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# Google Lens
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/google-lens/
- Published: 2014-01-21T06:14:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:00:13.000Z
- Description: Google teases an upcoming contact lens that could prove a breakthrough for diabetics
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Technology, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25, #author-change-2025-05-28

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Long the stuff of sci-fi fantasy, bionic eyesight – the kind that might give us an in-eye fighter jet display, x-ray vision and zoom – has begun to seem vaguely possible. Flexible circuitry, remote battery charging and mind-blowing smart materials mean that the technology is surely just over the horizon – here’s to hoping a second generation of Google’s hopelessly dorky-looking Glass might be a set of contact lenses… In any case, the real start of the bionic contact lens may be more benign and less Bond: Google is making strides with a [contact lens](http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html?ref=protein.xyz) that will test glucose levels in diabetes patients  
  
The lens, which could eventually include tiny LEDs for warning when sugars reach dangerous levels, will generate readings *once a second.* In theory, the lens will also be able to able to communicate with a proprietary smartphone/tablet app that patients can refer to for preventative measures and healthcare providers can monitor for long-term trends.  
  
With the blockbuster release of Spike Jonze’s ‘*Her’* and Dave Eggers’ ‘*The Circle’* over the past few months, there’s been plenty of talk about human-technology singularity as of late. And it will doubtless be interesting to see the next wave of innovations combining self-quant with smart sensors, especially since gene mapping service [23andMe](https://www.23andme.com/?ref=protein.xyz) was hobbled by the FDA. On the Feed recently we’ve seen [Kolibree](https://www.prote.in/en/feed/2014/01/kolibree?ref=protein.xyz), a simple app for tracking dental hygiene habits, [Fuseproject](http://www.fuseproject.com/?ref=protein.xyz)’s [Kernel of Life](http://www.apple.com/?ref=protein.xyz) in addition to loads of others inside the latest, health-centric issue of the [Protein Journal](https://www.prote.in/en/subscribe?ref=protein.xyz).