As Teefers would say: not gonna lie, I want them! I still wear a mask most public places, and these would be great, but crikey! They’re expensive! Just another way late-stage capitalism protects its own.
I look at the advances as regards Type 1 diabetes. My daughter used to manually prick her finger about ten times a day so the tips of her fingers were a mess. In recent years, however, they have introduced
Dexcom which is a sensor you ‘staple’ onto your upper arm every two weeks. It then sends data to the app on your phone with all of your blood sugar readings. When they fall below 4 or size above 9, an alarm sounds to alert you immediately to the fact.
Previously, if you went hypoglycemic in your sleep, for example, and it made you so weak you slept through it - you could fall into a coma. Similarly, if you go hyperglycemic and don’t fix it immediately with a syringe correction dose of insulin, a great amount of harm can occur to your eyes, muscles, heart, brain, etc.
Dexcom has changed T1 Diabetes treatment radically as teens are never separated from their phones and they are always charged for snapchat if nothing else.
The other advantage is we used to have to go through books of diaries of blood sugar readings when attending clinic to supply the info to the DNS. With this method, they download the data straight from the phone.
The Dyson may not nearly do what we want it to do but it’s a step in the right direction especially with the tracker to the phone. It’s innovative and I, for one, would love to see us all with a Dexcom-type app whereby we would manage our health via blood readings from a sensor. It makes so much sense to me. For example, a text alert re low iron, hydration tablet needed, possibly oxygen intake, migraine warnings, health check up reminders like cervical smears, mammograms, etc.
It would also save the health service back-ups and afford us privacy also so instead of avoiding the GP, we can manage our own health in privacy. Just a thought. Sorry for the lengthy diatribe!