Health-IT News-november 2016.

   A new smartwatch (The iBeat Life Monitor,which is fully cellular, with built-in GPS capability) will continuously monitors the heart for life threatening emergencies and notify loved ones and emergency responders in such an event. 

Wearable Tattoo Detects Alcohol Levels in Human Sweat. a novel biosensing patch that can detect alcohol in induced perspiration and send the information to a smartphone in just 8 minutes. The device(an iontophoretic-biosensing temporary tattoo with flexible wireless electronics) is based on the transdermal delivery of pilocarpine, a drug that induces sweat via iontophoresis. Ethanol can then be detected using an alcohol-oxidase enzyme and a Prussian Blue electrode transducer.