# diabetes-solutions

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## Volvo Cars' First Open Source In-Car App Simplifies Life for Diabetes Patients

DevFeed: [Volvo Cars' First Open Source In-Car App Simplifies Life for Diabetes Patients](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/volvo-cars-first-open-source-in-car-app-simplifies-life-for-diabetes-patients-28874.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/volvo-cars-engineering/volvo-cars-first-open-source-in-car-app-simplifies-life-for-diabetes-patients-43d2ebfc63b0?source=rss----4eed8113139---4>)

Author: Bure Råman Vinnå

Published: 2024-08-26T13:39:52Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Volvo Cars Engineering - Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/volvo-cars-engineering-medium.md>)

Topics: [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [andriod](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/andriod.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [automotive-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automotive-software.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [diabetes-solutions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/diabetes-solutions.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>)

### AI overview

The article introduces Volvo Cars' first open-source in-car app, intended to help drivers and passengers with diabetes manage challenges while traveling. It also describes the author's experience with type 1 diabetes and the motivation for developing the app, but the supplied article text is incomplete.

### Source excerpt

Data from 2021 shows that 537 million adults are living with diabetes. This is 1 in every 10 person globally that lives with this condition meaning a disease of epidemic proportions. Research shows that drivers with diabetes are more likely to get in car accidents than drivers without diabetes. So how can we help drivers or passengers with diabetes to have full control while navigating the complicated life with diabetes when they're behind the wheel? To give or get the right assistance, at the right time, to take control and make the road safer for all. In this story I will tell you about the journey I have had here at Volvo Cars as an engineer, trying to solve challenges I, and million of others, every day encounter. From the very beginning So lets start from the beginning. When I was 17 years old I started to feel symptoms that most Type 1 diabetic encounters. For me it started with that I got terrible tiered. Even if I slept well I couldn't shake of the dizziness, my body hearted and I was constantly thirsty. I tried to overlook the symptoms, and as a teenager, thinking that I could overcome everything just continued as normal. Days went by and I tried to adopt, while my blood sugar level slowly increased. It was first when we were about to buy lunch packages for our school trip that I realized I needed help. When others bought a 50 centiliters juice pack at the grocery store, I ended up buying two liters. After that day I decided to visit my doctor, who quickly thanks to a blood glucose meter, found out that I had type 1 diabetes. A new chapter in my life began. Since that day I have been constantly checking my blood sugar level, to understand what insulin dose I need to inject. While adopting my way of life to keep this roller-coaster in check. Which I promise you is not easy. In the beginning I used two different types of syringe injections several times per day, along with spot blood sugar readings from my finger tip. Today as the technology evolved I instead