Designers: Lionel Lum, Yang Tzu-Hsuan
Glucoshare is a social dietary management application for diabetic patients to store their blood glucose test data for eat-outs. It also share the data of blood glucose level data tested by users into a central network, in which the users can tap on to estimate the food's reaction to body, to formulate a community and bond people of similar backgrounds, and leveraging on overseas data for travelling purposes.
Insights from Diabetes Society
1. Diabetes are common among taxi driver and desk-bound employers
2. Diabetes society has a support of 60 patients that organise activities together.
3. However, their means of communication now is through email and it is only limited by the people within diabetes society.
1. Diabetes are common among taxi driver and desk-bound employers
2. Diabetes society has a support of 60 patients that organise activities together.
3. However, their means of communication now is through email and it is only limited by the people within diabetes society.
Insights from interview: Diabetic patients are using glucose meter to measure their diet. Especially for those who eat out most of the time, the glucose level intake for each meal is important. However, such data are only kept individually would requires them to take their glucose level for every new stall they wish to explore.
A scenario of a diabetic taxi driver possible day routine: During lunch, whenever he finds a food he likes, he would measure his blood glucose level before and 2 hours after the meal to check if the dish sugar level is suitale for him. At home, whenever his wife cooks a new meal, he would also measure his blood glucose level to check if she could cook the same meal for him again.
Interview with Professional
"There isn't a need to measure your glucose level everyday as long as you are able to manage your diet"
George Neo, Admin Manager, Diabetes Society of Singapore
"Everyone's blood glucose level changes similarly to the same food"
George Neo, Admin Manager, Diabetes Society of Singapore
"App is the next thing, it is very personal and it creates interaction between user and gadget"
Dr. Darryl Nomura, Area Scientific Affairs Manager, Abbot Diabetes Care Asia Pacific
"There isn't a need to measure your glucose level everyday as long as you are able to manage your diet"
George Neo, Admin Manager, Diabetes Society of Singapore
"Everyone's blood glucose level changes similarly to the same food"
George Neo, Admin Manager, Diabetes Society of Singapore
"App is the next thing, it is very personal and it creates interaction between user and gadget"
Dr. Darryl Nomura, Area Scientific Affairs Manager, Abbot Diabetes Care Asia Pacific
Simple example on how the application works: Person A measures his readings for a particular food store and upload it into the system. Person B will be able to access person A data and eventually goes to the same store to have the same food without having the need to measure the glucose level of the food again. The system also enables the 2 person to communicate. Refer to the video for an in-depth understanding of how the application works.
