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So I did something similar (well less cool), but as old Software devs start finding our bodies don’t work as well after a while we will see more and more of thi

So I did something similar (well less cool), but as old Software devs start finding our bodies don’t work as well after a while we will see more and more of this sort of “taking control” https://mikado-aktiia.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ https://mikado-aktiia.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

jamesbelchamber 1y ago
That's very cool. I wonder if sniffing the Bluetooth connection directly might be easier than reading the PDF (although not because it's easy). At least you have more than 24 hours to find out!
- olalonde 1y ago
  nRF Connect for Mobile[0] could be handy here. https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Connect-for-mobile https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Co...
- lifeisstillgood 1y ago
  I did wonder but I keep downloading to the app to “see how I am doing” Throughout the day so I would not be easily able to sniff it - and I assumed that as a highly engineered professional “medical device” it would of course be encrypted with unbreakable … oh it’s probably base64
lagosfractal42 1y ago
you missed a closing parenthesis
ehnto 1y ago
I am not even that old, but already seeing need to take some things into my own hands. I find going to a GP is more or less just a semaphore for specialists, and those specialists have wait times measured in months to years. I would be insane to just do nothing for that timeframe. Although I think you need to be quite critical to have such a mindset, and assume you are wrong rather than right.
zimpenfish 1y ago
> "It will not connect to Apple Health" FWIW the latest version of the app does export the previous day's averages to Apple Health (only when you open the app, mind, which can make it look like there's missing data.) I use BPExtract to read the PDF and export every reading to Apple Health but I'll definitely be giving your stuff a go as well (because automation >> manual every time.)
- lifeisstillgood 1y ago
  So this when they became a new brand (?) called Hilo. I am not following their business but presume something is up. Of course the format change seems to have broken the extractor so the next free lunchtime(s) I get will fix it. I assumed no one else uses it so was not in a hurry - any feedback gratefully recvd :-)
  - zimpenfish 1y ago
    > So this when they became a new brand (?) called Hilo. Around the same kind of time, yeah - when the app got a (not great) refresh. > I am not following their business but presume something is up. I think someone just realised that "Aktiia" is a godawful name and "Hilo" (with the new actually good logo) is much better. > I assumed no one else uses it so was not in a hurry - any feedback gratefully recvd :-) Will give it a run out tomorrow. Didn't even knew it existed which is to my shame.

jamesbelchamber 1y ago

That's very cool. I wonder if sniffing the Bluetooth connection directly might be easier than reading the PDF (although not because it's easy). At least you have more than 24 hours to find out!

olalonde 1y ago
nRF Connect for Mobile[0] could be handy here. https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Connect-for-mobile https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Co...
lifeisstillgood 1y ago
I did wonder but I keep downloading to the app to “see how I am doing” Throughout the day so I would not be easily able to sniff it - and I assumed that as a highly engineered professional “medical device” it would of course be encrypted with unbreakable … oh it’s probably base64

lagosfractal42 1y ago

you missed a closing parenthesis

ehnto 1y ago

I am not even that old, but already seeing need to take some things into my own hands. I find going to a GP is more or less just a semaphore for specialists, and those specialists have wait times measured in months to years. I would be insane to just do nothing for that timeframe. Although I think you need to be quite critical to have such a mindset, and assume you are wrong rather than right.

zimpenfish 1y ago

> "It will not connect to Apple Health" FWIW the latest version of the app does export the previous day's averages to Apple Health (only when you open the app, mind, which can make it look like there's missing data.) I use BPExtract to read the PDF and export every reading to Apple Health but I'll definitely be giving your stuff a go as well (because automation >> manual every time.)

lifeisstillgood 1y ago
So this when they became a new brand (?) called Hilo. I am not following their business but presume something is up. Of course the format change seems to have broken the extractor so the next free lunchtime(s) I get will fix it. I assumed no one else uses it so was not in a hurry - any feedback gratefully recvd :-)
- zimpenfish 1y ago
  > So this when they became a new brand (?) called Hilo. Around the same kind of time, yeah - when the app got a (not great) refresh. > I am not following their business but presume something is up. I think someone just realised that "Aktiia" is a godawful name and "Hilo" (with the new actually good logo) is much better. > I assumed no one else uses it so was not in a hurry - any feedback gratefully recvd :-) Will give it a run out tomorrow. Didn't even knew it existed which is to my shame.