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axxxr Posts: > 500

In an unusual, but sensible, marriage of technologies, LG has released the KP8400 cellphone that doubles as a blood test for diabetics. The phone includes a tester into which users can place a blood test drop on a strip, place the strip in a special reader on the phone (located near the phone’s battery pack), and get insulin and blood readings on the phone display. Readings can then be uploaded to an online database for retrieval later on. Because of the added technology the rest of the phone isn’t anything to write home about, but it’s more than sufficient: 262k color TFT display, CIF camera, and 64 voice polyphonic sound.

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Posted: 2004-10-08 16:34:56
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masseur Posts: > 500

I know we have converging technologies but...!
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Posted: 2004-10-08 16:36:19
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*Jojo* Posts: > 500

Can it detect - AIDS too

It won't be long . . .
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Posted: 2004-10-08 16:48:16
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axxxr Posts: > 500

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On 2004-10-08 16:48:16, JN wrote:
Can it detect - AIDS too

It won't be long . . .

Yeh I think that a handset that can check for STD's will be much more popular!

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Posted: 2004-10-08 16:52:48
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methylated_spirit Posts: > 500

My friends dad is a diabetic, and he uses a phone...Ideal! Its a good looking phone, too.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 16:53:26
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Lynx69 Posts: > 500

What about a phone for girls with a pregnancy tester?!

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Posted: 2004-10-08 19:29:54
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masseur Posts: > 500

...or cholestrol tester
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Posted: 2004-10-08 19:38:01
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skaroger867 Posts: 190

personally i think thats to far for a phone. pictures/videos, internet, mp3's, 3d games,and hopefully tv (in more phones) i can understand as for entertainment purpses that appel to a wide variety of people. this phone only appeals to one group of people. to them its probably very useful, but it seems pointless to me.
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Posted: 2004-10-09 06:02:36
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absinthebri Posts: 476

I think it's good to see a phone with a secondary "useful" function rather than just an "entertainment" device. This message was posted from a T68i
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Posted: 2004-10-09 08:06:34
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adept1 Posts: 44

I bet there's more mobile phone users with diabetes than mobile phone users who want to surf a crippled web on a 2" screen!

Where I live (Singapore) 9% of the adult population has diabetes and 9 out of 10 people own a mobile phone.

-adept1
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Posted: 2004-10-19 11:07:47
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