I got a glimpse into this when I talked to someone who was following the nightscout program for their child. http://www.nightscout.info/ http://www.nightscout.

I got a glimpse into this when I talked to someone who was following the nightscout program for their child. http://www.nightscout.info/ http://www.nightscout.info/ They were non-technical people. Yet they had an android phone connected to a medical device using a 3d printed bracket and short usb cable. The android phone was reporting to a windows azure instance. Pebble watch polling the azure instance for updated levels. The sysadmin in me recoiled at the myriad operational deficiencies and potential failure modes. Yet they don't have a better option. I get that the FDA has standards it has to apply, but I imagine that many things they would reject would still be vastly better than this. Is there a term for 'the risks people will take anyway rather than wait for something perfectly safe'. Like if you make wait times at crosswalks too long will more people get killed crossing the street?