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intellectual property vs safety?

Started this discussion. Last reply by bewest Jun 28, 2012. 73 Replies

I sent the following letter to the FDA and a similar one to the EFF. Many of you may not realize that insulin pumps that ship with a radio have a suite of commands that we can use to fix bugs in the…Continue

 

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bewest replied to bewest's discussion 'ending the upload problem: no more uploads' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Hi Holger! There are two ways to update glucosurfer. One is to include an endpoint known the dataurl URI. https://github.com/bewest/insulaudit-ssh-tools/blob/master/perform_audit#L38 The script will upload a tab separated file, one timestamp and…"
Sunday
Holger Schmeken replied to bewest's discussion 'ending the upload problem: no more uploads' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Congratulations! Your project seems to gain serious momentum. The picture of your setup to access pump and meter data is really impressive. What type of interface should be supported by websites like our Glucosurfer to be the direct target of your…"
Sunday
bewest added a discussion to the group Geeks With Diabetes
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ending the upload problem: no more uploads

I've been working on ways to describe smaller parts of some of my projects.One project is to end the upload problem. https://gist.github.com/bewest/5736620The basic idea is to create a small "adapter" kind of device that makes diabetes devices available for near-real-time, "cloud" management, similar to meraki.com, but for any and all diabetes devices.I'd love to know if framing it this way as "ending the upload problem" makes sense to…See More
Jun 11
bewest replied to Tony Elmquist's discussion 'A dangerous game - anyone out there hack their diabetes devices?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"The Bayer Contour link uses the "ComLink2" protocol, identical to the carelink usb stick."
Apr 14
bewest replied to Tony Elmquist's discussion 'A dangerous game - anyone out there hack their diabetes devices?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"I plan on plugging in http://www.thisisant.com/developer/components/antusb-m/ (~$22) into the beaglebone's USB and being done with it. You sure Dexcom is ANT?"
Apr 14
bewest replied to Tony Elmquist's discussion 'A dangerous game - anyone out there hack their diabetes devices?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"No, I don't have access to Dexcom. Can anyone help collect some traces? I set up a working area just for dexcom here: https://github.com/bewest/decoding-dexcom"
Apr 13
bewest replied to Tony Elmquist's discussion 'A dangerous game - anyone out there hack their diabetes devices?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Molten, also, I'm choosing 3g via usb modem, with wifi as back up. You hit the nail on the head... this is about freedom... how I get to choose to spend my time."
Apr 13
bewest replied to Tony Elmquist's discussion 'A dangerous game - anyone out there hack their diabetes devices?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Medtronic communications are here: https://github.com/bewest/decoding-carelink/tree/rewriting/pump There's more where that came from, but we need to get everyone working together. No more silo'ed projects.…"
Apr 13
bewest replied to Tony Elmquist's discussion 'A dangerous game - anyone out there hack their diabetes devices?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
Apr 13
bewest replied to Craig's discussion 'Geeks! Could we build an open-source big data pancreas-brain?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"The reason it's secret is primarily because these companies don't want other companies to sell new products or services built on integrating with these devices without getting an opportunity to get revenue from licensing, at least. Patient…"
Apr 12
bewest replied to Craig's discussion 'Geeks! Could we build an open-source big data pancreas-brain?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Oh, the Dexcom and Omnipod and Medtronic devices are all unique. Re-using anything between them is like sharing data between an Android phone and a Windows phone and an Apple phone; they all have unique ideas about who and what you are and how they…"
Apr 12
bewest replied to Craig's discussion 'Geeks! Could we build an open-source big data pancreas-brain?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Hi Mark! The decoding-carelink scripts only work with the minimed carelink protocol, not the Dexcom or the Omnipod. I have access to an omnipod, but have not acquired the time to attempt implementing it yet. I do not have access to a Dexcom. See:…"
Apr 12
bewest and Mark are now friends
Apr 7
bewest replied to Craig's discussion 'Geeks! Could we build an open-source big data pancreas-brain?' in the group Geeks With Diabetes
"Mark, I've decoded the binary medtronic files. I looked at hachoir, scapy, and several other libraries. I'd be interested in writing plugins for those tools. You can see decoded output here:…"
Apr 6
bewest is now friends with Britt_J, Sai, Manny Hernandez and 2
Apr 1
bewest replied to TuAnalyze Team's discussion 'Published Report: Experiences of Hypoglycemia Among TuDiabetes Members'
"Thanks for confirming that the data from TuAnalyze will be used to develop copyrighted materials with limited access. This is a significant dis-incentive to participating. Can you reproduce the raw data somewhere so that someone who has paid can…"
Mar 7

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Pump
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At 4:57pm on February 1, 2013, Linda G said…

Bravo on being a featured member Bewest!!

At 4:18am on October 19, 2012, Linda G said…

Hello! How Do You Do, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you bewest....
Best Wishes NOW....and for the rest of the year!
Have a GREAT "ME" DAY :)
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Hey, why don't you come join us in the TuD chat room?
You'll see us at the bottom of the home page.
We have a great time getting to know each other, sharing info and lots of laughs :)
It's on right now!
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At 10:28am on March 9, 2011, Holger Schmeken said…
I hope my mail via google came through!?
At 3:06am on March 8, 2011, Holger Schmeken said…
Hi Bewest, I have just seen your reply to the USB Bayer device. Now I am not sure: Did you respond to know more about the Glucosurfer import OR did you find a way to access the data in the Bayer USB device? Holger
At 3:05am on February 25, 2011, Donna H said…
Welcome to TuDiabetes! Check out some of the groups -- it's a great way to get to know the community.
At 4:57am on February 24, 2011, Linda G said…
Welcome home bedwest....
Take a peek at some the groups when you get a chance. Just go to the top of your page, and click on "Groups". Once in, you can either peruse the wide array of available groups....or simply type a specific interest in the space provided. Take in some of the blogs/discussions as well.
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Hope you find the support and information you came looking for. Here is a useful link to get you on your way:
http://www.tudiabetes.org/notes
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Take care....and keep in touch!
 
 
 

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