Glucomaker
Millions of individuals with diabetes use glucose monitors to track blood sugar levels. Research shows that such individuals seek to customize diferent aspects of their interactions with these devices, including how they engage with, decorate, and wear them. However, it remains challenging to tailor both device form and function to accommodate individual needs. To address this challenge, we introduce GlucoMaker, a system for collaboratively customizing physical design aspects of glucose monitors. Prior to designing GlucoMaker, we conducted a prototyping and focus group study to understand customization preferences and collaboration benefts. GlucoMaker provides individuals with the ability to a) select monitor form and function preferences, b) alter predefned and downloadable digital model fles, c) receive feedback on monitor designs from stakeholders, and d) learn technical design aspects. We further demonstrate the versatility and design space of GlucoMaker with three examples of diferent form and function use cases.
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Project Publications
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GlucoMaker: Enabling Collaborative Customization of Glucose Monitors Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), May 2024, honolulu, USA. ACM. 2024.
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Engaging Diverse Individuals in Remote Co-Design to Collaboratively Design Personalized Glucose Monitors Proceedings of the ASSETS 2022 workshop: Disability Inclusive Remote Co-Design, Athens, Greece. 2022.