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i got some awesome news..
check out the sugar detecting contact lens developed by GoogleX
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/tech-life/google-making-sugar-sensing-contact-lens-for-diabetics/googles-contact-lens-for-diabetics/slideshow/28935715.cms

Answer 1

great peice - another of the ~biochip. The work heavily depends on the use of chemical sensors. Maybe in future we will know the disease before it gets us.

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:) I like it very much.

Answer 3

O.o intense

Answer 4

@aaronq @petiteme @sarah786 @GTXMUQSIT @ImmortalEternity @drakedoesmc @Frostbite @KhiZ @Ryaan this might interest u guys....:D

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@shrutipande9 ☺ ☻ this thing is ♥

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interstin @shrutipande9 . thanks for sharing :)

Answer 7

interesting*

Answer 8

Insane O_O

Answer 9

isnt it amazing...i still dont know whether it is available in the market...hope it hits d market soon...

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@opcode @vinurules

Answer 11

it is still in testing phase

Answer 12

This will be helpful to people :D Awesome. Thanks for sharing @shrutipande9 ^_^

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ur welcome petite:)

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^_^

Answer 15

Not to mention the bra that senses when you're comfort eating. At what point do we stop seeing these products as helpful, and just see them as invasive?

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umm...i dint really catch u...but i think v shud start seeing them invasive once they start creating a problem..but in this case i dnt think so..:)

Answer 17

What? I think that the definition of a 'problem' isn't a mutual notion. Does it not bother you that these products that you wear collect your information and contribute to a database that google keeps for you? Where do we draw the line between serious concern and simple paranoia?

Answer 18

i dont think keeping the data of my blood glucose level wid google is going to create any problem....plus if there is some fluctuation u get a msg on ur cell fone...rather than wingspaning ur finger daily...dont u think this method is less invasive?

Answer 19

Well, the wingspanning is all your information. You're not sending this information off to commercial facilities. When it comes to your blood glucose level, this information is sent to Google, hereby changing your advertisements based on such. It may not seem like a big deal at this point, however if Amazon gets this information, it changes the prices of things based on your lifestyle and what you're willing to pay. This completely changes your online shopping experience.

So, what I'm saying is the information is meant to look like it's not a big deal, however when it gets in the hands of the wrong people it can completely change your lifestyle. The more we push ourselves into a lifestyle that is focused on the internet, the more we are affected by these databases.

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do u think online shopping experience is more important than checking the blood glucose level with a less invasive method which could possibly save lives....i do understand ur point...everything has its pros and cons...but here d pros r important than the possible cons that can occur in future...

Answer 21

@Confusionist : I agree with you that these devices are as dangerous as telivision sets and internet. But yet they are wonderful work of technology.
I intend to see them as work of art.

Answer 22

Yes, they are works of art, I agree. I just don't think that mainlining the consumer's data is a helpful use of this technology. I would fully support the products in the case that they were isolated and not being used as data collectors.

I don't think that doing everything for your immediate pleasure, hence ignoring the future cons, will prove to be more helpful. I think it would be better if there was a way to concentrate Google's work into the product, rather than the methods to hack into the consumer's personal lives with the product.

Answer 23

By subjecting yourself to be compromised in the sense of losing your privacy due to consumer products, you might as well compromise your privacy completely. Ex, start wearing google glass, compromising your friends and family on your social networks. Wearing the 'comfort eating' bra, and in this sense, having your food checked out by a contact lens. How do you know the information they say they're gathering is all they're gathering?

At first I thought this argument was a hunk of paranoia, but the more i think about it, big name companies have the ability to hack our personal lives. What if they did nothing with the information? Would it still be as troublesome? It bothers me. It's not just the online shopping experience that's being compromised. It's our whole lives.

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i know some people tend to commercialize technology - use it to spin money.............but that is how technology sustains itself.
I believe the focus should be on how much we choose to rely on these kind of products.

Answer 25

I think my answer to that stems to the reply I wrote just before you posted^^

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i dont think this is for pleasure....see there r millions and billions of people that have to wingspan their finger daily....and dis is d best alternative way from a patients point of view

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sorry for d wingspan thing...its due to d language filter

Answer 28

@Confusionist : I understand your point of view and infact I saw a wonderful documentary a couple of years back on this - it was called THRIVE.
Yes I hope instead of blindly using product which tend to CONSUMERIZE us - we should be careful in deciding what we really NEED for ourselves

Answer 29

Then is google not relying on their technology to force you to find an easier way to live your life? At what point do you disagree with the content they've given you and attempt to find a non-connected way of life. @atlas : The amount of reliability we have on consumer products is a very similar argument to how much worth we put into being traced from them.

I think what it comes down to is what we value more. Do we think that compromising our lifestyle is worth it in order to live an easier life? You may disagree, but there are ways to get around using these products. I think that if there's an alternate to do something, it's for pleasure if it's brand new.

---@atlas I'm going to skip finishing that paragraph alltogether You just said what I was typing in a better way than I ever could. I couldn't agree with you more. I think that's the stem of the argument and really this all just roots to our values and personal needs.

Answer 30

Someone is going to hack into the firmware and make these lens a lot more interesting. Other than that this is a pretty cool thing to do for diabetics, best of luck to Google.

Answer 31

Ahhh, that's what I was thinking. ^^ I can't wait to see what they do. Quite honestly, I'm not as excited about this invention as much as I am to see what they do with it.

Answer 32

(y)

Answer 33

thats too much cool :)

Answer 34

Imagine talking to someone who has those on their eyes O.o I bet it looks crazy

Answer 35

haah...yes..eyes wid d golden rim..:P

Answer 36

Yeah it would definitely be distracting for those of us with ADD :P