#63 You Too Can Build an Artificial Pancreas at Home: part 1 with Dana Lewis
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2016
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Dana Lewis has type 1 diabetes and one day she decided to try to make the alarms louder on her Dexcom CGM. That simple endeavor led Dana and her husband Scott to build their very own artificial pancreas... then they shared the code that they wrote online. Dana says that anyone who wants to, can do the very same thing. This is a story about ingenuity, community and the desire to live a better life.
In episode 64 of the JBP I talk with Scott and get his perspective on their journey.
Show Notes
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, welcome to episode 63 of the Juice Box Podcast. |
| 0:03.1 | Today I'm talking to Dana Lewis from open-APS.org. |
| 0:07.0 | You want to know if you should be listening today? |
| 0:08.4 | Listen to this. |
| 0:09.2 | Dana made our own artificial pancreas |
| 0:11.0 | with things that exist in the world right now. |
| 0:13.0 | Amazing! |
| 0:15.0 | And Dana says you can do it too. |
| 0:17.0 | This episode of the Juice Box podcast is sponsored by Insulate, |
| 0:19.0 | makers of the OmniPOD. |
| 0:21.0 | Nothing you hear on the Juice Box Podcast should be considered |
| 0:24.2 | advice, medical or otherwise. Hello? Dana. Hey, how's it going? You have done this |
| 0:30.0 | before. You have the most crystal clear audio of anyone I've ever spoken to. |
| 0:34.1 | I know it's earlier where you are, thank you for being amenable. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah, no problem. |
| 0:44.0 | Sorry again that I totally dropped the scheduling. |
| 0:48.0 | GM is not in my normal workflow. |
| 0:50.0 | So it's like, oh yeah, I'll do this. |
| 0:52.0 | And then when you sit back and message later, I was like, |
| 0:53.6 | I totally forgot. |
| 0:54.8 | Introduce yourself, I will make some ridiculous statement you will answer and |
| 0:59.7 | then by the time you know it, it'll be an hour later. |
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