Inspiration
One of our members remembers struggling to get into good habits and learn how best to adapt to having diabetes as a young teen. We believed that creating an application that makes the interaction more game like will make teaching good habits easier than the current sterile application.
What it does
This app shows the current, real-time glucose level by connecting to the report server that a paired device attached to the user sends values to. It has interesting designs to show active trends in the data with options to include graphs and other themes to personalize the interactions.
How we built it
We developed using Android Studio and Dexcom devices to get real time information.
Challenges we ran into
We have never used Android Studio before so learning to use that on the fly while also working in different elements to create an interesting project. Additionally, the Dexcom database that is open to the public sends data on a 3 hours delay which is not good for real-time occurrences, so we had to figure out how to receive the data directly from the device.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We were able to get a working UI with Android Applications, and the data is real-time now which means we were able to get the data from the device with a minimal delay for sending and processing time.
What we learned
There are multiple different ways to accomplish creating the interface, and starting a new IDE and build process before a short time frame like this is probably not best for overall productivity.
What's next for Starbite
Including a history of past readings to allow for easier visualization of trends and summaries of what the user has had as their normal glucose level.
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