News - Google's glucose monitoring smart contact lens for diabetics

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Project hopes to make finger-pricking blood tests a thing of the past.

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Interesting idea. Big hurdle I can see though is that opticians are generally a bit sniffy about diabetics wearing contacts for extended periods of time.

Give it 10 years, Cyclops from X Men

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Originally Posted by wasabi

Interesting idea. Big hurdle I can see though is that opticians are generally a bit sniffy about diabetics wearing contacts for extended periods of time.

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As a diabetic who has an optician, I've never heard of this. Then again, I've never asked them about contacts.

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Originally Posted by AnyOldName3

As a diabetic who has an optician, I've never heard of this. Then again, I've never asked them about contacts.

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Type 1 diabetic for 35 years. Wear contacts sometimes but they don't like it and keep getting advised to only wear for short periods.

Type 1 for 20 years, always worn glasses but have been considering contacts recently as I'm due some new specs. Didn't know wearing them could be a bit iffy.

I really need something to improve my (largely non-existent) monitoring, so these would have been perfect.

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Originally Posted by virtuo

Type 1 for 20 years, always worn glasses but have been considering contacts recently as I'm due some new specs. Didn't know wearing them could be a bit iffy.

I really need something to improve my (largely non-existent) monitoring, so these would have been perfect.

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It depends on the material of the lens. Some materials chemically react with the secretions of diabetic tear-ducts.

I'm sure Google's bio-engineers will account for this for a product specifically developed or diabetics.

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Originally Posted by aidanjt

It depends on the material of the lens. Some materials chemically react with the secretions of diabetic tear-ducts.

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Got any further info on this? Sounds interesting / useful.

I have been a type 1 for over 40 years and have worn gas permeable contacts for 30 years, sometimes for over 24 hours at a time. So, I don't know who you have for an optician but I think they need to update their information.... This type of product would be fantastic if it were wirelessly linked to my insulin pump to properly manage my control.

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Originally Posted by virtuo

Type 1 for 20 years, always worn glasses but have been considering contacts recently as I'm due some new specs. Didn't know wearing them could be a bit iffy.

I really need something to improve my (largely non-existent) monitoring, so these would have been perfect.

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you sound like me ;)

i'm a type one and wear contacts/glasses and not had any issues?