Solving Diabetes with Open Source Software & Hardware
summary
DIY systems pair a Dexcom CGM with pumps via a Bluetooth-to-915MHz bridge and run control logic on tiny Linux boards (Intel Edison or Raspberry Pi) or phones, polling every five minutes to predict glucose and make small basal adjustments or suspend insulin to avoid lows. Open-source projects like OpenAPS and Loop use Nightscout remote viewing and have amassed hundreds of thousands of loop hours, producing stable night control and prompting vendor/regulator movement (e.g., Medtronic quasi-closed-loop).
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:15Being a Diabetic
- 4:30Flight Analogy
- 7:30Blood Sugar
- 9:40What you should be thinking
- 12:30Diabetes is insidious
- 15:00Why did you write a glucose meter downloader
- 17:10DIY insulin pump
- 18:40The loop
- 20:50Close the loop
- 22:40Remote viewing
- 24:00Live blood sugar
- 25:30Open Source Artificial Pancreas
- 27:00Bluetooth Bridge
- 27:40Intel Edison
- 36:20Bluetooth Pump
- 39:50Apple Watch
- 42:15Chris Dancy
- 44:35QA
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