LOS ANGELES and HONG KONG, Sept. 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artificial Life, Inc., (OTCBB:ALIF) (http://www.artificial-life.com), a leading provider of award-winning mobile 3G technology and applications, announced today the launch of GluCoMo™ (short for: "Glucose Monitor") on Apple's App Store. GluCoMo is the first in a series of planned mobile healthcare products. The application is offered free of charge.
GluCoMo is an electronic diary and reminder system designed for the specific needs of diabetics. GluCoMo keeps track of many diabetes-related activities in one centralized mobile hub. The comprehensive readings recorded within the app include: blood sugar level, insulin intake, weight, pulse, physical activity, dietary intake, blood pressure, and medication intake. Users of the app may adjust their activities by reviewing their entry history through easy-to-use informative graph visualizations. Automatic reminders may be added into the app to alert users of different health related activities. GluCoMo leverages Artificial Life's enterprise mobile platform solution, Opus-M™.
Features of GluCoMo include:
- Simple and easy data input
- Interactive graphs to track and visualize measurements
- Secure data back-up and recovery service
- Automatic reminders
- Informative handbook for acquiring facts about diabetes
- Online interaction and sharing with other users through built-in forums
- Integration with social communities such as Twitter
"Artificial Life has launched its first telemedicine product: GluCoMo. This marks the expansion of our business into mobile lifestyle and healthcare apps. We will continue to develop more business applications in niche markets across different platforms," said Eberhard Schoneburg, CEO of Artificial Life, Inc.
To download the GluCoMo application free of charge, please go to: www.botme.com/ref/glucomo
To learn more about GluCoMo, please visit: www.glucomo.com
About Artificial Life, Inc.
Artificial Life, Inc. has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence and mobile technology since its inception in Boston in 1994. We are a public US corporation (OTCBB:ALIF) with listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurt:AIF) (XETRA:AIF) and headquarters in Hong Kong. Our production center is in Hong Kong and we have additional offices in Berlin, Germany (EMEA headquarters) and Tokyo, Japan. As a leading provider of broadband mobile content and technology solutions in the world, we develop and sell a wide range of mobile applications for 3G, 3.5G and 4G network-enabled mobile (smart) phones. Currently our main business areas are: high quality 3D interactive (massive multiplayer) mobile games, mobile participation television, mobile business applications and our mobile commerce technology platform OPUS-M. We are supporting all major mobile phone operating systems and platforms. Recognized internationally for outstanding content quality and technology, we have received many international awards and have been ranked one of the fastest growing companies in Asia Pacific by Deloitte.
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