CL Acts as a Telescope

A team of DARPA-funded researchers from the United States and Switzerland led by University of California San Diego Professor Joseph Ford reportedly has created a slim, telescopic contact lens that can switch between normal and magnified vision. With refinements, the system could offer AMD patients a relatively unobtrusive way to enhance their vision. The team reports its work today in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal Optics Express.Read more.