Category
Lifestyle
Assisted Choices
3.2
Trend score
Trend
What is the Techabetes trend?
Techabetes: By 2025, the number of global diabetics is expected to hit 300 million. 1 in 3 children born in the US in 2000 are expected to get diabetes in their lives. With only 10% of today’s US cases being type 1, innovations to offset diabetes are more dire than ever, especially for high-risk children and youth.
Trend themes
Themes within the Techabetes trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Non-Invasive Testing
Technology breakthroughs in non-invasive diabetes testing.
02
High-Tech Treatment Tools
The development of high-tech tools to monitor and treat diabetes.
03
Early Prevention
Cholesterol screening and other early prevention measures being taken to combat diabetes.
Industry implications
What the Techabetes trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Healthcare Technology
Improving healthcare technology to provide non-invasive diabetes testing and high-tech treatment tools.
For
Pediatrics
Incorporating early prevention measures in pediatrics to combat diabetes and obesity.
For
Automotive Technology
Developing cars equipped with health monitoring systems to ensure driving safety for those with diabetes.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Techabetes
Trend score 3.2 out of 10, from popularity 54%, activity 33%, freshness 8%.
Popularity54%
Activity33%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer (not a primary audience)
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Evidence
Examples of the Techabetes trend
8 featured examples from Feb 13 to Jul 9, 2008CategoryAutos
Cars That Monitor Sugar Levels
M-POWERED Car for Diabetic Drivers
Opportunity for healthcare providers and medical device companies to collaborate on developing glucose monitoring systems for cars.
CategoryTech
High Tech Diabetes Tools
Ninos Systems
Opportunity for healthcare tech companies to design and develop improved medical devices.
CategoryLifestyle
High-Tech Fat Analysis
Overall Health Balance Scale
The Overall Health Balance Scale offers disruptive innovation opportunities in the fitness technology industry, allowing for advanced health monitoring and assessment.
CategoryTech
Painless Diabetes Testing
Pelikan Sun Medical Lancet
The medical technology industry can develop and market electronically controlled lancets or other painless testing devices for diabetes management.
CategoryUnique
Disease Detection by Breath
Laser Analysis Finds Cancer, Diabetes, Asthma & More
The medical industry could utilize laser breath analyzers as a non-invasive diagnosis tool.
CategoryUnique
No More Needles
Philips Develops Breath Test for Diabetics
The non-invasive glucose monitoring technology can revolutionize glucose monitoring and change the way diabetes is managed in the healthcare industry.
CategoryScience
Painless Injections- Dissolving Hypodermic Needles
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore new methods of drug delivery using microneedles to improve patient experience and treatment outcomes.
CategoryLife-Stages
Cholesterol Screening for 2 Year Olds
Early Obesity Prevention
Healthcare providers can expand their services and offer improved and affordable cholesterol screening services targeting younger children.
