Google focus on smart contact lens project to monitor diabetes
Google says the smart contact lens will use a tiny wireless chip and miniaturized glucose sensor that are embedded between two layers of soft contact lens material.
Project co-founders, Brian Otis and Babak Parviz, commented: "We’re testing prototypes that can generate a reading once per second. We’re also investigating the potential for this to serve as an early warning for the wearer, so we’re exploring integrating tiny LED lights that could light up to indicate that glucose levels have crossed above or below certain thresholds. It’s still early days for this technology, but we’ve completed multiple clinical research studies which are helping to refine our prototype. We hope this could someday lead to a new way for people with diabetes to manage their disease."
"We’re in discussions with the FDA, but there’s still a lot more work to do to turn this technology into a system that people can use. We’re not going to do this alone: we plan to look for partners who are experts in bringing products like this to market. These partners will use our technology for a smart contact lens and develop apps that would make the measurements available to the wearer and their doctor. We’ve always said that we’d seek out projects that seem a bit speculative or strange, and at a time when the International Diabetes Federation (PDF) is declaring that the world is ‘losing the battle’ against diabetes, we thought this project was worth a shot."
More information about the smart contact lens project at https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html
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