[Diabetes-talk] Pump question

Tue Jun 25 16:52:49 UTC 2013

Good morning everyone,

Let me add my two cents specific to the security issue. Bluetooth version 4.x and Bluetooth Low Energy (BT LE) both use a very high level of encryption. Bluetooth Low Energy plays a second vital role. It reduces the amount of power used by Bluetooth. Which results in longer battery life for our devices. 

I have a keyboard that uses Bluetooth LE V4.0 and quotes a battery life of ten years. It is a relatively new keyboard so I can confirm first hand if it truly lasts ten years. Don’t expect this kind of life from a pump or a Glucometer. 

=== A bit technical ===

That said, I just got a sample Electrocardiogram (ECG) chip from Texas Instruments yesterday. It is no bigger than the nail on your pinky. That includes a Bluetooth Low Energy transceiver. This literally means you can have a wearable ECG machine that is literally the size of a big watch. The size is limited only be the fact that you have to have a place to plug in the cables and buttons and a small display or audio device for a user interface.

This technology is all made possible by a concept called a System on a Chip (SOC). A SOC combines almost everything that is in your computer onto a small wafer of silicon no bigger than a ¼” square. 

We are not far away from the watches of SiFy, those warn by soys in the movies, on TV, in a novel, or in your favorite comic book series.

=== End of Tech ===

Enjoy the rest of your week :-)

On Jun 25, 2013, at 11:23 CDT, "Veronica Elsea" <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com> wrote:

> In this case, I think the guy was trying to make a point of security of
> medical devices. I often wondered if there could be interference say, at a
> convention where everyone sat together sending information and requests to
> insulin pumps. But boy could this be quite the episode of murder for hire on
> an individual, couldn't it. And I was just across town at a different
> conference when this happened. Oh how I wish I'd been there! But I'd bet the
> reason someone would want to hack in would be related to the same reason
> most meters wouldn't let us delete items from the memory. People wanting to
> get rid of a crummy BG number or a large bolus taken for a big meal. Says a
> lot for how the medical establishment has treated most people though and
> that's not good.
> Just my quarter's worth. <grin>
> Veronica
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Bridgit Pollpeter
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 8:54 AM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> Those are the people who either aren't diabetic and therefore don't
> directly deal with these situations, or they are those diabetics who
> don't give a fig. It's like those not understanding the importance of
> any consumer group advocating and promoting the causes and educating
> about them in order to bring equality, awareness and a better quality of
> life for all.
> 
> Bridgit
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 10:36 AM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
> 
> 
> And people ask why we need a NFB or a Diabetes Action Network.
> 
> Mike Freeman
> 
> 
> On Jun 25, 2013, at 8:05, Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> LOL, I thought of the exact episode when I read that post, smile. He 
>> was actually hacking into a hospital system so that when glucose 
>> levels were taken, lows would show as highs, and patients were being 
>> given insulin they obviously didn't need, sending them into inevitable
> 
>> comas.
>> 
>> The hacker turned out to be a high school student who was working with
> 
>> a couple of friends to get revenge. His father, a diabetic, had been a
> 
>> patient at said hospital, and due to mismanagement, he lost his 
>> vision. The dad and son blamed the hospital.
>> 
>> I saw this episode shortly after I started training at IDB. I was 
>> bothered by the father's comments while on the stand. He broke down, 
>> stating how terrible his life was now blind. I remember he said that 
>> he couldn't eat at a restaurant alone anymore because he couldn't 
>> order from the menu, couldn't have a social life and couldn't even 
>> dial a phone anymore on his own. I summarily dialed the phone and 
>> called my now-husband to report on the episode, grin.
>> 
>> Bridgit
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>> Behalf Of limestone lady
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 9:16 AM
>> To: coe at impactcil.org
>> Cc: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] Pump question
>> 
>> 
>> A few years ago, law and order had a story about a young kid who was
>> able to hack into a hospital's computer, and tamper with insulin 
>> guidelines which caused the death of at least one person. Diabetes had
>> caused his dad to lose his sight, and he felt like he had 
>> lost his dad, and was very bitter.
>> Many of those shows were discribed as being ripped from today's 
>> headlines, so I wonder if it was true.
>> The main reason I remember it was because the hacker was from Toronto,
> 
>> which meant of course that it was a cross border crime.
>> Linda.
>> 
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