A group of researchers has created the first concept of telescopic lens with a 2.8x zoom and a design that allows carry for day to day. Moreover, the carrier of these lenses have the option indistitintamente combine the traditional and enhanced.

These contact lenses consist of two distinct regions, a central region which allows the passage of light naturally while the edge acts like a telescope providing image magnification x 2.8-equivalent to a 100mm lens of a DSLR camera, .

The main thrust of this research is that it has got a very thin, 1.17 mm thick, allowing wear contact lenses comfortably. Previous similar experiment consisted of thicknesses of 4.4 mm making it impossible to use them everyday having to be implanted in the eye for surgery.

This original invention, conducted by Joseph Ford of UCSD and Eric Tremblay of EPFL, has a complex system of aluminum mirrors are what allow zoom in 2.8 times, without losing any quality.
Furthermore, as recorded by the blog Engadget, with these lenses would be possible to change the view mode through a polarizing filter, with which you can choose to view the image normal or increased, as occurs with active 3D glasses.