A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes

Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes by acqq on Friday August 10, 2018 @01:44PM (#17735314)

Thanks a lot. My question is: is the techology as reliable that somebody who is without any technical background (e.g a child on vacation without the parents) able to depend on it?

I know that most of the population is actually not technical, and that they can easily understand “correct when high, eat when low” but complex technical reasoning can’t be expected from them. In that context, sensors not functioning as in ideal lab conditions is a big issue.

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Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes by pimeys on Saturday August 11, 2018 @03:49AM (#17738792)

Here in Germany we have a group of diabetics helping each other with the system. Most of us are not so technical, for everybody the system has been a massive improvement compared to their own judgement.

As a type1 you must have a lot of knowledge to be able to survive. The software is a tool you must learn how to use, but takes away lots of burden from the decision making.

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Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes by acqq on Saturday August 11, 2018 @12:22PM (#17740284)

> Here in Germany we have a group of diabetics helping each other with the system

Can you give some more details please? I ask for a friend of mine. Thanks.

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Re:A $250 Biohack That’s Revolutionizing Life with Diabetes by pimeys on Monday August 13, 2018 @07:06AM (#17749245)

It's just a loosely connected group of people in Berlin, going to the same doctor's office and being interested in tech.

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