> and microcontrollers, which process the radar signals using artificial intelligence algorithms So glad we've rebranded primitive ML and basic control mechanisms as AI.
Wasn’t ML always considered AI?
Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
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Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#52> and microcontrollers, which process the radar signals using artificial intelligence algorithms So glad we've rebranded primitive ML and basic control mechanisms as AI.
Except AI has always meant quite primitive things.
AI predates C. Actually AI predates lisp:
> IPL was used to implement several early artificial intelligence programs, also by the same authors: the Logic Theorist (1956), the General Problem Solver (1957), and their computer chess program NSS (1958).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Processing_Langu...
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#53> Currently, diabetics must frequently prick their fingers or rely on invasive wearable patches with micro-needles to track their blood-sugar levels Type 1 diabetic here - for what it's worth, CGMs aren't particularly invasive. At least in comparison to the many many years of finger pricking! But a smart watch solution would be cool. (I actually do get my CGM readings on my smart watch, which is really nice!) I know…
Agreed, cool and certainly some improvement but Freestyle is good enough already. Next step for me is more towards the new insulin research which activates only on glucose in the bloodstream (don’t recall how it was called but was here more recently also shared). This sounded more self controlling where it’s hopefully just making sure you have enough of it in your body and don’t need to take care of the rest. Until t…
For closed loop better cgms will help.
Main points are (fsl2 based):
- latency, currently 10min.
- accuracy, fine in normal range, but when you have a low blood sugar suddenly the latency spikes a lot.
- values when being under the shower too high.
- start up time of 60min could be lower.
-open up the hardware for any app to read
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
CGMs themselves are still inaccurate compared to needles. And even needle based meters have a lot of different levels of accuracy. A CGM, even once calibrated, may be off by as much as 10%.
My understanding is that CGMs shine at having a large volume of good data. You can see how your biometrics are trending over time much better than the <10/day readings someone with manual testing will receive.
It's both. The volume of data is helpful in making adjustments to insulin basal rates or dosing ratio. The instantaneous data is useful for making immediate decisions, either manually or automated, about insulin or sugar intake. Seeing a trend line can be much more useful than a single reading from finger stick too.
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#55> Currently, diabetics must frequently prick their fingers or rely on invasive wearable patches with micro-needles to track their blood-sugar levels Type 1 diabetic here - for what it's worth, CGMs aren't particularly invasive. At least in comparison to the many many years of finger pricking! But a smart watch solution would be cool. (I actually do get my CGM readings on my smart watch, which is really nice!) I know…
For me the worst part of current CGMs isn't the needle or the very thin piece of plastic it leaves behind with the probe. Rather, it's the effect on the skin under the patch and the residual adhesive. So from that perspective a watch would be cool.
Indeed though, advancements in (affordable) closed loop tech matter more than where the CGM is worn.
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#56> and microcontrollers, which process the radar signals using artificial intelligence algorithms So glad we've rebranded primitive ML and basic control mechanisms as AI.
Wasn’t ML always considered AI?
I've never seen ML been called AI until the past few years. And this is most likely not even ML but just fancy signal processing.
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#57This all sounds exciting, and good luck to all researchers earnestly working on it. If RF blood content diagnostics become possible, blood glucose sensing would be just the start. But as for this guy and his invention, don’t forget that in clinical setting, Theranos has shown more evidence of their product working. And GlucoWatch, a similar idea two decades ago, was FDA-approved and made it to market though still was…
> CGMs are a (generally) solved problem in diabetes.
Good to know I'm not generally then.
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#58I'm super curious about how far Dexcom and Abbott's research departments are with developing these technologies. It could be a (partial) disruption for them.
Also - flashback to Rockley Photonics ($RKLY) - and their years-long promise of non-invasive glucose monitoring.
Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Apple has already been working on this, would love the feature, and has an absolute hell of a lot of cash. They also know how to turn very complicated things into miniaturized production products. If they could provide enough proof that it works the way they say it does, I bet they could find a really good suitor there. And you know the various other health/smart watch companies would love to get one up on Apple, out…
The problem is we don't know if the proqlem is solvable. We get data of course but it needs to be accurate to be useful and that may or may not be possible.
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Re: Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately
#60I wonder what other health measurements could be obtained with this technology? Sending radar through the wrist seems like a method that could observe much more information, although I am not sure which.