Google introduced smart contact lenses for diabetics
The Google X lab today introduced smart contact lenses that will help diabetics in measuring their blood glucose levels.
The company writes that it is currently testing a prototype of such lenses, in which a tiny glucose meter and a wireless transmitter are embedded. Tears are used as the “source” material for measuring the lens - according to scientists, they perfectly reflect the changes occurring in the body. Previously, they were simply not available for this, it is unlikely that many of the people are regularly willing to cry, and the lenses get tears in a natural way.
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According to Google, lenses can measure glucose levels about once per second. Now the company is working on adding an LED that could signal a person to the threshold.
In addition, Google is in talks with the government regulatory authority (Food and Drug Administration) about turning lenses from a prototype into a real product and putting it on the market. And partners of the company will be able to create applications that will interact with the lenses, receive data from them and use them in any way.
It’s impossible not to say that such prototypes existed before - for example, Microsoft Research presented a similar project in 2011, and some of those people who are now working on Google X worked on it. In addition, there are already working models on the market, for example, Sensimed Triggerfish, which are designed to combat glaucoma, and scientists from Malmo University in Sweden have built in a contact lens fuel cell that runs on tears.
The company writes that it is currently testing a prototype of such lenses, in which a tiny glucose meter and a wireless transmitter are embedded. Tears are used as the “source” material for measuring the lens - according to scientists, they perfectly reflect the changes occurring in the body. Previously, they were simply not available for this, it is unlikely that many of the people are regularly willing to cry, and the lenses get tears in a natural way.
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According to Google, lenses can measure glucose levels about once per second. Now the company is working on adding an LED that could signal a person to the threshold.
In addition, Google is in talks with the government regulatory authority (Food and Drug Administration) about turning lenses from a prototype into a real product and putting it on the market. And partners of the company will be able to create applications that will interact with the lenses, receive data from them and use them in any way.
It’s impossible not to say that such prototypes existed before - for example, Microsoft Research presented a similar project in 2011, and some of those people who are now working on Google X worked on it. In addition, there are already working models on the market, for example, Sensimed Triggerfish, which are designed to combat glaucoma, and scientists from Malmo University in Sweden have built in a contact lens fuel cell that runs on tears.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/209396/
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