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Google contact lense to monitor glucose levels in diabetic patients
The Google contact lens would act as a glucose level monitor for the diabetic patients, monitoring the glucose levels in blood at the rate of once every second and keep the users alerted about the happenings inside their body.
Brian Otis and Babak Parviz, the co-founders of the project at Google wrote a blog post describing their project. The authors mention that diabetes is a very wide-spread problem affecting nearly 1 person in every 19 people on the planet. Managing diabetes is like a part-time job; with a constant effort to keep the blood sugar levels in check. The spikes in the glucose levels can be dangerous and monitoring them on a real time would need sophisticated electronics constantly attached to the body.
The researchers thought that the solution to the problem may lie in miniature electronics and found their answers in electronics chip embedded between two soft layers of the contact lens material. The prototype (shown in the photo) can log the readings and also generate warnings to the wearer. The team is considering integration of LED lights in the system that would light up should your glucose levels shoot up beyond threshold.
The project authors are also discussing the practical implementation of the product but acknowledge that a lot of work needs to be done before people can start using these contact lenses.
Google contact lense to monitor glucose levels in diabetic patients | CrazyEngineers
please also read from here
Google Isn?t the Only One Putting Electronics into Contact Lenses | MIT Technology Review
The Google contact lens would act as a glucose level monitor for the diabetic patients, monitoring the glucose levels in blood at the rate of once every second and keep the users alerted about the happenings inside their body.
Brian Otis and Babak Parviz, the co-founders of the project at Google wrote a blog post describing their project. The authors mention that diabetes is a very wide-spread problem affecting nearly 1 person in every 19 people on the planet. Managing diabetes is like a part-time job; with a constant effort to keep the blood sugar levels in check. The spikes in the glucose levels can be dangerous and monitoring them on a real time would need sophisticated electronics constantly attached to the body.
The researchers thought that the solution to the problem may lie in miniature electronics and found their answers in electronics chip embedded between two soft layers of the contact lens material. The prototype (shown in the photo) can log the readings and also generate warnings to the wearer. The team is considering integration of LED lights in the system that would light up should your glucose levels shoot up beyond threshold.
The project authors are also discussing the practical implementation of the product but acknowledge that a lot of work needs to be done before people can start using these contact lenses.
Google contact lense to monitor glucose levels in diabetic patients | CrazyEngineers
please also read from here
Google Isn?t the Only One Putting Electronics into Contact Lenses | MIT Technology Review
