2015 OHI/O Hackathon Finalist: Team Schedule 4
Hansborough explained how they reverse engineered the bottom of an Apple watch from materials they found at Radio Shack, in order to create a more robust pulse oximeter.
“For those of you not familiar, it’s basically using infrared light to detect certain substances in the blood,” he said.
“You could eliminate the need for diabetics to ever have to do those invasive and annoying finger pricks that they have to do right now to get good glucose readings,” Hansborough said. “In addition, that real-time data will be invaluable in preventing early stages of Type 2 diabetes, which is almost always reversible if caught early.”