Does a CGM glucose monitoring sensor count? I get the values real time to my android watch and remote InfluxDB for later analysis.
What time-series graphing tools do you use? Grafana? R with influxdbr?
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#32Can you not use it to pay for things? thats the whole reason I want to get one like an upgrade from apple pay
Unfortunately no, this is a passive tag that can only let you read data that's on the chip. The chip also had a unique ID. Android or Apple Pay use your phone's NFC antenna to communicate. But they don't give out the same information every time.
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#33Does a CGM glucose monitoring sensor count? I get the values real time to my android watch and remote InfluxDB for later analysis.
I've been considering doing something like this, which CGM do you use and how do get the numbers out? Are you able to automate sending them into InfluxDB?
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#34Does a CGM glucose monitoring sensor count? I get the values real time to my android watch and remote InfluxDB for later analysis.
You have this as an implant? Link please...
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
What time-series graphing tools do you use? Grafana? R with influxdbr?
Grafana, and wrote an extension for xDrip plus to support InfluxDB.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
You have this as an implant? Link please...
I didn't know is the Dexcom G4 actually an implant, because it comes out from your skin. Devices like this are pretty common with diabetics nowadays
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#37You could easily cut an Oyster Card chip out of the card, stick it in your hand and use it to travel in London.
Best "hack" I heard for an Oyster Card was someone putting it inside an actual oyster, beeping in and out of the London Underground with it.
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I would suspect that your troubles go beyond "frowns". A ticket inspector wants to see a valid oyster card, not a party trick, and whether it scans or not, I don't think it's a high bar to argue that a tampered with card isn't valid, period. (Officially, at least. I've seen them happily scan the outsides of people's wallets.)
Not sure why you got downvoted. English rail laws are pretty clear about tickets. http://content.tfl.gov.uk/tfl-conditions-of-carriage.pdf > 5.1 All photocards and Oyster photocards remain our property and must not be intentionally damaged, altered or tampered with in any way. We may withdraw or cancel your photocard or Oyster photocard at any time The railway bylaws say this: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/sy…
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Grafana, and wrote an extension for xDrip plus to support InfluxDB.
Interesting project. I am not bio-hacked, except for a Pebble watch with HR / movement sensors which I send to InfluxDB. I use Grafana, but for some graphs (especially when I want to see weekly trends), I use R + influxdbr. Here is a screenshot of my heart-rate of the last three months (1 minute interval + lowess smoothing to remove outliers): http://imgur.com/x3ERdPc
Every single type 1 diabetic should have the possibility to have one of these systems.
I'll post pictures later when I get home...
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I didn't know is the Dexcom G4 actually an implant, because it comes out from your skin. Devices like this are pretty common with diabetics nowadays
I was assuming OP was referring to custom-built projects. I too have a CGM (thanks to the recent Australian Federal subsidy) - a massive shame the technology isn't more open.
G5 works directly with the software because the transmitter speaks Bluetooth.