It sounds like something you might see in the first couple minutes of a 'Black Mirror' episode, but it could soon be reality—and be a huge help for people with certain challenging health conditions
Imagine a future where, after a night of bar-hopping with friends, you can whip out your phone, consult a smartphone app connected to a wireless device stuck to the side of your arm, and find out exactly how hammered you are. It sounds like something you might see in the first couple minutes of aepisode, but it could soon be reality—and be a huge help for people with certain challenging health conditions.
. “It is capable of continuously measuring multiple biomarkers at the same time, allowing users to monitor their health and wellness as they perform their daily activities.”Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics/UC San Diego “With our wearable, people can see the interplay between their glucose spikes or dips with their diet, exercise, and drinking of alcoholic beverages. That could add to their quality of life as well,” Farshad Tehrani, a doctoral student at UC San Diego and co-first author of the study, said in the press release.Laboratory for Nanobioelectronics/UC San Diego
The magic happens when different enzymes inside the microneedles react with these chemicals, generating electrical signals. These signals are then analyzed by additional sensors inside the device before being wirelessly sent to a smartphone app the researchers developed.
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