Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Goog and Cancer.

Google-Chrome Contact Lenses.

Google is working on a wearable device that would detect changes by monitoring nanoparticles in a person's body. That way, they could detect minor swings in tumor cells and other diseases before it becomes a problem. This would not be Google's first foray into healthcare.

Google has partnered with Alcon and Novartis to make a smart contact lens that measures the glucose levels in diabetics' tears.

The company's research lab is already in the midst of a study involving 10,000 people for its nanoparticle platform, but is looking for partners to help scale it.

Google's announcement was certainly opposite of Apple's.

Apple CEO Tim Cook told the same audience: "I don't see Apple getting into cancer research ...That's well beyond our expertise."

Between 2009 and 2012, Apple shielded at least $74 billion in profits from U.S. tax laws by setting up subsidiaries in Ireland under a special arrangement, the report said. While the practice of using foreign operations to avoid U.S. taxes is legal and common among multinationals, Apple’s scheme was unprecedented in its use of multiple affiliates that had no semblance of a physical presence, Senate staffers said.

You be the Judge, it's your money.           Just a thought.

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