Samsung patent reveals 'smart' contact lens with built-in camera

Move over, Google Glass: in Samsung's sci-fi vision of the future, an internet-connected contact lens could overlay search results and discreetly take photos

Samsung is exploring the development of a contact lens that can project images directly into the users' eye, take photographs and connect wirelessly to a smartphone, a patent application has revealed.

The South Korean copyright authority has published a 29-page application made by the consumer electronics firm two years ago, reported the technology blog Sammobile, offering a rare insight into a science fiction vision of a future technology that could be closer than we think.