymeric material shaped to conform to the inside surface of a lens capsule of an eye”, as the patent details. It’s powered wirelessly from an “energy harvesting antenna”, Alphabet said in the filing. It gets squirmier: The eyeball device apparently includes various sensors, a radio transceiver, a battery and a storage component, in addition to the lens itself.
Of course, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Google focus on the eyes.
Google’s foray into innovative technology has extended to the realms of medical science.
The search giant partnered with healthcare company Novartis to help develop the technology.
It looks like Google is interested in branching out further in optometrics aside from correcting vision.
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The company has been interested in eyeball tech for a while, most notably with its longtime development of smart contact lenses for monitoring diabetes. Samsung has also come up with a contact lens in the start of the year.
