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  • This wearable uses tiny needles to analyze glucose levels

    by 
    Billy Steele
    Billy Steele
    01.03.2017

    There are a lot of things that suck about being diabetic. At the top of the list is having to prick your finger several times per day to check your glucose level. Yes, I'm speaking from experience. Continuous glucose monitors that constantly beam stats to your phone via Bluetooth are already on the market, and the FDA recently approved the first automated insulin system for Type 1 diabetics. However, biomedical company PKvitality has a different solution. And it's one that you wear on your wrist.

  • BSXinsight's calf-worn workout intensity sensor is now available

    by 
    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    03.31.2015

    When you're doing an exercise upon yourself, your body generates lactic acid, the levels of which are considered to be the most accurate way to measure your performance during a workout. Unfortunately, you can only test lactate levels with a blood test and some heavy duty equipment, at least, that was the case until now. Kickstarter success BSXinsight is now beginning to ship its wearable sensor that's designed to provide the same information just by scanning your blood vessels.