Comments on: Cell phones to measure blood sugar levels?

Georgetown University teams with two other tech research firms to develop a new way to measure the glucose levels of diabetes patients without a finger prick.

[jamalystic]

Well this is a welcome development. I recently read an article on this but thought it's some kind of Web 2.0 science fiction stuff: Armed With Mobile Capabilities ( http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=466&doc_id=149261&F_src=flftwo)

[someguy999]

While I don't have diabetes its about time people are starting to look at every day things like cell phones and how to make them help mankind overall, hopefully this will inspire other illnesses in a similar fashion to look at how they can do something similar especially since even children are starting to get cellphones. While watching tv and doing other things on a cell phone is cool and all... saving lives and ensuring the best quality of life is way cooler!

Thanks for making this a headline!

[anythingbutmicrosoft]

The only thing that troubles me here is if they look to Microsoft infected phones to integrate with. Would you really want an unstable, insecure OS controlling your diabetes pump? I sure wouldn't trust an MS phone with mine. Fortunately I don't see any direct link to a pump happening anytime soon, even with reliable non-MS devices. There are too many other factors a glucose monitor can not take in to account such as past, current or anticipated activity levels that greatly affect dosage. But the continuous monitoring is helpful to any diabetic, especially if it can send alerts with GPS coordinates when a diabetic's glucose levels drop too low.

[aboutdiabetes]

This is a good news.

I was wondering this blood sugar level reading which measuremt will use Mg/dl or mmol .

If ther is no news right now the sourses below gives info how to convert mg/dl to mmol.

http://www.all-about-beating-diabetes.com/convert-mmol-l-to-mg-dl.html

[diabeteschick]

My neice would love to have a combination cellphone/glucose monitor pump/IPod. I wonder how long it will take for this to happen?

http://ezinearticles.com/?Normal-Blood-Glucose-Levels---What-Are-Normal-Blood-Sugar-Levels?&id=2410593