Port and Portability – some further thoughts. A truly portable, offline instance of #OpenAPS
Late last year, I wrote about form and physicality of the hybrid closed loop, bemoaning the stuff I was carrying, and a few other things. […]
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Abbott’s #FreestyleLibre – disrupting and democratising Diabetes care in Europe
A little over two years ago, the Abbott Freestyle Libre launched, to much fanfare and significant consumer trialling and direct patient marketing (anyone see a […]
The benefit of freedom from a Hybrid Closed #Loop or #OpenAPS… #wearenotwaiting
Having now run a combination of OpenAPS and Loop for a full month, I thought it was about time to publish some data from looping, […]
Building myself an @openAPS DIY artificial pancreas, or how I spent my summer holiday…
Two weeks off work in Cornwall. A great time to sit in the sun and build an Artificial Pancreas. What an amazing world we live […]
Medtrum. Disruption in the CGM and Artificial Pancreas Marketplace…. Coming Soon?
Last night at the JDRF Discovery Evening in the City, a company named Medtrum sponsored the event. A company many of us have never heard […]
#NightScout. Possibly the best tool to manage your diabetes, not “just a monitor” #wearenotwaiting
Nightscout. A wonderful tool for monitoring blood glucose levels remotely. Allowing carers and parents to see what’s going on with their children/protected family and friends. […]
CGM for less than £200? Maybe, with #freestylelibre and #wearenotwaiting
CGM for less than £200. It sounds like a pipe dream doesn’t it? But assuming you already have the right phone, this may very soon […]
Nemaura SugarBEAT – competition in the CGM world at last???
There’s been a lot discussed recently about the Abbott Freestyle Libre and how the 4,000+ members of the Facebook group that is dedicated to it […]
The 3Rs – Record, Review, React: A straightforward way to manage your Diabetes #DOC #gbdoc
I’d like to say I’d thought about this long and hard, and it was the culmination of a life’s thinking about how we can best […]
Type 1 Diabetes and Me. The story of a Diabetic life – A Diabetes Epiphany #DOC #gbdoc
In part four of an abridged life, we meet some more Diabetes “characters” and a few rather less pleasant ones at that. Looking back, it […]