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Surrey Unveils Breakthrough Manufacturing Process of Ultra-thin Sensor for Smart Contact Lenses

System contains photodetector for receiving optical information, temperature sensor for diagnosing potential corneal disease and a glucose sensor.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

In a paper published by the journal Matter, engineers from the University of Surrey together with partners from Harvard University, University of Science and Technology of China, UK National Physical Laboratory, George Washington University and Zhejiang University Ningbo Research Institute report on how they have developed a breakthrough sensor system and manufacturing process.   The global team of engineers revealed that the new contact lens sensor system contains a photodetector for receiv...

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