Now this is something very interesting and new by Google - a contact lens which can measure sugar level in your tears. Amazing , isn't it?
This is smart project announced by Google on 16th Jan '14. It is basically being made to help people having diabetes. The lens has 2 parts - a wireless chip and a glucose sensor. There is a tiny hole in the lens which helps the tears to reach the sensor. The sensor then measures the glucose level. There is a proposal that LED lights will be added to the lens so that they can light up and warn the user whenever the sugar level is high. The project is being carried out by Google's secret lab , Google X.
The credit for creation of such an amazing product goes to Brian Otis and Babak Parviz who were a part of the Electrical Engineering faculty at the University Of Washington. Currently, research is going on and a lot of work has to done in this field, and it would take another five years for this product to become fully fledged. Google is looking for partners, who would help in developing this technology and soon aims at providing measurements of the lenses to the doctors.
Endocrinologist Dr. Larry Levin gave his remarks on the product. He is happy to see that Google has entered into the medical field. This technique would be less painful and less time consuming than the traditional finger pricking method. It would prove to be a major revolution in medical science. Hoping to see this techno-product in market soon.
This is smart project announced by Google on 16th Jan '14. It is basically being made to help people having diabetes. The lens has 2 parts - a wireless chip and a glucose sensor. There is a tiny hole in the lens which helps the tears to reach the sensor. The sensor then measures the glucose level. There is a proposal that LED lights will be added to the lens so that they can light up and warn the user whenever the sugar level is high. The project is being carried out by Google's secret lab , Google X.
The credit for creation of such an amazing product goes to Brian Otis and Babak Parviz who were a part of the Electrical Engineering faculty at the University Of Washington. Currently, research is going on and a lot of work has to done in this field, and it would take another five years for this product to become fully fledged. Google is looking for partners, who would help in developing this technology and soon aims at providing measurements of the lenses to the doctors.
Endocrinologist Dr. Larry Levin gave his remarks on the product. He is happy to see that Google has entered into the medical field. This technique would be less painful and less time consuming than the traditional finger pricking method. It would prove to be a major revolution in medical science. Hoping to see this techno-product in market soon.
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