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Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by matznerd »

aarondf wrote: post #37
morganherlocker wrote: post #25

Type I diabetic here. Assuming current tech stays where it is (not saying it will), this could easily tack 10 years on to my lifespan. For many who watch their diabetes less closely (something I cannot fault anyone for), this could add 20-30 years. For anyone who does not know, type I diabetes is not something you can just follow a doctor's direction on and be ok. Even if you follow your doctor perfectly, there can s…

Type 1 diabetic here too. I too would pay $10k+ for one of these for precisely the reason you mentioned above: adding years to my life.

Switch to a ketogenic diet.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by dclara »

lowglow wrote: post #47

Am I the only one that thinks Google[x] is just the arm of google that looks for far future intellectual property to patent and never really produces usable tech? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

You have a point. But I think Google's vision and mission and intention is to move forward the technology in every area. Financially possible, not necessarily intelligently possible. The acquisition of Nest shows they may not have the gene for building hardware systems, devices are ok, but it's not a long-terms solution without a system in place.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by ceejayoz »

matznerd wrote: post #68
simik wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you tried to control your diabetes with a ketogenic diet? Dr. Bernstein, a type 1 diabetic since 1946, is successfully managing his condition with it, and wrote a book about it. http://www.diabetes-book.com/book/mylife.shtml

I was going to say this! Ketogenic diet is the best and most stable way of eating for pretty much anyone. Fat is a much better source of energy than glucose.

Rule #1 on diet/health claims: anyone that claims something to be the "best for pretty much anyone" is virtually guaranteed to be bullshitting.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by thrownaway2424 »

kathleenj wrote: post #64
morganherlocker wrote: post #25

Type I diabetic here. Assuming current tech stays where it is (not saying it will), this could easily tack 10 years on to my lifespan. For many who watch their diabetes less closely (something I cannot fault anyone for), this could add 20-30 years. For anyone who does not know, type I diabetes is not something you can just follow a doctor's direction on and be ok. Even if you follow your doctor perfectly, there can s…

Looks like Microsoft is/was also working on something very similar. Anyone know more details? "Functional Contact Lens Monitors Blood Sugar Without Needles" http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=150832

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Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by nl »

lowglow wrote: post #47

Am I the only one that thinks Google[x] is just the arm of google that looks for far future intellectual property to patent and never really produces usable tech? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Hopefully Google patents lots of useful stuff before anyone else. Google's record on patents is pretty responsible.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by aarondf »

matznerd wrote: post #71
aarondf wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Type 1 diabetic here too. I too would pay $10k+ for one of these for precisely the reason you mentioned above: adding years to my life.

Switch to a ketogenic diet.

I understand that you are trying to be helpful, but it came off as completely insensitive, FYI.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by awolf »

matznerd wrote: post #71
aarondf wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Type 1 diabetic here too. I too would pay $10k+ for one of these for precisely the reason you mentioned above: adding years to my life.

Switch to a ketogenic diet.

I'm going to go ahead and down vote you here as well. I'm a type one diabetic on a ketogenic diet. Continuous glucose monitoring is still extremely valuable to my health.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by kathleenj »

thrownaway2424 wrote: post #74
kathleenj wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like Microsoft is/was also working on something very similar. Anyone know more details? "Functional Contact Lens Monitors Blood Sugar Without Needles" http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=150832

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Still works for me. Try this link http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/stories/fu...

Or the PDF. http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/stories/nu...

Looks like the same person Babak is behind both these projects.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by pjscott »

morganherlocker wrote: post #43
joeconway wrote: post #36

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I really feel your pain. The reason why I love this meter so much is that it doesn't require a £50 USB cable (The usb is built into the meter) the proprietry software is a standalone jar on the USB device which is amazingly quite good. But best of all when you plug the USB device in it mounts as removable storage with a db.sqlite file which is easily accessible and a simple .dump reveals the sensible DB schema. It's…

Thanks for the tip. I will buy this and try it out, open sourcing any scripts I can write that will assist in the extraction. Do you know of any existing tools?

If it's a sqlite database with a reasonable schema, you can probably get a surprising amount of mileage out of a few simple SQL queries and this command-line tool:

https://www.sqlite.org/sqlite.html

In particular, the CSV output mode could be handy for getting query results into other programs.

Re: Introducing our smart contact lens project (for diabetics)

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Post by kathleenj »

psbp wrote: post #24
dshankar wrote: post #16

Microsoft was working on similar technology 3 years ago [1] It looks like Google poached MSFT's engineers to work on this -- Babak Parviz was working on this at Microsoft 3 years ago, and is now cofounder of the smart contact lens team at Google. [1]: Functional Contact Lens Monitors Blood Sugar Without Needles ( http://research.microsoft.com/apps/video/dl.aspx?id=150832 )

This has very little to do with MSFT research. Microsoft collaborated with Parviz's research at University of Washington. He wasn't a MSFT engineer. He was a Professor at UW before he left for Google. His affiliation with Microsoft, and Microsoft's contribution, seems minimal.

That's not what Babak said according to this pdf.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/stories/nu...

>Tan and Microsoft Research Connections have been great supporters of the project, Parviz said. Their willingness to explore and invest in the project was critical to advancing research and development of the functional lens. “A lot of people considered it science fiction,” Parviz says. “Desney and Microsoft Research were actually, very early on, convinced that this is perhaps a worthy cause. And they were willing to work with us, and support us. And I’m very grateful they did.”

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