Edward Damiano is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. His expertise and training are in the areas of mechanical and biomedical engineering, applied mechanics, and applied mathematics. Ever since his 14-year-old son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ... Read More »
Category Archives: Parents
Bigfoot Biomedical – Jeff Brewer, Bryan Mazlish, Lane Desborough, Jon Brilliant
June 11, 2015
Founded by a group of four fathers of children with Type 1 diabetes, Bigfoot Biomedical is hoping to market the worlds first artificial pancreas. The new startup recently acquired the insulin pump company Asante and plans to fine tune algorithms ... Read More »
DiabetesMine D-Data Exchange
June 3, 2015
The DiabetesMine™ D-Data ExChange is a gathering of key innovators creating applications and platforms that leverage diabetes data to produce healthier outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, increase transparency to policy decision-makers and care teams, and improve prospects for patient engagement. It was created ... Read More »
Strip Safely – Bennet Dunlap and Christel Marchand
May 30, 2015
StripSafely is an ad hoc Diabetes Online Community (DOC) collaboration to help the general public understand that there are inaccurate blood glucose test strips and meters on the market, and they’re putting patient lives at risk. We hope to get folks ... Read More »
Perceptus – Ken Stack and Gustavo Munoz
May 21, 2015
Perceptus is the project of Ken Stack, a father of a T1D patient, and Gustavo Munoz, a T1D patient since 2005. Why Do We Exist? Educating patients through autonomous data visualization tools. Education is crucial in the treatment of complex and ... Read More »
CGM in the Cloud – Facebook Group
May 21, 2015
CGM in the Cloud is a Facebook group for those who want to share their experiences with open source solutions to send data from the Dexcom G4 to the cloud so that it can be accessed anywhere…so our kids/friends/parents can ... Read More »
Stephen Black – X-Drip
May 21, 2015
Stephen Black is a T1D patient and an active contributor to Nighscout. He is the creator and primary driver of X-Drip, which enables users to access Dexcom data through any Web-enabled device – with or without the need for a ‘receiver’. X-Drip pulls ... Read More »
Nightscout Foundation
May 21, 2015
The Nightscout Foundation was formed in 2014 as a direct and natural off-shoot of the CGM in the Cloud movement. Mission statement. The Nightscout Foundation exists to encourage and support the creation of open source technology projects that enhance the ... Read More »
John Costik – Hacking Type 1, Github, Nightscout
May 20, 2015
Hello! I am a husband, father & engineer. My son was diagnosed, at age 4, with type 1 diabetes. To help him, his sister & mother, I build tools to relieve the constant challenge that is diabetes management. There ... Read More »
Tidepool
May 20, 2015
Our mission Tidepool is a non-profit, open source effort with the mission of reducing the burden of managing Type 1 Diabetes with technology. Our software makes make diabetes data more accessible, more open, and more actionable, leading to more effective ... Read More »