Their Diabetes Management Assistant (DIMA) is a wearable computer system with wireless communication including a glucose meter, digital camera and pedometer.

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The patents also include wireless communication technologies and key smartphone technologies including wireless email, proximity sensing, software-application management, location-based services and multidevice synchronization.

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"It's an automated medicated management system for elderly people, aimed to improve communication between all groups involved in the process -- including GPs (general practitioners), hospital doctors, pharmacists, the patients themselves and carers, " she told CNN.

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