Contact lenses that you wear while sleeping? Research in microgravity helped this company create a new kind of lens that actually reshapes the cornea while you sleep, providing better vision, without lenses, all day. They are also oxygen-permeable, less susceptible to bacteria than traditional contacts, and resistant to deposits.
Research in microgravity offers insights into how things work in space — but it is also a very helpful platform for all kinds of research that just can't be done in the normal gravity on the ground. Among other things, the lack of gravity makes it easier to fabricate materials and cells in a lab and view their natural shape. The lab on the space station has been used for a great deal of research that could help fuel medical advances in cancer research and more.
Learn more about how NASA helped develop technology that impacts corneal refractive therapy within your city's medical environment!