<p> </p>
<p>Thanks for this, all you rocket scientists, as that really
helps understand this issue.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>What troubles me, is why is medical technology even worse?<span> </span>For example, I have an insulin pump
(artificial pancreas) because I’m a type 1 diabetic.<span> </span>Since this technology is far more than 10
years old, it is basically killing me, compared to what it could be.<span> </span>Instead of having an android app, that
displays the information on my nice new 720P resolution color smart phone, it
attempts to display it on a 64 x 128 pixel black and white LCD display, that is
basically technology from the 80s.<span> </span>And
this is only one of a gazillion things that are killing me, compared to what it
could be.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The other thing is, the crude monitoring system isn’t
connected to the insulin delivery system – i.e. no automated control.<span> </span>So I have to do everything myself – including
making mistakes – that could kill me.<span>
</span>The manufactures of the device could clearly lesson this risk, but of
course, such would expose them to risk of being sued – so they completely avoid
anything like that.<span> </span>So, their basically
happy to let me make mistakes and destroy my life, as long as they aren’t
providing anything that would expose them to any risk.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>In other words, they are way behind both technologically and
legally, in the medical field, and this completely sucks!!<span> </span>Oh that I could jail break this effing
system, and make it do what I want, instead of the way it is programmed, so the
manufacture has no risk, even though it destroys my life.</p>
<p> </p>
Brent Allsop<br><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Dan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan_ust@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dan_ust@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div>Why is this news? I thought it was widely known that electronics on space missions is always several years behind what's being done elsewhere.</div>
<div><br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Regards,</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br><span></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Dan<br></span></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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