A small, 100-nanometer-wide collection of sensors would go under a patient’s skin. Users would use an iPhone’s blue LED lights to detect the nanoparticles that bind the specific blood contents, and the data would then be processed through a secondary machine, the report said.
Research for this technology is still in the testing stages, as it has yet to be used on human subjects.
Read the Wired report on diabetes technology.
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