Glucose monitoring contact lenses

Google are developing contact lenses that can monitor blood glucose levels.....

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/01/17/google_contact_lens/

excellent.......

As much as I loathe wearing contact lenses, this is still pretty awesome news.

I saw this today, and thought it was fantastic. I've always wanted to get continuous monitoring but without having something attached to my skin permanently, this is the answer...

Sounds interesting, but I bet it will be expensive and with the reputation of companies like Google and yahoo etc I don't want my eyes to be hacked - surely there must be another option.
But seriously, I can't help but think that this must cause some sort of irritation to the eye - I'm quite shortsighted and need a fair correction anyway (-7) already with the complication of vari-focal lenses - I think it will not be possible for google to be in this space. The thought of possible things eventually like HUD etc would appeal, but we're probably a long way off that yet - surely research money would be better spent creating an artificial pancreas.

I think at this early stage the lens can only alert the user to a low glucose level.

As far as glucose level management and monitoring goes its not there yet.......

I would prefer some kind of implant though......

Evidently it tests the glucose content of your tears - I would have thought there might be some delay in blood glucose affecting tear glucose - could this be a problem?

novorapidboi26 said:
I think at this early stage the lens can only alert the user to a low glucose level.

As far as glucose level management and monitoring goes its not there yet.......

I would prefer some kind of implant though......

The concept has received quite wide coverage from both tech-orientated sites (the register, neowin) as well as the more general news purveyors like BBC and Sky. Not sure whether it is related to Google's presence/involvement or a genuine interest in advances in Type 1 diabetes matters. Some of the comments made me laugh when it was suggested that wearers would be subjected to adverts dependent on their blood glucose levels much in the same way that Gmail scans the content of your emails to generate advertising. As anyone who has used Google's mail interface will know, this is sometimes wide of the mark and usually involves some tenuous link to financial compensation services! Or that could just be my mailbox