Google, Novartis team to back smart contact lenses developmentJuly 16, 2014 - 18:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google has teamed up with Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis to support the development of its smart contact lenses. The devices will be capable of monitoring the wearer's health while autofocusing their vision, Digital Spy reveals citing Reuters. The first lenses to launch as a result of the partnership will be aimed at diabetics, measuring their glucose levels via their tear ducts and sending the data to a synced mobile device. Kitted out with non-invasive sensors, microchips and other miniaturised components, the lenses are in development at Google's Project X division, the team behind Google Glass. Novartis chief executive Joe Jimenez has been quoted as saying that the product could make it to market within the next five years. "I think you're going to see more and more areas of unmet medical need where companies like Novartis are going to take a non-traditional approach to addressing those needs," he said. Google unveiled a prototype smart contact lens back in January. Photo: Digital Spy Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |