Eoin Wilson0:00 Hey, so I want to talk about a tech that I think is kind of on the forefront of the health and fitness wearables market, you know, Fitbits and Whoops and Medi Glasses, and that's smart contact lenses, which um the application for those includes, you know, health and fitness, fitness being like sports hand-eye coordination, that's a big thing because it can track your eye movement.0:20 Um, and so that can be very helpful for athletes.0:22 And on the health front, something in particular that I want to talk about is glucose monitoring using smart contact lenses.0:29 Um the point of that is that you know, tears just like blood have glucose in them, and so diabetics could track their glucose using these smart contact lenses.0:39 Uh the problem with them now though is that they're not very accurate and they're you know, glucose detection not accurate or precise, and so that's something that takes a lot of lab testing.0:48 Um, you know, because you've got your DEXCOMs and your Medtronics where those are very reliable medical devices that you don't want to stray from if you're a diabetic who can have like a heavy attack of low blood sugar.1:02 Um and the other thing is uh you have to have m you know micro-size batteries that are either in this contact or near it, and so that's kind of a an industry that needs to be expanded into more for these contacts to really succeed.1:16 So I'm very interested to see kind of where this goes and if these can become a reality in the next five to ten years.
Wesley Joyce0:00 Oh, and I haven't heard about these smart contacts.0:04 And I think you draw a very intellectual connection to glucose monitoring.0:12 That was not the first thing I would thought.0:15 You know, I am not a diabetic myself, never had to track my glucose.0:19 But that does seem like a very good way to do it.0:21 And it would also be it would also be an extremely effective method for athletes and people in games.0:33 But one thing, you know, I do wear contacts.0:35 I'm wearing my glasses now, and I have always struggled.0:39 Um it took me years to find the right contacts.0:42 I have astigmatism, so my eyes are different shapes, and you know, I was amazed that I could not find contacts to fit my eyeballs for the longest time.0:49 And I used to have so much trouble with them when I would play sports.0:53 Like every football game, I would keep I would leave a spare pair of contacts with the athletic trainer on the sideline, and about half the time I would have to switch them out throughout the game just to be able to see the football.1:05 So, you know, I think the the diabetic application would definitely be a very beneficial one, but also just in general, um as contacts get grow and get better.1:17 Um I could have benefited from you know advanced contacts.1:21 So I think there's definitely a market here, and I think that's a really good idea and definitely a very interesting topic.
Om Patel0:00 What's up, Owen?0:01 Yeah, I think this is a really interesting topic you brought up.0:03 Um, the contact lenses being smart.0:06 I think it's really cool.0:07 Quite recently, I actually performed a research study for Meta.0:11 Um, it was for their new haptic feedback for their new vision glasses.0:15 And so essentially what it was, it tracked hand movements and our tendencies when writing and trying to use our hands to like make motions that come natural to us.0:27 Um, and it was really cool to see all the research being put into it and being a part of that first hand, honestly.0:34 I think they definitely have a long way to go.0:37 It's not gonna be something that you know within the next month or two, we're gonna be seeing these coming out in boxes and flying off the shelves.0:44 I think there needs to be a lot more RD um done here, but I think that the future is very bright for these companies.0:51 I think that this is a very, very lucrative space, and it's definitely something that's gonna be pretty pretty revolutionary in the long term.