Posted by Talbot on September 8th, 2010 in biology, biometric, optic, sensor

This new discovery allows skin to chemically glow based on the amount of glucose in the area.  It uses hydrogels which bond to glucose to create the glowing area of skin, which can be used as an embedded blood sugar sensor of sorts.While diabetes is the obvious first application, think of all of the other cool ways this could be used- you could have a flashlight built into your hand, or a glowing tattoo!     http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2010/08/university_of_tokyobeans _research_institute_implantable_blood_glucose_sensor.html