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Google Smart Contact Lens Hot Topic at Golden Networking's New York Wearable Technologies Conference

Building off of the momentum of past successful conferences, Golden Networking takes Wearable Computing Conference 2014 http!""www#wearable$ computing$conference#com% global! New &ork Cit', (an )rancisco, *ondon, (eoul and +unich, ,-ow Wearable .echnologies are /e0olutioni1ing +obile Wireless 2nternet, -ealthcare and )ashion,# New York City NY !S" #$an%ary &' ()&*+ -- According to USATODAY, Google's vision for wearable technology took another a bitio!s lea" forward Th!rsday when the world's largest #nternet search co "any anno!nced it is develo"ing a s art contact lens$ The conse%!ences of s!ch as a bitio!s lea" will be debated at Golden &etworking's 'earable (o "!ting (onference )*+, -htt".//www$wearable-co "!tingconference$co 0, 12ow 'earable Technologies are 3evol!tioni4ing 5obile 'ireless #nternet, 2ealthcare and 6ashion1, for! s to be held thro!gho!t )*+, in &ew York (ity -7an!ary 8*0, San 6rancisco -5arch +90, :ondon -5ay );0, Seo!l -Se"te ber )<0 and 5!nich -&ove ber )*0$ The "ro=ect is the latest invention to e erge fro the co "any's Google > !nit, which works on long-ter , risky new technology that ay never beco e co ercially s!ccessf!l b!t has the "otential to change the way "eo"le live in drastic ways$ The !nit has already "rod!ced self-driving cars and connected eyewear called Google Glass$ To ake the contact lens, Google had to design its own tiny chi"s and o!nt the on very thin, fle?ible, "lastic-like fil $ The chi" and a sensor are e bedded between two layers of soft contact lens aterial$ A tiny "inhole in the lens lets tear fl!id fro the s!rface of the eye to see" into the gl!cose sensor$ The "rototy"es can take a gl!cose level reading once every second, Google said$ The "ro=ect's co-fo!nders, @rian Otis and @abak Aarvi4, worked together at the University of 'ashington$ Aarvi4 =oined Google > to work on Google Glass and Otis followed soon after and started trying to b!ild a contact lens fro scratch$ Google said it has done 1 !lti"le st!dies1 to test the co fort and f!nctionality of the

lens and e?"lore how tear gl!cose correlates with blood gl!cose, "artic!larly in "eo"le with diabetes$ #t is also talking abo!t the technology with the 6ood B Dr!g Ad inistrationC this will be disc!ssed at Golden &etworking's 'earable (o "!ting (onference )*+,, for! s to be held thro!gho!t )*+, in &ew York (ity -7an!ary 8*0, San 6rancisco -5arch +90, :ondon -5ay );0, Seo!l -Se"te ber )<0 and 5!nich -&ove ber )*0$ Golden &etworking's 'earable (o "!ting (onference )*+,, 12ow 'earable Technologies are 3evol!tioni4ing 5obile 'ireless #nternet, 2ealthcare and 6ashion,1 will e?a ine wearable technologies' f!nctions, a""lication, the co "etition and "ossibilities for econo ic and "ersonal growth$ 'earable (o "!ting (onference )*+8 is "rod!ced by Golden &etworking -htt".//www$goldennetworking$net0, the "re ier networking co !nity for b!siness and technology e?ec!tives, entre"rene!rs and investors$Aanelists, s"eakers and s"onsors are invited to contact Golden &etworking by sending an e ail to infor ationDgoldennetworking$co $ ,edia Contact7!lia Aetrova 5edia 3elations (oordinator Golden &etworking E+-,+,-6O3U5S* ="etrovaDgoldennetworking$co htt".//www$goldennetworking$co $3nds$

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