Smart move could restore eye's autofocus

A move that could herald all manner of new contact lens developments has take place with the Novartis agreement to license smart lens technology from Google

There has been plenty of coverage in the past of Google's plans to introduce a contact lens that helps monitor glucose levels in diabetic patients through tear fluid analysis, but with the new agreement comes the announcement that presbyopes may also benefit from the miniature electronics that can be embedded within a contact lens, or indeed in an intraocular lens.

Novartis noted in its press statement that the smart lens had the potential to help restore the eye's natural autofocus on near objects in the form of an accomodative contact lens. Before you start throwing away your varifocals or multifocal contact lenses, it seems like the developments will take some time to come to the market