Sunday, July 31, 2011

IPHONE TRACKING BLOOD PARAMETERS

      Using the tattoo which is modified iphone can track your water level and sodium and oxygen levels.It can usefull to prevent the dehydration for cyclist and anemic patience.
      The tattoo which contains nano particles which is injected on the skin,which reacts with the glucose and sodium and it will be glowing according to the level of the florescence in the tatoo,the modified iphone which found the variations in the florescence rate so it can tell that how much glucose present in your blood.
      Heather Clark, a professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeastern University, is leading a team working to make this possible.
The tattoo developed by Clark's team contains 120-nanometer-wide polymer nanodroplets consisting of a fluorescent dye, specialized sensor molecules designed to bind to specific chemicals, and a charge-neutralizing molecule.
                                            
 
Phone sensor: This modified iPhone case can be used to detect sodium levels via a nanosensor “tattoo.”
Credit: Heather Clark and Matt Dubach

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