Apple Watch glucose monitoring is reportedly a few years away from release

No-prick blood glucose monitoring has been rumoured since 2010

Apple Watch Series 8

Since long before even the Apple Watch’s release, non-prick glucose monitoring has been rumoured to be coming to Apple’s wearable.

Lately, however, those reports have died down — at least until now. According to Bloombergno-prick blood glucose monitoring is in the “proof-of-concept stage” and could come to market once Apple can shrink the technology down to work in an Apple Watch.

Bloomberg says the tech utilizes a laser to gauge the glucose concentration under the skin. This technology is aimed at those with diabetes or those that are prediabetic, with an emphasis on preventing Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes.

The publication says that the project has been in development since 2010 following the purchase of blood glucose monitoring startup RareLight. The company behind the technology operated outside of Apple as Avolonte Health, but eventually was combined with the tech giant’s Exploratory Design Group, with direct oversight from CEO Tim Cook and hardware lead Eugene Kim, alongside other executives.

An actual Apple Watch capable of no-prick glucose monitoring is still likely years away from release, but this report says that it’s closer to now than it has been in the past.

Over the years, Apple has added several heath-focused sensors to the Apple Watch, bringing the ability to detect atrial fibrillation, low blood oxygen levels and ovulation cycles to the wearable.

Source: Bloomberg

Note: This article have been indexed to our site. We do not claim legitimacy, ownership or copyright of any of the content above. To see the article at original source Click Here

Related Posts
Your tech stack may be the reason your organization is inefficient thumbnail

Your tech stack may be the reason your organization is inefficient

The pressure on businesses to digitize has changed how they operate, fueling a growing trend of adopting new technologies to stay competitive and improve efficiencies. However, this drive towards modernization is leading to an overuse of point solutions that are designed to address one specific problem within an organization. The result? Sprawling and disconnected technology
Read More
小米新「卡針」專利,一個盤面三枝針,似UFO thumbnail

小米新「卡針」專利,一個盤面三枝針,似UFO

奇葩年年有,今年特別多。小米,作為「窮人」產品的「代言人」,在2021年8月5日,小米申請了一項外觀設計專利,申請號為 CN202130504200.1,授權的公告號為 CN307099232S,於近日發布消息,申請專利的產品居然是卡針,這可謂是名副其實的「雞肋」產品。據目前看來,卡針的唯一用途,就是在換手機電話卡的時候使用一次。一件可謂是一次性的產品,要不是電影裡面的暗黑交易,正常來說,一年估計用不著兩次。專利摘要,該設計產品的設計點在於外觀,呈圓盤型,每間隔120°安置有一枝卡針、整齊規劃的放置在中間的圓盤上,一共設有3枝卡針。我們難以想像其作用要點在哪裡,是否會與新機掛鉤得上。 其3針卡針,第一眼看上去誰會認為這是一個卡針,只會將其當作某個精密儀器的小零件罷了。其真正作用,到底是不是與新機有關,還是另有謀劃,我們敬請期待。
Read More
Index Of News
Total
0
Share