Managing Type 1 Diabetes Is Tricky. Can AI Help?

The week before heading off to college, Harry Emerson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Without the ability to produce insulin, the hormone that transports blood sugar to fuel other cells, he'd need help from medical devices to survive, his doctors told him. Eager to get on with school, Emerson rushed through the process of familiarizing himself with the technology, then went off to university. Because people with type 1 diabetes make very little or no insulin on their own, they need to keep careful track of their blood sugar as it changes throughout the day. They inject insulin when their blood sugar is too high or when it's about to spike after a meal and keep fast-acting carbs ready to eat when it dips too low.