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OK.. What is going on here:

This is an incremental improvement in Medtronic's continuous glucose monitoring system/insulin pump combination therapy that has been available for 5+ years already.

Medtronic is touting this as 'artificial pancreas technology' (not specifically an artificial pancreas) because it has a feature now in the US where the pump can turn off if your blood sugar drops below a certain patient set threshold. This has been available for years already outside the US.

This is most definitely not an artificial pancreas..

[shanselman]

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ItsWAYTooEarlyToCallThisInsuli...

It's WAY WAY too early for them to have said this.

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I asked their twitter about it and got this: https://twitter.com/thedamon/status/384420935685910529

Still think 'artificial pancreas technology' is an overstatement. Though Singularity hub is also guilty of writing a ridiculous article esp with that headline.

Edit: great write-up, Scott!