{"id":67,"date":"2015-12-01T15:17:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solarenergylocal.com\/news\/?p=67"},"modified":"2016-01-07T22:01:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T03:01:03","slug":"google-working-on-new-solar-powered-contact-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarenergylocal.com\/news\/google-working-on-new-solar-powered-contact-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"Google working on new solar-powered contact lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, what&#8217;s the next big thing in wearables? It might just be solar-powered contact lenses. Crazy as that sounds, you heard correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Search engine giant and pseudo jack of all trades Google was <a href=\"http:\/\/pdfpiw.uspto.gov\/.piw?PageNum=0&#038;docid=09158133\" target=\"_blank\">awarded a patent<\/a> for a &#8220;<strong>contact lens employing optical signals for power and\/or communication<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Google wants to power a contact lens wearable with solar power <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yFn7iTOULb\">http:\/\/t.co\/yFn7iTOULb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Quartz (@qz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qz\/status\/654321783965880320\">October 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/ilan-mochari\/google-patent-solar-powered-contact-lens.html\" title=\"detailed report from Inc. Magazine\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>detailed report from Inc. Magazine<\/strong><\/a>, there are a number of tasks that a solar-powered lens could tackle. Some are equally wacky and cool.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor and track body temperatures<\/li>\n<li>Monitor and track blood-alcohol levels<\/li>\n<li>Help wearers deal with allergies<\/li>\n<li>Scan barcodes and\/or price tags<\/li>\n<li>Monitor and track glucose levels<\/li>\n<li>Authenticate identities<\/li>\n<li>Communicate with external devices<\/li>\n<li>Generate power from solar light<\/li>\n<li>Generate power from ambient light sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s quite a list, and gives a good idea of the vast array of uses a device like this could have. The impact could be &#8212; and likely &#8212; would be manifold. For more details about anything on that list above, be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/ilan-mochari\/google-patent-solar-powered-contact-lens.html\" title=\"check out the Inc. article\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check out the Inc. article<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, has the future arrived? Quick, let&#8217;s check what <em>Back to the Future<\/em> had to say about solar-powered contact lenses and how they would impact 2015.<\/p>\n<span class=\"source-attribution\">Source &rarr; <a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/523366\/google-wants-to-power-a-contact-lens-wearable-with-solar-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quartz<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, what&#8217;s the next big thing in wearables? It might just be solar-powered contact lenses. 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