Ask any diabetic and the first thing they tell you is that it is a pain to manage! Why? They have to constantly prick themselves with needles to check their blood sugar, but it doesn’t stop there. Some of them have to prick even more to inject their insulin, which helps reduce the blood sugar back to a normal level.

Well all that pricking could be over if the researchers in South Korea develop what they claim to have created! A “smart patch”!

The patch works with sensors embedded into its thin layer. The sensors tests the wearer’s sweat to determine blood sugar levels. If high, the patch delivers a drug, Metaformin, through tiny needles to help regulate the blood sugar back to normal. Simple right? Well in theory and on paper yes. However, there is a lot more to do to get this technology out commercially to sufferers of this disease. So no, these patches won’t be at the local pharmacy just yet.

There comes a time when technology does really help save lives, and we at the Computer Potato like to write about technology that literally save or change lives. This smart patch is one of many to come and we say the applications of this technology is promising! It can be applied to many other blood related ailments, if developed!

We think this is a step closer to another milestone in the advancement of medical diagnosis and “dispensary” and we say more power to the efforts of those putting their time into such an innovative way to help humankind!