<s>
Google	B-Device
Contact	I-Device
Lens	I-Device
was	O
a	O
smart	O
contact	O
lens	O
project	O
announced	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
on	O
16	O
January	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
will	O
be	O
drawn	O
from	O
the	O
device	O
which	O
will	O
communicate	O
data	O
via	O
the	O
wireless	O
technology	O
RFID	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
16	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
past	O
18	O
months	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
contact	O
lens	O
that	O
could	O
help	O
people	O
with	O
diabetes	O
by	O
making	O
it	O
continually	O
check	O
their	O
glucose	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Brian	O
Otis	O
and	O
Babak	O
Parviz	O
who	O
were	O
both	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
electrical	O
engineering	O
faculty	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
prior	O
to	O
working	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
secret	O
R&D	O
organization	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
X	O
.	O
Google	B-Application
noted	O
in	O
their	O
official	O
announcement	O
that	O
scientists	O
have	O
long	O
looked	O
into	O
how	O
certain	O
body	O
fluids	O
can	O
help	O
track	O
glucose	O
levels	O
easier	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
tears	O
are	O
hard	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
study	O
,	O
using	O
them	O
was	O
never	O
really	O
an	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Novartis	O
 '	O
Alcon	B-Application
unit	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
glucose-sensing	O
smart	O
contact	O
lens	O
.	O
</s>
