Google's soft contact smart lens can calculate glucose amounts in eye tears The Washington Post reported.
"Although some people wear glucose monitors with a glucose sensor embedded under their skin, all people with diabetes must still prick their finger and test drops of blood throughout the day. It's disruptive, and it's painful," Brian Otis and Babak Parviz said in a post The Post reported. "And as a result many people with diabetes check their blood glucose less often than they should," The Post reported.
The lens antenna, capacitor, and controller sends data about the eye to a machine that deciphers the information The Post reported. Sensors are attached to a film, and a pinhole allows users to receive normal statistics about the amount of Glucose in the body each second The Post reported.
The concept resembles those similar to Google's connected eyewear, Google Glass which has a built-in screen and camera capable of moving to shoot pictures the company said in a post on Google Plus.
Medical professionals and researchers have long pondered how to gauge Glucose in eyes tears for years The Post reported. Difficulty arose when they attempted to accurately examine the fluids The Post reported.
Google is in the beginning development stages of the endeavor while collaborating with the United States Food and Drug Administration The Post reported.
According to The National Diabetes Education Program, 382 million people and 25.8 million have diabetes or 8.3 percent of people in the United States. Seven million are not aware they have the disease.
Young adults over 20 years of age totaled 1.9 million people recognized with the disease the education program reported.
Diabetes is a disease where the body is not able to regulate sugar in the blood stream due to a lack of insulin according to the Merriam Webster definition.
