Tagged “diabetes”

1. Diabetes tattoo
   • 2017 September 12
   • diabetes

   Heather Clark, a researcher at Draper Laboratories, has developed a tattoo of nanoparticle ink that fluoresces differently in the presence of glucose. With different glucose levels, the nanoparticles change their colors. Hopefully, a technology that will show up sooner rather than later.

2. Non-invasive glucose measurement
   • 2010 August 12
   • diabetes

   According to MIT, there is new development going on with glucose spectroscopy, hopefully leading to non-invasive glucose measurements. This means: no finger pricks for diabetics. Let's hope that the progress continues.

3. Support JDRF diabetes research though Pepsi
   • 2010 February 04
   • diabetes

   Pepsi has chosen JDRF as one of three participants in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge, an online campaign to fund worthy non-profit projects that impact children nationally. Three charities are aligned with three National League Football League players. Until midnight tonight, people can vote on the NFL’s website () and via text message (text ‘MARK’ to PEPSI (73774) for one of those three players, with the player/charity receiving the most votes over the course of the week receiving a $100,000 grant.

4. Blood glucose meter - inside
   • 2010 January 03
   • diabetes,
   • computers,
   • embedded_computing

   Page 43 of the December 7, 2009 issue of EE Times has an interesting examination of the internals of a blood glucose meter, specifically the Ascensia Breeze glucose meter manufactured by Bayer AG. What is most interesting is a lack of parts: an NEC 8 bit microcontroller, an ASIC coloumeter, and a 4K serial EEPROM are the only major parts (not counting crystals and capacitors). Looks like they could easily drop the EEPROM and reduce the parts count even further.

5. Defeat Diabetes Foundation
   • 2009 October 13
   • diabetes

   While picking up Chinese food, I met Andy Mandell who is walking around the United States for diabetes awareness. See his website at defeatdiabetes.org.

6. JDRF Walk for Diabetes Part II
   • 2009 October 13
   • diabetes,
   • music,
   • third_rail

   The JDRF walk for diabetes went quite good -- Team William raised $270. I played guitar with a bunch of guys from GE in a band called "Third Rail". Here's a pretty cool picture from the stage.

   

7. Online Microscope
   • 2009 October 13
   • fun,
   • science,
   • diabetes

   Here's an online microscope. Pretty cool stuff to look at, including pacreatic islets.

8. Type 1 diabetes cured in mice
   • 2008 November 18
   • diabetes

   According to Scientific American, scientists have had good luck in curing type 1 (juvenile) diabetes in mice by using common cancer drugs.

   Here is the abstract from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

9. 2007 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes
   • 2007 September 22
   • diabetes,
   • third_rail,
   • outdoors,
   • music

   The 2007 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is tomorrow - September 23rd, 2007 - at Rainbow Gardens (Waldameer Park) in Erie PA. Send the media!

   I'll be performing with Third Rail.

10. Walk to Cure Diabetes - Erie PA
    • 2007 August 29
    • diabetes,
    • erie,
    • third_rail,
    • music

    I've posted this before, but this is a brand new blog, so I'm posting it again.

    JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes - Erie PA

    The 2007 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes will be held September 23rd at Rainbow Gardens. There will be registration at 8:00 and a start at 9:30. The rocking GE band Third Rail will be performing again.

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