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So some people are concerned that their cars have an internet connection and others connect their bodies to it (via the smartphone) and at the same time, both h

So some people are concerned that their cars have an internet connection and others connect their bodies to it (via the smartphone) and at the same time, both have good reasons to do so :-D Sometimes it is a strange world we are living in. While I admire open source and DIY solutions in general, they often lack the quality assurance a company specialized in medical equippment is used to. So I hope that soon there will be more devices from established manufacturers at reasonable prices. I would consider everything above $1k unreasonable if the hardware alone costs just $250 (for consumers).

mcherm 8y ago
You want the quality assurance, yet you don't think that it is acceptable to pay more than 4x the cost of parts. How do you expect that these tests (which are insanely expensive and take decades to run in some cases) will be paid for?
- arendtio 8y ago
  Well, I think for a device like this the most important thing is a very reliable, high quality software (the hardware components are already out there and have been tested already). As the software is the same for all devices, I would expect that it should be possible to cover the overhead of software development, QA, etc. by the number of devices you would sell. After all, we are not speaking about running medical studies here, just about letting a secure software bridge the different components. So building a software which is well tested (in terms of software tests) and does not inject you when its not supposed to do so, should not be that impossible.
pimeys 8y ago
You have to understand that for people like me, who didn't sleep many good night sleeps for almost a decade, this is the only available solution right now to fix the issue. I prefer taking the risk and sleep without worry any day. You definitely need to know what you're doing though. But AndroidAPS saved my life.

mcherm 8y ago

You want the quality assurance, yet you don't think that it is acceptable to pay more than 4x the cost of parts. How do you expect that these tests (which are insanely expensive and take decades to run in some cases) will be paid for?

arendtio 8y ago
Well, I think for a device like this the most important thing is a very reliable, high quality software (the hardware components are already out there and have been tested already). As the software is the same for all devices, I would expect that it should be possible to cover the overhead of software development, QA, etc. by the number of devices you would sell. After all, we are not speaking about running medical studies here, just about letting a secure software bridge the different components. So building a software which is well tested (in terms of software tests) and does not inject you when its not supposed to do so, should not be that impossible.

pimeys 8y ago

You have to understand that for people like me, who didn't sleep many good night sleeps for almost a decade, this is the only available solution right now to fix the issue. I prefer taking the risk and sleep without worry any day. You definitely need to know what you're doing though. But AndroidAPS saved my life.