Sony and Ericsson develop wearable for diabetes monitoring

Sony and Ericsson have teamed up to develop a wearable that will help diabetics monitoring their blood sugar on the go and especially at their workplaces.

The prototype developed by Sony and Ericsson is capable of tracking the user's blood sugar, activity, sleep and heart rate levels; while providing alerts if glucose levels drop.

This wearable features an Altair LTE-M / Cat-M1 chipset. So the bracelet is capable of staying smart health connected and tracking even without having to connect to a smartphone. However, we don't yet know what the device will look like. It may look like the object you can see in the photo above. But it's more likely to look like a more traditional tracker. We can hardly imagine wearing such a bulky device, but this photo gives us a more precise idea of ​​the functioning and composition of the wearable.

"This prototype bracelet is a proof of concept for health services with the potential to significantly improve the quality of life," said Izumi Kawanishi, director of Sony Mobile. "We chose Altair's ALT1210 chipset because it offers unmatched low power consumption and economic efficiency, while its reduced size is essential for integration into the bracelet's form factor. "

So is it something that Sony and Ericsson will soon enter the smart health connected health market? Well, for the moment, no information has filtered on the date of marketing of this product. But like any company wishing to offer this type of product, you should know that it is quite complicated to obtain the approval of the competent authorities.

We’ll no doubt know in a few months whether Sony and Ericsson will be able to commercialize this project. Personally, I think it is not impossible that this technology will be integrated into a next smartwatch or smart health connected bracelet of the brand.

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