Google through its Google Lab, is working on developing a contact lens for diabetics. This is an intelligent micro lens-sensor that provide information on the carrier’s rate of glucose, that is to say the level of sugar present in the blood. People with diabetes assess their glucose every day several times a day by pricking the finger and placing a drop of blood on a test strip and a drive for this rate. This is commonly called a “Dextro”, the name of the first device on the market to measure glucose in 1978. Now, with this smart chip, it will not be necessary to have recourse to this manipulation. The contact lens, measure the glucose present in tears every second, record the results that can be viewed by the person concerned but also sent to your doctors. [Caption id = "attachment_71391" align = "AlignCenter" width = "500"] 
A contact lens capable of measuring glucose in tears [/caption] These lenses operate in “connected using a small chip and a miniaturized glucose sensor, which are enclosed between two layers of materials which makes the contact lens” has Google said. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. drug agency is in discussion with the authors of this project for the implementation of tests, which have started according to Google. The lenses may also include a light system to warn the user when thresholds are exceeded glucose. If the rate is too low or too high, the diabetic can faint or fall into a coma, where the importance of the lenses also have a preventive role. Google says that the group has always wanted to work on atypical projects and in particular created a laboratory in June for the fight against diseases due to aging.
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