Samsung patent reveals ‘smart’ contact lens with built-in camera

Samsung is going through the growth and development of a contact lens that could project images directly into the users’ eye, take photographs and repair wirelessly into a smartphone, a patent application has revealed.

The South Korean copyright authority has published a 29-page application made by the customer electronics firm two years ago, reported we now have blog Sammobile, offering a rare insight into a science fiction vision of any future technology that might be closer than we predict.

The lens could overlay internet-connected services directly into the user’s distinct sight, inside an example of what is known augmented reality. It would also discreetly