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Google creates glucose-monitoring contact lens for diabetes sufferers

Google has developed a smart contact lens which uses chips and sensors the size of glitter to monitor the glucose levels of diabetes sufferers.

Google has developed a smart contact lens which uses chips and sensors the size of glitter to monitor the glucose levels of diabetes sufferers. Created by the company’s Google X skunk works division – best known for developing Google Glass – the search giant said the smart contact lens can measure the wearer’s glucose level once per second using a tiny wireless chip and sensor embedded between two lenses, according to the International Business Times. “We’re also investigating the potential for this to serve as an early warning for the wearer, so we’re exploring integrating tiny LED lights that could

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