Largest internet search company, Google has announced on Thursday that they are developing a smart contact lens as part of their next step towards the vision for wearable technology. TO manufacture these lens Google corporation had to design a flexible and very thin film mounted with tiny chips. Google said that this technology is moving from its early phases and is testing prototypes of the product and discussing with the United States Food and Drug Administration about the manufacturing the product.
This smart lens also possesses sensors and antennas along with tiny chips to monitor diabetics’ sugar levels, glucose in tears with the help of miniaturized glucose sensor. This amazing and technological product by Google is very useful for the users to manage their diabetes and make it easier to stay healthy.
Patients of Diabetes need to monitor their glucose levers regularly but most of them won’t check it as they those checks are normally painful and disruptive. This product may be useful for those kinds of people who don’t monitor their diabetes status. Google smart contact lens is the recent discovery from Google X unit.
Google X unit specially emerged to work on long term risky technology that has the possibility to change the way of living style and not ever expect commercial success in the future. This unit is already in the news for their recent innovations such as Google Glass, connected eye-wear and self driving cars to fascinate many industry experts in Las Vegas gadget show CES 2014.
Google Corporation has said that they had done various studies to test the functionality and comfort of the smart lens. They explored a lot about correlating glucose in tears with blood glucose of the people with and without diabetes. As this product is in its early testing by a group of adapters, so it is very hard to expect the launch in the market for sale.
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