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Eye is the most important part of human organ. Diagnosis of some of the diseases can be made through by observing the changes that occur in the eyes.

Contact lens is commonly used nowadays for eye sight problems and for enhancing the appearance of the eyes. With IoT-based contact lens, it can do wonders for humans. It not only aids in enhancement of eye sight it also monitors the changes that occurs in the eyes which can lead to early diagnosis of diseases.

By monitoring the variations in the eye ball size, it can diagnose glaucoma at an early stage, any delay in detection of abnormalities may result in loss of eye sight.

Even the eye medications can be directly administered to the eyes with the aid of contact lens which, in turn, gets rid of the inconvenience of administering the eye drops.

In future, such technologies will add new dimensions to the eyecare system.