Comments on: Kid-Friendly Diabetes Design

By: Penny

Penny — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:05:38 +0000

That is just awesome. It bolsters my hope for Riley’s future.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 06 May 2007 14:15:02 +0000

wow! Very cool. There HAS to be a market for these things.

While we’re talking about D supplies for kids, could someone PLEASE make a syringe that holds less (maybe 15u) and that has 1/4u markings?

By: Sunil S Chiplunkar

Sunil S Chiplunkar — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:21:45 +0000

Providing a holistic brand experience is still a rare thinking for pharma companies. Design is getting hotter and important in FMCG sector as it provides a good holistic brand experience. It is time pharma companies learn this aspect. This is a good URL on design http://www.managesmarter.com/msg/content_display/publications/e3i47ee107d892405fee3fc9273b234a939

By: MN Web Design

MN Web Design — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:44:42 +0000

Wow, how cool! I love the name, “Gluru”! My mom is a type 1 diabetic with a pump – now is getting a continuous glucose monitor too – and she would have LOVED having this as a kid! Thanks for sharing!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 04 May 2007 03:43:57 +0000

Very cool…*IF* it turns out to be functional.

Anything that makes Type 1 easier for the kids until (if) a viable cure is found is good in my books!

By: Bernard Farrell

Bernard Farrell — Fri, 04 May 2007 02:55:49 +0000

Amy

This is a great start. Just please remember that fixing the hardware is only a piece of the puzzle.

Getting the software right is at least as important. The hardware lets you control things at the instant you’re using it. The software lets you see what’s happened and analyze it to guide your decisions in the future.

The iPod was most successful AFTER Apple provided iTunes on Windows. That’s when the hardware sales really took off.

I believe the software for pumps, CGMs, and POMs (Plain Old Meters) is at least as important as the hardware in the long term. This was part of the reason that I argued for platform standards in my paper for the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (http://www.journalofdst.org/March2007/pdf/JDST-Vol-2-Abstracts/VOL-1-2-CGM1-FARRELL-ABS.pdf).

OK, off my sandbox.

My main point – please improve the software design as part of improving the whole system.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 04 May 2007 00:45:04 +0000

THERE is some innovation!

By: George

George — Thu, 03 May 2007 16:41:32 +0000

That is so fantastic!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:50:10 +0000

Nice design, and it doesn’t hurt to make them easy for adults, either!

By: PrintCrafter

PrintCrafter — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:00:57 +0000

Awesome! Hooray Justin! This is exactly what we all need to do: we as PWDs need to take back our diabetes. The companies that keep us alive will never do it, they can’t, they just don’t “get it.”