According to the Center for Disease Control, 25.8 million Americans (or 8.3 percent of the population) have diabetes, while an estimated 79 million people (aged 20 and older) have prediabetes — making it one of the most pervasive diseases in the U.S. Startups like Rock Health grad Omada Health and Glooko are addressing diabetes head-on, from prevention and intervention to making the lives of those who live with the disease better — through technology.
Glooko launched in late 2011 to bring those with diabetes a better way to collect and view the information they need to control their blood glucose readings, allowing them to download readings from their meter to their smartphone, for example. Essentially, then, Glooko is a digital logbook for those who regularly check their blood sugar levels and while you’ll find dozens of such logbooks in the App Store, most of them require the owner to manually enter their blood sugar data.
Glooko is differentiating itself from the pack by attempting to become agnostic to the type of glucose meters people use (of which there are many), allowing a wider and wider set of people to connect their meters to their smartphones. That means that users don’t have to purchase and learn how to use a whole new measurement device.
And today marks an important step forward for the startup in its move toward being device agnostic, as Glooko announced that it is releasing a new version of its “Glooko Logbook” app for iOS devices that supports six additional blood glucose meters, including those from Bayer, Walmart and ARKRAY.
This is especially relevant, as Walmart announced its new “ReliOn” meters back in July with the promise that it would save its customers $ 60 million annually. Supporting Walmart’s brand, Glooko co-founder Sundeep Madra says, goes along with its philosophy of innovating in conjunction with what people are already using. Succeeding in the health care space can mean having to go against what the tech savvy startup mentality would do — if it’s too complicated and too new, too fast, it can be tough to succeed. But Walmart reaches a massive set of the population and by supporting its meter, Glooko is opening itself up to a big audience.
But more importantly, with these new additions, Glooko now supports 17 different blood glucose meters, so now users can just connect their $ 40 Glooko cable to one of those meters and an iOS device and download all their readings into a Logbook with a few clicks. The app also gives users the ability to take notes about carbs, insulin and other wellness factors, and lets them share their logbook summary with their doctors via email or fax.
Plus, Glooko is one of the few mobile apps that actually meets all FDA compliance — a tough measuring stick for many App Store players — which gives it a leg up in the reliability and trustworthiness department.
Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases of our generation, so it’s good to see the startup making progress in helping 25 million Americans to manage their health. And, while this news may seem somewhat incremental, it’s also a sign that the startup is getting closer to meter agnosticism, a critical part of bringing that better health management to all of those 25 million.
Glooko raised $ 3.5 million in series A funding earlier this year from The Social+Capital Partnership, Bill Campbell, Vint Cerf, Judy Estrin and Andy Hertzfeld, Venky Harinarayan, Russell Hirsch and Xtreme Labs.
These are conceptual cigarettes designed by German Ljutaev with a video game life meter printed on the paper. That way, if the giant warning on the pack didn’t do the trick, you have a visual reminder ON THE CIGARETTE that you’re slowly depleting your life-force (but increasing your EVE if you live in the world of Bioshock). A “fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide,” Kurt Vonnegut once called it. Hey, I’m not here to judge, I’m just here to whip your ass if we’re drinking and you put a cigarette out in my beer before I’m finished with it. Does this bottle SAY ashtray on it? “No, it says Root Beer.” Teehee, one more and you might have to carry me home!
Hit the jump for a couple more shots including a Super Mario World reference which, I dunno, I don’t think that game had hearts, did it?
These are conceptual cigarettes designed by German Ljutaev with a video game life meter printed on the paper. That way, if the giant warning on the pack didn’t do the trick, you have a visual reminder ON THE CIGARETTE that you’re slowly depleting your life-force (but increasing your EVE if you live in the world of Bioshock). A “fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide,” Kurt Vonnegut once called it. Hey, I’m not here to judge, I’m just here to whip your ass if we’re drinking and you put a cigarette out in my beer before I’m finished with it. Does this bottle SAY ashtray on it? “No, it says Root Beer.” Teehee, one more and you might have to carry me home!
Hit the jump for a couple more shots including a Super Mario World reference which, I dunno, I don’t think that game had hearts, did it?
These are conceptual cigarettes designed by German Ljutaev with a video game life meter printed on the paper. That way, if the giant warning on the pack didn’t do the trick, you have a visual reminder ON THE CIGARETTE that you’re slowly depleting your life-force (but increasing your EVE if you live in the world of Bioshock). A “fairly sure, fairly honorable form of suicide,” Kurt Vonnegut once called it. Hey, I’m not here to judge, I’m just here to whip your ass if we’re drinking and you put a cigarette out in my beer before I’m finished with it. Does this bottle SAY ashtray on it? “No, it says Root Beer.” Teehee, one more and you might have to carry me home!
Hit the jump for a couple more shots including a Super Mario World reference which, I dunno, I don’t think that game had hearts, did it?
Ever missed an amazing set in spite of your sick surfboard because you packed it in not knowing that the wind was picking up and about to deliver the perfect wave? Or maybe you didn’t realize just how hard the breeze was blowing and as a result, your tee shot wound up deep in the rough. Good news, sporting friends, because start-up company Shaka is here to make you more air-aware with a wind meter that plugs into the 3.5mm jack on your smartphone. It’s a small, plastic fan, not much bigger than a box of matches, that pairs with the company’s app to deliver wind speed and direction wherever you are — and it works by simply holding the thing up in a stiff breeze. The app then keeps a record of all your measurements and allows you to share them via your favorite social networks. Not only that, it also overlays the results on a map so you can see where the wind is just right for all your favorite wind-reliant activities. It’s currently iOS-only, but we’re told Android and Windows Phone versions are in the works as well. The price for knowing when wind perfection is upon you? For now Shaka’s seeking to sell them for around $ 59 bucks, but that could change if the powers that be (read: investors) decide otherwise.
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William Fox of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and John Vesecky, his colleague at UC Santa Cruz, are working on a modified radar gun that can identify suicide bombs worn under the clothing. To do this, they cataloged the most common arrangements of looped wires used to construct “suicide vests,” and developed software that can identify the radar cross-section of each. So far, results have been pretty good: according to New Scientist, “telltale factors in the polarisation of the reflected signals” allowed them to correctly identify volunteers dressed as bombers up to ten meters away, roughly eighty-five percent of the time. Of course, even with a success rate this high, such a system would be prone to kicking up false positives. In order to minimize this, the devices would have to combined with other technologies, such as smart surveillance camera systems and infrared imaging.
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San Francisco has been working on making parking “smarter” for quite a while now, and it’s just recently taken another big step in that direction by starting to replace over 5,000 older parking meters with the snazzy new model pictured above. Those will not only let you pay with a credit or debit card (and soon a special SFMTA card), but automatically adjust parking rates based on supply and demand, which means you could pay anywhere from $0.25 to $6.00 an hour depending on how many free spaces there are. Those rates are determined with the aid of some sensors that keep a constant watch on parking spaces, which also means you’ll be able to check for free spaces in an area on your phone or your computer before you even leave the house. Hit up the link below for the complete details, and to check if the neighborhoods you frequent are included in the initial rollout.
San Francisco rolls out new smart parking meters with ‘demand-responsive pricing’ originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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