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Published on 6 May 2017
전자파 막는 콘택트렌즈…안구건조증도 예방
We live in an era driven by technological development, where we're surrounded by electronics.
To protect our screen-weary eyes, contact lenses that block radiation and prevent dry eye syndrome has been created.
We live in an era driven by technological development, where we're surrounded by electronics.
To protect our screen-weary eyes, contact lenses that block radiation and prevent dry eye syndrome has been created.
Park Se-young introduces to us
the invention by a team of Korean researchers.
People these days spend much of their time staring into the screens of their smartphones and computers, and are continuously exposed to electromagnetic radiation.
Electromagnetic waves are a potential cause of eye conditions like cataracts.
Now, Korean researchers have developed contact lenses that block radiation while preventing the eyes from drying out.
The lenses are coated with graphene, which protects the eyes by absorbing and converting the radiation into heat.
At the same time, it prevents the evaoration of tears from drying out the eyes.
In an experiment using egg whites and microwave radiation, the egg under an ordinary contact lens got cooked … while the graphene-coated lens left it uncooked and safe from radiation.
"The lenses release very little thermal energy, similar to room temperature, and are unlikely to have an impact on the eyes in a regular environment."
The researchers are now working with a contact lens company and planning clinical tests with volunteers.
They believe the graphene-coated lenses will be commercially available within one or two years.
Park Se-young, Arirang News.
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