A Dubai-based startup founded by a Russian and a Ukrainian raised $250 million to develop smart contact lenses that provide night vision, zoom capabilities and real-time health checks.

The pioneering deep tech company behind the world's first smart contact lenses raises $250 million at a $1.35 billion ...

XPANCEO has unveiled a trio of smart contact lens prototypes at MWC 2025 Technology showcased includes fully remote power transfer Other prototypes include a biosensing smart contact lesns, and a ...

A new kind of smart contact lens is poised to revolutionize how we monitor eye health. Designed to work even when the eyes are closed, this stretchable lens combines pressure and movement ...

The UAE’s newest unicorn is skipping the headset era and stepping straight into an invisible, AI-enhanced future with a state-of-the-art contact lens. XPANCEO has raised $250 million at a $1.35 ...

Smart Contact Lens with a Wireless Powering Companion XPANCEO's first prototype (and these are all prototypes likely years ...

Smart contact lenses may be the holy grail of wearables. I blame The Six Million Dollar Man, a 1970s-era TV show featuring a biomechanically-enhanced former astronaut who had, among other things ...

While the ability to reversibly change from clear to blue faded after 200 cycles, the researchers were targeting a disposable type of smart contact lens, so degradation of the display wasn’t ...

MWC 2025: Xpanceo wants to deliver AI features, supervision, and more from its smart contact lens. Amid the increased clamor for AR smart glasses and headsets over the last year, it’s become ...

“Our smart soft contact lenses retain the intrinsic lens features of lens power, biocompatibility, softness, transparency, wettability, oxygen transmissibility and overnight wearability. Having all ...

“The most common battery charging system for smart contact lenses requires metal electrodes in the lens, which are harmful if they are exposed to the naked human eye,” said Dr. Yun Jeonghun ...