We're thrilled to be named one of the finalists in the 2020 AFWERX Family Health and Wellbeing challenge from a field of more than 1500 Competitors! Airmen and their families face all the challenges any family does, and a few more unique to their service to our country. Using the latest approaches in market sensing, analytics and evidence-based program design, our technology will provide a Distant Early Warning (DEW) on social and community issues facing these families, giving command staff real-time program effectiveness feedback and continuously improving the Air Force and community programs strengthening the mental, physical, social, spiritual and financial wellbeing of Airmen and their families. Check out our YouTube video with our partner Strategic Results below!
Diabetes is one of the fastest-growing diseases of our time. There are 425 million people trying to avoid blindness, amputation, and organ failure. They will spend nearly $1B this year doing so. By 2045, there will be 629 million people in the same situation. By then they will be spending over $5.5T per year.
None of this suffering has to happen. Our analytics can turn this around. Enter PRISM - Blue Roof Labs' solution combining an individual's unique Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) data, published best practices, and physician experience with our proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Initial testing of PRISM combined with an appropriate regimen of diet, exercise, and medication adjustments lowered A1c from 12.9 to 5.8 in 18 months and increased time in target glucose range to 96% - with no increase in basal insulin and no bolus insulin at all.
None of this suffering has to happen. Our analytics can turn this around. Enter PRISM - Blue Roof Labs' solution combining an individual's unique Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) data, published best practices, and physician experience with our proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Initial testing of PRISM combined with an appropriate regimen of diet, exercise, and medication adjustments lowered A1c from 12.9 to 5.8 in 18 months and increased time in target glucose range to 96% - with no increase in basal insulin and no bolus insulin at all.
In early 2020 mechanical ventilators were in short supply in the USA and might still be where you are too. To meet emergency demand we need a solution that can be produced from parts available from any industrial supply house plus a few more that can be 3D printed. Our design goals are to keep it simple, make it robust, and design it so nearly anyone can build it. We also want to avoid dependence on items that intersect with medical supply chains (since they are already overloaded) or that require computer controls to operate (as avoiding them significantly simplifies the electrical design).
We call our unit VOLAR, from the letters of Ventilator Of LAst Resort. VOLAR is is exactly what it sounds like: a simple air pump that can be used as a mechanical ventilator to provide breathing support for patients afflicted with CoVID-19 related respiratory difficulties. We sincerely hope you, the reader, will never need one and that you will use other more proven designs whenever possible. If there is no other alternative, then VOLAR could be a last resort for life support.
We have not produced or tested the VOLAR at this time. If you would like to fund our research and development efforts for VOLAR, please reach out to us via the CONTACT link in the menu bar at the top of the page.
We call our unit VOLAR, from the letters of Ventilator Of LAst Resort. VOLAR is is exactly what it sounds like: a simple air pump that can be used as a mechanical ventilator to provide breathing support for patients afflicted with CoVID-19 related respiratory difficulties. We sincerely hope you, the reader, will never need one and that you will use other more proven designs whenever possible. If there is no other alternative, then VOLAR could be a last resort for life support.
We have not produced or tested the VOLAR at this time. If you would like to fund our research and development efforts for VOLAR, please reach out to us via the CONTACT link in the menu bar at the top of the page.
Sometimes the best solutions are the simpler ones though. What if we didn't spread the virus through surfaces that we come in contact with every day? And what if we could do that without lots of soap, hand sanitizer, wipes, or other consumable items?
This is a combination hard wallet and door opener. Each side has a slot for a card (like an ID badge, a credit card, a driver's license, etc.) and the hook can be used to pull open doors or turn lever handles. The small holes are for a key ring or lanyard. The large hole is for a lanyard too, just a wider one. Feel free to download a 3D printable STL file of our handy gizmo below! When printing, place the longest side down on the print bed. The rest of the angles are such that no support material will be needed.
This is a combination hard wallet and door opener. Each side has a slot for a card (like an ID badge, a credit card, a driver's license, etc.) and the hook can be used to pull open doors or turn lever handles. The small holes are for a key ring or lanyard. The large hole is for a lanyard too, just a wider one. Feel free to download a 3D printable STL file of our handy gizmo below! When printing, place the longest side down on the print bed. The rest of the angles are such that no support material will be needed.
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Tired of your ears getting pulled on by the elastic in your mask? Yeah, us too. There's several good designs out there for ear strain relievers, including some on the NIH website here in the US. We tried them and they're...OK. We wanted better than OK...a LOT better!
So we came up with the Basic Universal Mask Puller, or BUMP. This prints quickly with no supports and only weighs a bit over 2 grams (or about the weight of a paperclip) when printed with basic PLA filament. It fits comfortably in the curve of your head and doesn't pull on your hair. Ahhhhhhh!
Help yourself to the STL file with the file download link below!
So we came up with the Basic Universal Mask Puller, or BUMP. This prints quickly with no supports and only weighs a bit over 2 grams (or about the weight of a paperclip) when printed with basic PLA filament. It fits comfortably in the curve of your head and doesn't pull on your hair. Ahhhhhhh!
Help yourself to the STL file with the file download link below!
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Stay safe out there, shelter in place when you must, and don't give up! We can beat this virus if we all work together. Dare mighty things!