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The team demonstrated that the battery could produce a current of 45 microamperes and a maximum power of 201 microwatts, which would be sufficient to power a smart contact lens.

Researchers may have found an innovative solution on how to discreetly power ‘smart’ contact lenses. Electronically augmented contact lenses could soon be powered by a tear-fluid-charged ultra-thin ...

In an experiment involving a simulated eye, the battery produced a current of 45 microamperes at a maximum output of 201 microwatts — enough to power a smart contact lens, the researchers said.