Google to Help Diabetes Patients with Smart Contact Lens

[JMcEntegart]

Google is joining the war on diabetes.

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[seller417]

This is pretty incredible. I used to sell diabetic insulin pumps, and this would be a game changer for many people who suffer from the disease. Hats off Google.

 

[Shin-san]

I would be more in favor of this if contact lenses didn't tear. Those are small, thin strips of metal in your eye instead of soft plastic

 

[jasonelmore]

How is this powered? off of natural RF or does it come with a special RF Transmitter that you must be close to?

 

[InvalidError]

I would be more in favor of this if contact lenses didn't tear. Those are small, thin strips of metal in your eye instead of soft plastic

These are prototypes. The final versions would likely have a micron-thick metal layer that would be practically undetectable and too thin to cause any damage if you ripped the lens while wearing it.

And the way this prototype is holding its shape, I'm guessing it is a hard lens.

 

[Jim90]

Well done Google, keep working on this.I'd imagine that it might be possible to have this tech incorporated into a prescription format, allowing the user (where applicable) to continue wearing 'standard' contact lenses.

 

[damianrobertjones]

Let us know when they abandon the project as they've now had their free press.

 

[Janpieter Sollie]

Let us know when they abandon the project as they've now had their free press.

exactly. Microsoft already had such a project in 2011, but never launched it ...it must have been indexed by google somehow 😛

 

[edogawa]

Awesome when technology actually helps people in their day to day life. It would be great if we had small chips that can be implanted in our arms that monitor blood pressure, vitals, and more! For people with heart problems it would monitor and alert 911 if it detected a heart attack or similar.

 

[JOSHSKORN]

I read about this earlier. This is pretty awesome. I have a feeling so much more could be done with Google Glass, such as corrective lenses, sobriety checks and I'm sure there are other tests that can be done through the eyes for a variety of ailments.

 

[alextheblue]

Let us know when they abandon the project as they've now had their free press.

exactly. Microsoft already had such a project in 2011, but never launched it ...it must have been indexed by google somehow 😛

Yeah some guy over at Anandtech in the comments section was pointing that out. He posted a video talking about MS and UW working on this exact same thing two years ago. Yet now that Google is playing around with it, it's all over the internet like wildfire and they're being praised as innovators, despite the fact that they were far from the first. Google is becoming the new Apple.

 

[guvnaguy]

Let us know when they abandon the project as they've now had their free press.

exactly. Microsoft already had such a project in 2011, but never launched it ...it must have been indexed by google somehow 😛

Perhaps they found the technology to be impractical two years ago and had to wait? Don't be so quick to judge

 

[Janpieter Sollie]

Let us know when they abandon the project as they've now had their free press.

exactly. Microsoft already had such a project in 2011, but never launched it ...it must have been indexed by google somehow 😛

Perhaps they found the technology to be impractical two years ago and had to wait? Don't be so quick to judge

come on ... I've been a diabetic patient for more than 25 years now (the genetic variant, with no insulin production at all), and I've seen the amount of type 2 patients growing every year. Microsoft must have known this too: the market potential increases every year, and explodes in regions such as the middle east, where sugar is considered the alternative for alcohol (which is is forbidden by the islam). there must have been another reason why it was not brought into the market.

 

[Geef]

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[msdss]

This will never happen. Companies like Bayer make too much money off of test strips and meters. I would kill for something like this, but the pharmaceutical companies will ensure this is killed long before humanity can see the benefits.

 

[cypeq]

I wander if this will run less pastry ads when you have bad sugar levels.

 

[chumly]

Radio waves + brain = cancer. Cancer Cancer Cancer. Go read some research, if you use your cell phone quite often, you are 300% more likely to develop a brain tumor. That's just holding it to the soft spot on the head, the eyeball is directly connected to the brain. This is idiocy. Who the hell is regulating wearable tech? It's just not safe. Google glass is just as bad. They need to be seriously testing long term exposure on organisms before they push this stuff to the public.

 

[InvalidError]

Radio waves + brain = cancer.

The majority of research so far has turned out inconclusive. If exposure to wireless from cellphones and other devices at 1.7GHz and up has an effect on brain cancer, it is within error margins.

 

[lvmikus]

How is this powered? off of natural RF or does it come with a special RF Transmitter that you must be close to?

From other source:"If you're wondering how power works, one of Praviz's previous projects was a contact lens with a working LED. Power for that was described as being "powered remotely using a 5-millimeter-long antenna printed on the lens to receive gigahertz-range radio-frequency energy from a transmitter placed ten centimetres from the eye." The copper circle around the edge of this lens is most likely an inductive charging coil, so actual use of this will probably require some kind of face-mounted charging antenna."Makes the concept a little less cool if you ask me.Source: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/01/google-introduces-smart-contact-lens-project-to-measure-glucose-levels/

 

[alz_solstice]

I hope we can play android games with this Contact Lenses