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Making Contact

“ The lens can

densest in the world, packing 70,000 pixels even expand to
in an area of less than 0.5 mm. It is capable give a panoramic
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of beaming information onto the fovea or
another functioning area in the retina for view of the scene
people with central scotomas. This, while for people with
keeping the projected illusion always in
focus about a foot in front of the wearer, peripheral vision
even when the wearerʻs eyes are closed!
loss.
Without question, the concept and “
imagined future features of the Mojo
Lens are revolutionary. Geared toward
higher-quality vision, the embedded
processor and image-sensing electronics
within the lens can adjust contrast, overlay
“ Amazingly, graphic lines to highlight hard-to-see
edges and magnify targets for better
object detection and recognition across
the power
needed to run different lighting conditions and viewing The start-up wants eyecare practitioners to
environments without using traditional be involved in the distribution, screening,
the Mojo Lens is tints, magnifiers or spectacle-mounted fitting and monitoring of the Mojo Lens to
telescopes. The lens can even expand to ensure patient compliance and maintain
minuscule and give a panoramic view of the scene for optimum eye health, performance and
safety. The lens will be of a scleral lens
comes from a people with peripheral vision loss. design, made of RGP materials for
custom-made, What is most impressive about the improved comfort, oxygen-permeability
Mojo lens is its speedy eye-tracking and and image-stabilization.
thin-film battery motion-sensing systems with gyro/
inside the accelerometer/magnetometer that can The company has partnered with Palo
“ present information when it is needed by insights from volunteers. It is seeking FDA
predict image location and stabilize the Altoʻs Vista Center for the Blind and
lens. images with eye movements. It will only Visually Impaired to gain feedback and
approval for the device to be prescribed
the wearer. Otherwise, it disappears.
for medical use. It received the FDA’s
Amazingly, the power needed to run the Breakthrough Device Designation because
Mojo Lens is minuscule and comes from a of the company’s research and work on
custom-made, thin-film battery inside the assistive devices to help the visually
lens. It delivers less than 1.5 microwatts impaired. And in December 2019, it was
of energy, lasts all day and charges awarded Institutional Review Board
overnight in its own storage case. All the Certification, permitting the wearing of
mathematics and computing are done via a the Mojo Lens prototype by company
wireless link between the lens and another employees.
wearable accessory, such as a smart phone or
cloud to send, receive and manage the data, It remains to be seen if the Mojo Lens
the power and the small communication becomes the next viable computing
chips. interface. It is nonetheless exciting to know
that a technological advance such as this is
From the outset, Mojo Vision has on the horizon for contact lens wearers.
employed in-house consulting optometrists. It is just a matter of time. n
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1: https://www.marketresearchfuture.com/press-release/smart-contact-lenses-market
2: https://www.fastcompany.com/90441928/the-making-of-mojo-ar-contact-lenses-that-give-your-eyes-superpowers

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