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| Apple is developing sensors to monitor diabetes |
If a secret Apple project is successful, future diabetes patients will be able to stop biting themselves to monitor their blood sugar levels.
CNBC reported on Wednesday that "people close to the affair" ensures that Apple has hired a "small team of biomedical engineers" who are working in an office in Palo Alto, California developing the "holy Grail of diabetes treatment." The "Super Secret Initiative" – planned by the late Steve Jobs – intends to "develop sensors that can continuously and non-invasively monitor blood sugar levels to treat diabetes," the report says.
Optical sensors would supposedly direct a light through your skin to measure your glucose levels. One day, these sensors could be integrated into wearables like the Apple Watch to monitor pain-free.
According to the report, many companies have tried – without success – to develop methods to monitor glucose levels without puncturing the skin. Presumably, Apple has been working on this project for at least the past five years, and have progressed enough to begin testing across the Bay Area.
However, Apple is not the only tech company trying to solve this problem. In 2015, a report published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revealed that Google was looking for a new way to draw blood without a needle to help diabetes patients measure their glucose levels. Google also explored the idea of using intelligent contact lenses to measure levels through tears.
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