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Imec, Ghent University, SEED Demonstrate Electronics in Hydrogel-Based Soft Lenses

Lens features integrated LED light, ultra-thin silicon microchip, RF antenna and stretchable thin‐film interconnections.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

At the imec technology forum Japan (ITF Japan 2018), imec, the Ghent University (UGent), and contact lens manufacturer SEED Co., Ltd. said they have developed a contact lens with an integrated LED light, including an ultra-thin silicon microchip, a radio‐frequency antenna for wireless energy transfer, and stretchable thin‐film interconnections.   Different from the traditional contact lens-type wearable devices made of non-water-containing material, this device is made of hydrogel-based materi...

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