Google might be ready to release its smart contact lens sooner than expected

Since last year, Google X research labs has been working on a smart contact lens that would analyze the wearer’s tears and measure glucose levels. This would allow diabetics to keep track of their glucose levels without having to prick their fingers to draw blood for analysis. Google is talking with the FDA about testing its smart lens and has mentioned that general availability to the consumer market would be in 5 years.  However, Google recently showed off potential packaging designs in a patent application, which seems to be a step taken at an early stage for a project that is supposedly still at a research phase. This might suggest that the project is further into being completed than we thought. In addition, According to a talk between Quartz and a Google representative, Google has been awarded a total of 44 patents involving contact lenses, and another 53 patents in which it applied for.

Hopefully, with the new smart lens, consumers will more likely be keen to wearing it and allow it to sell better than other wearable tech devices, such as Google Glass or Android Wear, which both have not been selling as expected.

Source: Quartz

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