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Sugar-Sensitive Tattoos Could Make Life Easier For Diabetics

Posted by timothy on from the why-come-you-don't-have-a-tattoo? dept.

mbstone writes "Aside from ending painful daily fingerpricking for millions, the invention of the color-changing blood sugar tattoo should also reduce the vast amount spent on glucose test strips ($1/test). Next, I want to see artistic diabetic tattoos that morph according to the wearer's blood sugar."

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  1. How about an "easy" meter.... by jackchance · · Score: 2, Interesting

    .....a tramp stamp that reports blood alcohol level?

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