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NOVIOSENSE....THE DEVICE THAT CAN BE KEPT IN THE EYES TO MONITOR SUGAR LEVELS
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EEE spectrum has discovered a recent study that seems promising for the Dutch startup Noviosense’s own wearable glucose monitor that measures tears by sitting in one’s lower eyelid. The result was close to 95% accuracy to the levels of glucose as recorded in blood.Therefore, the newly developed glucose monitor
can be placed in the lower eyelid to measure glucose level in tears. It works by tapping into basal tears or a continuous stream of tears that do not require stimulation. The spring coil can rest in the eyelid for long periods and will not be displaced even if users’ rub their eyes. Though the innovation seems to be
another milestone in the management of diabetes which presently is painful, inconvenient or sometimes tedious but the study had a drawback. The sample size consisted of only six people. Noviosense will need to conduct more tests to further prove the device’s validity and reliability. SOURCE: timesofindia. indiatimes.com
APPLE WATCH CAN SOON PREVENT SKIN CANCER, PREMATURE SKIN AGEING AND SUNBURNS
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he US Patent and Trademark office has recently granted a patent to the Cupertino, California-based technology company that would help the Apple watch to monitor the ultraviolet light exposure or in other words use a UV light sensor to detect if a user is outdoors and how much he/she has been exposed to the harmful ultraviolet radiation. The system provides the information regarding the total exposure to UV light either via a text message or an alert including guidance on preventive measures if the levels are excessively high. The data from the sensors is first fed into an analyser. The analyser compiles the total exposure time and amount of UV light the user has been exposed to and then alert
the user. Furthermore, the patent suggests that the UV index value and the total amount of exposure to the UV rays would be combined to determine if the user stands at a risk of skin damage and guiding the users for appropriate preventive measures to minimise the damage. Additionally, the smartwatch would also feature an ambient light sensor and an infrared light sensor that would be used to determine the amount and state of light the user is getting exposed to. The new feature would add various health benefits associated with the new Apple watch series 4 which can help prevent sunburns, premature skin ageing and even skin cancer by keeping a track on the UV rays exposure time.
The new Apple watch also has a feature named ‘Fall Detection’ that will alert emergency contact numbers in one’s mobile phone in case the user meets with a hard fall. The new watch also has an electric heart sensor to send across low heart rate notifications and faster heart rate reading. The watch will also immediately notify the user about the user’s abrupt heart rate for when one’s temper is going haywire requiring the user to cool down the mind. The electric heart sensor is capable of taking an electrocardiogram using the ECG app which by now should be available in the US as it was already approved by the FDA in 2018. SOURCE: www.sciencenews.org
