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Post by mnholdem on May 23, 2017 15:25:57 GMT -5
All good points but if I had a 7-year son or a 70-year old dad I would like the accuracy of Bluetooth.
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Post by mango on May 23, 2017 16:21:45 GMT -5
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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 23, 2017 17:00:14 GMT -5
Yes, I'm thinking big and expensive. Small and cheap is probably better for the inhaler.
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Post by mango on May 23, 2017 19:33:10 GMT -5
Yes, I'm thinking big and expensive. Small and cheap is probably better for the inhaler. You obviously have no idea what technologies they are creating and why they are creating them. They created a new 3D printing technology that prints nanomaterials, a self-healing non-invasive monitoring technology that uses gold nano particles that is based on quantum tunneling and is some of the most advanced tech around and it will be cheap to make, and they also have the SNIFF phone which plugs into your iPhone and detects cancers and diseases from your breathe and it is made from intelligent nanoarrays and it will also be cheap. They also have a non-invasive TB skin test which tells you if you have TB within minutes and intent to use it for third world countries. You have no idea how revolutionary this technology is and how cheap it is.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on May 23, 2017 20:03:43 GMT -5
Yes, I'm thinking big and expensive. Small and cheap is probably better for the inhaler. You obviously have no idea what technologies they are creating and why they are creating them. They created a new 3D printing technology that prints nanomaterials, a self-healing non-invasive monitoring technology that uses gold nano particles and is some of the most advanced tech around and it will be cheap to make, and they also have the SNIFF phone which plugs into your iPhone and detects cancers and diseases from your breathe and it is made from intelligent nanoarrays and it will also be cheap. They also have a non-invasive TB skin test which tells you if you have TB within minutes and intent to use it for third world countries. You have no idea how revolutionary this technology is and how cheap it is. Given that 1) I did use the links provided here to read a bit about this guy specifically and 2) while getting my Ph.D. in engineering I was in a lab right next door to some of the pioneers of electromechanical nano systems, and have since had an interest in the area... I think I do have some understanding. 3D printing is not cheap. It is not used for mass production because of it's slow speed and high cost. What is your engineering/manufacturing experience on which you base your assessment of "how cheap it is"? Perhaps you have some experience that would convince me. In general I am unconvinced by claims I've seen tons and tons of times in the past about how cheap something "can be". To an engineer your statement "is some of the most advanced tech around and it will be cheap to make" sounds oxymoronic. A dreamboat inhaler costs pennies to make since it is merely molded plastic. Whether Bluetooth, let alone "nanoarrays", these things would change the production cost by orders of magnitude.
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Post by mnholdem on May 23, 2017 20:46:21 GMT -5
I have a 3D printer and we use it primarily for prototypes, with limited production of some intricate medical components, and 3D is not anywhere as cheap as medical grade plastics. (BTW check out ONVO sometime if you want to invest in a company that generates 3D liver tissue. I have some of their stock).
I'd find it hard to justify a more expensive Blue Tooth inhaler at this time. I'd consider engineering a Blue Tooth attachment to the mouthpiece of the DreamBoat, though, but it would be a multi-year project with testing for approval. Down the road maybe a wireless inhaler may be designed but it probably won't be until Afrezza is approaching blockbuster status and MannKind has plenty of R&D cash to develop it. An inhaler that transmits data could have applications for other Technosphere API that may emerge from the pipeline.
Right now, MannKind needs something fast and cheap. Typing your Afrezza doses into the OneDrop app on your smart phone costs nothing and is likely the path they'll chose to start with, IMO.
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Post by #NoMoreNeedles on May 25, 2017 8:59:43 GMT -5
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Post by boca1girl on May 25, 2017 9:14:24 GMT -5
Easy to understand info provided. Afrezza listed at the top of the list for rapid acting but I was surprised to see that most of the stats are very similar except for duration. Unfortunately Afrezza was not listed under the graph.
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