Google’s Smart Contact Lenses Revealed

If Google has its way, we will soon all look like cyborgs, our bodies becoming interconnected networks of implants and augmentations.

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Google X, the secretive research lab famed for its work on Glass and Google’s self-driving cars, has unveiled its next product: Smart contact lenses. 

The first smart contact lens, aimed at diabetics, takes a glucose level reading every second from the tears that wash over your eye when you blink, and transmits that data wirelessly to a nearby device. 

The company announced the smart contact lens project on its official blog. Read all about the project here.