Married At First Sight’s Melissa denies wearing blue contact lenses for Bryce

Married At First Sight’s Melissa Rawson has responded to recent claims that she’s started wearing blue contact lenses to please boyfriend Bryce Ruthven. The sheepish bride memorably broke down in tears on the recent season of MAFS after Bryce told her that he’d prefer a bride with blue eyes instead of the emerald green peepers … Read more

Gold dust in your contact lenses could help colour blindness, research shows 

Contact lenses made with millions of gold nanoparticles, no bigger than a speck of dust, could combat a common type of colour blindness. These ‘gold dust’ particles filter out certain wavelengths of light, so the brain can distinguish between different colours, particularly reds and greens, more easily. Around one in 12 men and one in … Read more

Wearing contact lenses in the shower raises risk of cornea infection up to SEVEN-fold

Wearing contact lenses in the shower can increase your risk of developing a painful sight-threatening infection up to SEVEN-fold, study warns The habits of 78 contact lens wearers were analysed by researchers from the UK Of these, 37 had previously developed contact lens-related microbial keratitis The risk of infection increased with the frequency of showering, the … Read more

Health: Colour blindness-correcting CONTACT LENSES use gold nanoparticles to filter light

Forget rose tinted glasses! Scientists have developed colour blindness-correcting CONTACT LENSES that use gold nanoparticles to filter light Certain forms of colour-blindness can make reds and greens hard to distinguish Red-tinted glasses can help with this, but they can’t correct other vision issues Experts have been experimenting with special dyed contact lenses instead But prototypes have … Read more

Snapchat is set to rollout its original show ‘Move It!’ that teaches users dances through AR Lenses

Snapchat is launching a new Snap Original series Wednesday that teaches unique dances in a first-of-its kind immersive show. Called Move It!, the show includes 10 episodes that feature chart topping songs for Snapchatters to follow along and create their own music videos, which can be shared to their account. Dance influencers Michael Le and … Read more

Tiny spider silk lenses could take images inside human body

Miniature lenses made with spider silk could allow scientists to take extremely high-resolution images inside the human body Specialist silk from a daddy long legs spider was used as part of experiments  Resin applied to the silk forms a droplet which is hardened using ultraviolet light  This droplet is around two micrometres wide and can … Read more

Harley Street eye specialist advises wearing glasses instead of contact lenses

Eye doctor says people should wear glasses instead of contact lenses because they act as a ‘partial shield’ against COVID-19 – and shares a five-step guide to cleaning them correctly Dr Sabrina Shah-Desai advised people to wear glasses not contact lenses Explained glasses act as a ‘partial shield’ from airborne coronavirus droplets COVID-19 can enter … Read more

Prototype contact lenses allow colourblind people to tell green from red

Prototype contact lenses that allow colourblind people to tell green from red without needing a pair of ‘bulky sunglasses’ are being developed The technology involves an ultra-thin material that changes the colour of light The team developed a way to ‘print’ the new material on to a curved surface  It is not commercially available yet … Read more

Bill Turnbull loses his ear piece contact lenses and teeth presenting GMB turning studio into chaos

Bill Turnbull is ‘having one of those days!’: GMB thrown into chaos after Piers Morgan’s stand-in loses earpiece during break – leaving TV crew scrabbling around on the floor Bill, 64, is standing in for regular presenter Piers this week while he has a break  Good Morning Britain crew had to look for his earpiece … Read more