Research

This week I stumble upon two new developments. Both impressed me so much that I could not help myself but to share it with you: contact lenses that monitor your health and “smart  pill” that is once in your stomach reports to the computer/cell phone it was taken.

Both developments involve nanotechnology and are in an experimental mode yet, and it may be a long way before you actually start wearing those contact lenses that monitor health and display information on the body temperature, glucose level,  inflammation, infection or fatigue, and swallowing your morning pill. However, the fact we have dedicated researchers working on these kind of projects who combine  Health IT, science and  nanotechnology, gives me a hope that we are still capable of coming up with a true innovation in that area besides just developing new software, “innovative” social networks, etc.