Sony files patent for recording contact lens

A new patent has been granted to Sony Corporation to produce a contact lens able to record images.

Last month a filing with the US Patent & Trademark Office described a contact lens and storage medium capable of controlling an image pickup unit provided in the contact lens.

The device would also include a recording control unit in order to send data on to a storage medium, Sony explained. Technology rival Google has also been rumoured to be producing smart contact lenses embedded with cameras.