Jun 9, 2016
We’re Not Waiting for Our Automatic Pancreas System
“We are not waiting. Why are you?” — Scott Leibrand
The session starts with a grand vision. “Someday data from a measurement device like a continuous glucose monitor will be directly linked to a dosing device like an insulin pump. Such systems are already in trial, so within a few years — “
Wait, hold on, someone has her hand up. A person from the audience insists on interrupting this futuristic blather. Dana Lewis rises from her seat to announce that she is already using a DIY artificial pancreas system. And she’s brought some friends along, too. In what will be widely recognized as one of our day’s highlights, the QS Public Health stage is relinquished to a remarkable group of self-trackers, hackers, and activists with diabetes who are improving their own care with DIY tools and amazing community support. Watch the full video below.
Highlights from Quantified Self Public Health 2016
Introduction to Quantified Self Public Health Symposium 2016
Announcing N-of-1: The Journal of the Quantified Self
Let’s Make Active Self-Tracking Much Easier With A One Touch Device
How I Use Self-Collected Data to Change the Power Dynamic in My Clinical Practice
At the Other End of Your Screen for Depression is a Real Person… Who May Suffer from Depression
We’re Not Waiting for Our Automatic Pancreas System
Frameworks for a New Field: Quantified Self Public Health
Learning About Collaboration in Community Science From from Youth Leaders in the Klamath Basin
We’re Trying to Improve Pacific Islander Health — So Why Work with Academics?
