I was amazed to read that contact lenses may soon be a source for measuring glucose. How incredible would that be?
Professor Jin Zhang at The University of Western Ontario developed a technology that allows particles in contact lenses to change color based on the amount of glucose found in tears. This would give someone with diabetes an alternative to drawing blood when testing their glucose levels. They’d simply have to look in the mirror!
While I can’t quite fathom exactly how the color change would work with a person’s contact lenses, it certainly seems like a huge discovery. I can’t wait to see how this technology ends up developing.
The University of Western Ontario Newsroom
Being a diabetic and have to test my blood 5 or 6 times a day (plus more if i go off track) I welcome this idea that Professor J has and has maybe implemented… My fingers feel the “Lack-O-pain” too. Any news when they will have these available?
There is one other blood tester unit available that I know off but it involves sticking a subcutaneous needle in but ya have to still test 2 or 3 times a day to calibrate.
Sounds really good… I’d be willing to do testing for Professor J. (testing is good… Testing is guud.. (grin)
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