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Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by namlem »

falcolas wrote: post #49

I want to do this - to expand my senses and mind (what else is technology good for) - but I really don't want something that will wear out and which can't be easily replaced. I respect the pioneers in this field, and look forward to the tech becoming more advanced and mainstream. To those who believe it will never become mainstream - the same could have been said for tattoos and piercings a mere few decades ago. I re…

Tattoos and piercings have been mainstream on and off for thousands of years in cultures all over he world.

Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by marklyon »

isostatic wrote: post #18
mseebach wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.)

The oyster remains property of TFL, the inspector can withdraw the oyster from use. If your skin is in the way, oh well.

I remember that movie. It's all fun and games until TFL sends an Oyster collector after another Oyster collector.

Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by pimeys »

pimeys wrote: post #39
edejong wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

It has probably saved me from getting blind or losing a leg in the next 20 years. From 8.5% A1c to 6.5% and below. Together with the pump I see my glucose all the time, it wakes me up at night if needed and I can eat and live however I like with perfect glucose values. Every single type 1 diabetic should have the possibility to have one of these systems. I'll post pictures later when I get home...

As I promised, here's a picture how my Grafana diabetes dashboard looks like:

http://imgur.com/1YPcOrZ

As you can see I dipped down the low alert while walking home, so my watch alerted me early enough so I could eat some candy.

Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by paulcole »

amingilani wrote: post #28
thinbeige wrote: post #22

Maybe I am clueless but why not just stick a NFC chip on the back of your smartphone or just get one with NFC? I can't imagine any situation where you need an NFC chip and don't carry along your smartphone. Ok, there's one: You are swimming in a swimming pool and need to open the locker afterwards.

I was going to get an NFC ring initially. But then I woke up one night and decided that if I ever own a gun, and need it in the middle of the night because a zombie broke into my house. I'd want a system where I can stick my hand under the bed and pull out a gun. But this system shouldn't work for anyone else. That pushed me over the edge and I got an implant a few weeks later. True story. I still have to get around…

>I still have to get around to buying a gun

Please don't.

Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by edejong »

pimeys wrote: post #54
pimeys wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has probably saved me from getting blind or losing a leg in the next 20 years. From 8.5% A1c to 6.5% and below. Together with the pump I see my glucose all the time, it wakes me up at night if needed and I can eat and live however I like with perfect glucose values. Every single type 1 diabetic should have the possibility to have one of these systems. I'll post pictures later when I get home...

As I promised, here's a picture how my Grafana diabetes dashboard looks like: http://imgur.com/1YPcOrZ As you can see I dipped down the low alert while walking home, so my watch alerted me early enough so I could eat some candy.

That's an amazing project. You probably agree that it's extremely important that we own and control our own data and make it easy through OSS to manipulate and enhance it.

Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by pimeys »

edejong wrote: post #57
pimeys wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As I promised, here's a picture how my Grafana diabetes dashboard looks like: http://imgur.com/1YPcOrZ As you can see I dipped down the low alert while walking home, so my watch alerted me early enough so I could eat some candy.

That's an amazing project. You probably agree that it's extremely important that we own and control our own data and make it easy through OSS to manipulate and enhance it.

That's correct. Although here in Germany there are strict regulations for storing health data, so using the commercial solutions provided by the CGM would be feasible. The open source software is just so much better.

If any other diabetic programmers are reading this, I found the best way to get a control from this very complex disease is to utilize same methods I use when writing software and analyzing services.

Re: Ask HN: What do you actually use your biohack implants for?

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Post by derekja »

pimeys wrote: post #58
edejong wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's an amazing project. You probably agree that it's extremely important that we own and control our own data and make it easy through OSS to manipulate and enhance it.

That's correct. Although here in Germany there are strict regulations for storing health data, so using the commercial solutions provided by the CGM would be feasible. The open source software is just so much better. If any other diabetic programmers are reading this, I found the best way to get a control from this very complex disease is to utilize same methods I use when writing software and analyzing services.

Hi,

My BF is T1D and has an Animas Vibe with the integrated Dexcom G4. I see from an older thread that this is the setup you are using. Can you point me toward any hacking information on this? On the OpenAPS flowchart for the Vibe it merely says to call Animas and advocate for the addition of temp basal commands. If we cannot get him to a full closed loop on this pump, even an open loop system would be an interesting place to start. Thanks for any pointers!

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