Open Spirometry Network

Peter Semmelhack, of Bug Labs, has followed up his great post on open hardware in health care, by announcing a plan to build an open source low-blood-sugar monitoring device for diabetics.
Peter and Bug Labs have been a continual source of inspiration to me and I’m very much looking forward to watching this new project [...]

Yesterday, Pop!Tech posted my article on open hardware in global health and what lessons we can learn from Open Spirometry so far that might help us build better, more successful projects.

Wired has a pair of new articles online surveying the future of open source. Of interest to the open hardware community is Ryan Paul’s review of the expanding role of open-source in hardware projects, including Bug Labs and OpenMoko.

The measurement of lung function is essential to the diagnosis and management of respiratory disease, and to research into its origins and treatment. However, current spirometers are not affordable for the majority of health care providers in many low and lower middle income countries, and are not widely used despite a massive and increasing burden [...]