A late - interrupt surprise just came out of the Google camp with the revelation that it ’s get to start cook smart contact lenses . As in contact lens of the eye with incorporate sensors and circuitry . Yep , it ’s that fourth dimension in the future . But it might not be what you ’re hoping for . It is n’t the next generation of heads - up display ( a Google Glass people would willingly fall apart in public ) , rather , it ’s for smell out .
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Many people with diabetes have to vigilantly monitor their blood - glucose levels or they chance major problems like passing out , and in extreme cases , coma or even death . Despite that , twinge your finger’s breadth a million time a day is n’t anybody ’s picture of a respectable time , and this often result in people checking their glucose levels less often than they should , which is obviously dangerous because virtually anything ( feeding , workout , diaphoresis ) can make a sudden stiletto heel or dip .
So , over the years , skill has been look into unlike ways to supervise glucose besides blood , and one of the most hopeful - looking target is tears . The problem is that rip are n’t exactly easy to hoard , either . Would you rather twinge your finger or poke a Q - Tip into your eyeball ? “ Gee , I dunno , could n’t I just pretermit something heavy on my toe , instead ? ” So , Google X , the team that has brought us self - driving cars , Glass , and other “ moonshot ” projects , came up with the idea of a contact crystalline lens with embed “ chips and sensors so little they look like bit of glitter , and an aerial thin than a human hair . ” Their word of honor . It sound screwball , but could it work ?
Here ’s what Google had to say about it :
“ We ’re now essay a smart contact lens that ’s built to value glucose levels in tears using a tiny wireless chipping and miniaturized glucose detector that are embedded between two layers of soft inter-group communication electron lens fabric . We ’re testing prototypes that can generate a reading once per indorsement . We ’re also investigating the potency for this to do as an other warning for the wearer , so we ’re exploring integrate tiny go lights that could light up to indicate that glucose levels have crossed above or below certain threshold . It ’s still early daylight for this technology , but we ’ve make out multiple clinical inquiry studies which are helping to refine our image . We hope this could someday lead to a fresh room for people with diabetes to manage their disease . ”
This is in the very early stages of development , but Google is already in discussions with the FDA , and they ’re planning on looking for pardner for work it to market . The idea of smart contact Lens becoming a realism within ( possibly ) the next few years is middling dotty .
You have to wonder where this could go from here . At CES this year we view roughly seven thousand companies with health - tracking wristbands — most of them vile and uncomfortable . The form of metric unit you could get from an eyeball would be very interesting , though . Heart - pace would be an easy one , and it could offer the most accurate trailing of REM ( speedy optic movement ) sleep ever . Still , though , until they can build a display into them that give us genuinely integrate augmented reality , our geek - urges will never be satisfied . That ’s okay though , because this is a very cool first step . [ Google ]
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