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You can now shoot lasers from your eyes – Superman-style

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Yes, it’s true. UK researchers have revealed they’ve developed laser stickers that can send out a beam of light and can even be attached to contact lenses for a real-life Clark Kent experience.

One of the laser stickers on a banknote. Credit: St Andrews University

The flexible stickers are made from an ultra-thin membrane, less than a thousandth of a millimetre thick, while the laser itself is made from an organic polymer similar to a smartphone screen.

Using a cow’s eye as the model, the researchers were able to put a sticker on a contact lense and used it to emit a green laser beam into a screen.

Sadly the scientists say we won’t be able to use the lenses to destroy our enemies.

Instead the lasers, which can also be stuck to banknotes and fingernails, would act as a “wearable” security tag – simply scan your eye for authentication to access your home, car and more.

So you might not be saving the world, but at least you’ll save yourself from being locked out.

Lauren is a journalist for villages.com.au, agedcare101 and The Donaldson Sisters. Growing up in a big family in small town communities, she has always had a love for the written word, joining her local library at the age of six months. With over eight years' experience in writing and editing, she is a keen follower of news and current affairs with a nose for a good story.


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