Glucogrip monitors glucose levels, resembles iPhone
The Glucogrip measures blood glucose levels in style.
(Credit: Giulio Sbarigia)Blood glucose monitoring has improved greatly in recent years, with devices getting smaller, cheaper, and faster--a good thing, since almost 8 percent of Americans are diabetic, according to some estimates, and are encouraged to monitor their blood glucose levels anywhere from one to a dozen times a day.
So it should come as no surprise that the next-gen device, introduced by Italian product developer Giulio Sbarigia, is even smaller and faster, and bears some resemblance to the iPhone.
Designed by Pelikan, Sbarigia describes his device as ergonomic, with 50 tiny needles that are easy to load, supposedly painless, and leave no lesions behind.
Sbarigia was not immediately available for comment as to the pricing and availability of Glucogrip.
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Perhaps it resembles the iPhone that'll come out next year ... ?
Story about Glucogrip and mention iPhone - 1,000,000 visitors.
All at once or one for each test?
WhAT price? When?!
I own three apple's product, mentioning iPhone only cause me to puke!
The device doesn't look ANYTHING like an iPhone!
As was said in an earlier comment, this is a really cheap shot for readings.
CNET should hire an editor to oversee this writer.
- by 1812dave October 11, 2009 6:28 PM PDT
- Pathetic--putting "iPhone" in the title!!! It looks nothing like an iPhone. Talk about trying to game the system for eyeball counts!
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