Living with diabetes is difficult, but people can typically lead completely normal lives by managing their illness with medication and healthy lifestyle choices. Some diabetics suffer from chronic and severe low blood sugar, also known as brittle diabetes, that can be a little tougher to manage since blood glucose levels need to be carefully monitored literally around the clock.
Peter Semmelhack, founder and CEO of Bug Labs and self-proclaimed inveterate tinkerer is developing an open source device to alert diabetics when their blood sugar falls dangerously low, particularly while sleeping. Though still in its early stages, Semmelhack has already run a couple of preliminary experiments that indicate his personal project shows a lot of promise for helping diabetics manage their blood sugar and insulin levels.
