Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes
by BBrew on Thursday August 09, 2018 @12:01AM
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Does anyone happen to have a Medtronic device on the compatibility list that they are looking to sell?
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Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes
by Gregoriy on Thursday August 09, 2018 @04:44AM
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I am involved in this, what i want to say is that openaps are not the best option anymore, and pumps of metronic are not required anymore, android app & other pumps what we use right now.
Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes
by DavideNL on Thursday August 09, 2018 @09:43AM
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With the poor state of Android security at the moment (in a nutshell, Android 9 Pie was just released while the previous Oreo release is installed on only 12% of devices), i cannot imagine anyone would want to connect a device that "can easily kill you" to an Android phone.
Most non-technical people using this DIY solution are probably not even aware of this...
Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes
by Gregoriy on Friday August 10, 2018 @04:11AM
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The way it works make in sort that it can't kill you easy at all, the system does not regulate bolus insulin which is without a limit, but a basal rate which is basically a rate of insulin distribution from slow to fast, even the fastest mode will not kill you, and if the system disconects for some reason pump uses a default average speed.
Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes
by DavideNL on Friday August 10, 2018 @06:34AM
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> the system does not regulate bolus insulin which is without a limit
I understand that but the issue remains;
all a hacker would have to do is set basal rate to 100000% and then you have a "bolus that kills you".
Call it basal or bolus, it doesn't matter. The pump just pushes out insulin, and the amount can be controlled if you can hack the system.