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Title:

Your Cell Phone is Your Sugar Daddy (Controlling Diabetes)

Your vote:
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Organizer:
John Pettengill, Razorfish
Description:
We've created the artificial heart. Put a man on the moon. And crammed peanut butter and jelly *together* into the same jar. So why is diabetes management still stuck in the dark-ages? Insulin pumps exhibit the worst of 90s industrial design. It's time to finally make the most personal of industries, medicine, user-centric.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is it like to be diabetic?
  2. How is technology helping?
  3. Why isn't technology helping enough?
  4. Why don't people always do what's best for them (does technology make this worse)?
  5. How could user-centric design effect quality of life for people with a chronic disease?
  6. What innovations should we pursuing in order to address the needs of people with chronic diseases?
  7. Why are smart phones the perfect tools for personal medicine management?
  8. What would a personal medicine management application look like?
  9. What are some existing examples of mobile personal medical solutions?
  10. What else would be possible if specialists working with patients with chronic diseases used more technology?
Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Mobile Applications
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
john pettengill
on 19/8/09
I'm really excited about explaining how technology could improve the lives of Diabetics and others with chronic diseases. We're at the threshold of using our cellphones in brand new ways, ways that the iPhone is barely touching upon so far.

I presented about the mobile internet earlier this year at the IA Summit, that presentation can be found here: http://www.slideshare.net/johnep/an-internet-watered-down-or-how-to-save-the-mobile-web
Tim O'Leary
on 19/8/09
This sounds fascinating, and as someone with blood sugar issues I think we need to be looking further into this.
Vignesh Kumar
on 19/8/09
good stuff JP, along you all the way.
Margot Bloomstein
on 19/8/09
Really excited to see this--my industry meeting my affliction, and hopefully bringing together the best thinking of the former (finally!) with the needs of the latter!
Kyle Outlaw
on 4/9/09
Saw a preview of this - looks awesome!
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on 20/10/09
Good idea for a panel. Case studies ARE good. :)
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on 22/10/09
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iphone ringtone maker
on 13/11/09
I'd be super into learning from Kris. Dig it!
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