Sugarmate glance3/24/2023 ![]() She hasn’t set it up yet, but says it’s easier to view when driving than having to glance at a smartphone or Apple Watch, especially since the watch doesn’t always keep up with real-time BG data. Kevin plans to fully hack the Android operating system on the car, so it’s a work in progress for them.Įven my own mom (a veteran type 1 herself who has all the modern gadgets and is using a do-it-yourself looping system) has an interest in this, using Apple CarPlay to connect her D-data directly to her 2017 Ford Escape. But it doesn’t work while the car’s in motion, as a built-in vehicle safety mechanism. Right now, they’re viewing a Nightscout screen via the dashboard’s web browser and you can see the top blue line is the Loop dosing line, displaying the temp basal rate and some other Loop info inputted into NS app. They both use the Dexcom G4 and xDrip data-sharing app, and they have a dozen or so setups in each room of their house to track their data trends while at home, so they don’t lose signals and don’t have to carry special devices around to connect to the cloud. ![]() In Colorado, type 1 PWD and D-Mom Laurie Schwartz (diagnosed herself a few years ago at age 49) has her CGM with real-time diabetes data connected to her Tesla to keep tabs on her own BGs, as well as data from her 14-year-old son Adam who was diagnosed at age 5. Of course, that opens the door for the tech-savvy folk in the Diabetes ( #WeAreNotWaiting) Community to start tinkering with their own ways to get real-time diabetes data behind the wheel. ![]() This is already available from a number of car-makers including Audi, BMW, Buick, Chrysler, General Motors, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Nisan, Subaru, and Tesla. In fact, several automakers are now building this capability into their vehicles, using the interfaces Apple CarPlay and Android Auto that are specifically designed to allow drivers to hear and respond to texts using voice commands, and to safely use other smartphone features and apps on a car screen. Fast forward to 2017, and we heard in January that the Medtronic partnership with Ford had been scrapped - most likely due in large part due to how far consumer technology and Bluetooth capabilities have come in the past several years, making it easy for a variety of players to develop similar solutions. ![]()
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