Building
off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking
takes Wearable Computing Conference 2014
(www.wearable-computing-conference.com)
global: New York City, San Francisco, London, Seoul and Munich, "How
Wearable Technologies are Revolutionizing Mobile Wireless Internet,
Healthcare and Fashion".
New
York City, NY, USA (February 17, 2014) -- According to USATODAY,
Google's vision for wearable technology took another ambitious leap
forward Thursday when the world's largest Internet search company
announced it is developing a smart contact lens. The consequences of
such as ambitious leap will be debated at Golden Networking's
Wearable Computing Conference 2014
(http://www.wearable-computing-conference.com),
"How Wearable Technologies are Revolutionizing Mobile Wireless
Internet, Healthcare and Fashion", forums to be held throughout
2014 in San Francisco
(http://www.wearabletechsanfrancisco.eventbrite.com),
London (http://www.wearabletechlondon.eventbrite.com),
New York City
(http://www.wearabletechnologies.eventbrite.com),
Seoul (http://www.wearabletechseoul.eventbrite.com)
and Munich (http://www.wearabletechmunich.eventbrite.com).
The
project is one of the latest inventions to emerge from the company's
Google X unit, which works on long-term, risky new technology that
may never become commercially successful but has the potential to
change the way people live in drastic ways. The unit has already
produced self-driving cars and connected eyewear called Google Glass.
To
make the contact lens, Google had to design its own tiny chips and
mount them on very thin, flexible, plastic-like film. The chip and a
sensor are embedded between two layers of soft contact lens material.
A tiny pinhole in the lens lets tear fluid from the surface of the
eye to seep into the glucose sensor. The prototypes can take a
glucose level reading once every second, Google said. The project's
co-founders, Brian Otis and Babak Parviz, worked together at the
University of Washington. Parviz joined Google X to work on Google
Glass and Otis followed soon after and started trying to build a
contact lens from scratch.
Google
said it has done "multiple studies" to test the comfort and
functionality of the lens and explore how tear glucose correlates
with blood glucose, particularly in people with diabetes. It is also
talking about the technology with the Food & Drug Administration.
Wearable Computing Conference 2014 will review the latest
developments in San Francisco
(http://www.wearabletechnologiessanfrancisco.eventbrite.com),
London (http://www.wearabletechnologieslondon.eventbrite.com),
New York City
(http://www.wearabletechnologiesnewyorkcity.eventbrite.com),
Seoul (http://www.wearabletechnologiesseoul.eventbrite.com)
and Munich
(http://www.wearabletechnologiesmunich.eventbrite.com).
Golden
Networking's Wearable Computing Conference 2014, "How Wearable
Technologies are Revolutionizing Mobile Wireless Internet, Healthcare
and Fashion," will examine wearable technologies' functions,
application, the competition and possibilities for economic and
personal growth. Wearable Computing Conference 2014 is produced by
Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net),
the premier networking community for business and technology
executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and
sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email
to information@goldennetworking.com.
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