[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":305},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-swedish-speed-camera-lottery-healthy-living":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":176,"relatedBooks":304},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":34,"project_category":44,"contact_email_category":45,"yst_prominent_words":46,"class_list":55,"better_featured_image":74,"acf":111,"yoast_meta":120,"_links":123},20673,"2018-06-07T16:49:35","2018-06-07T14:49:35",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?p=20673","2022-05-25T17:46:47","2022-05-25T15:46:47","swedish-speed-camera-lottery-healthy-living","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fswedish-speed-camera-lottery-healthy-living",{"rendered":17},"The Swedish Speed Camera Lottery And Healthy Living",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2018. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Stockholm experimented with rewarding compliance while punishing free-riders: if you drove at or under the speed limit, you would be entered into a lottery where the prize fund came from fines that speeders paid. The so-called speed camera lottery is the perfect solution for facilitating behavior change on the roads. But could social gamification improve healthy living and make healthcare systems more sustainable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Fun Theory Put In Practice\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Kevin Richardson \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.com\u002F2010\u002F12\u002Fswedish-speed-camera-pays-drivers-to-slow-down\u002F\">entered into Volkswagen’s The Fun Theory competition in 2010 with his idea about the speed camera lottery\u003C\u002Fa>. The concept was so powerful that a year later, Stockholm put it to the test temporarily. When your car passed by a specific crossing, a camera snapped a photo of it and measured its speed. \u003Cstrong>If the driver was above the speed limit, a fine was imposed. However, the money was used to enrich a unique fund – the lottery prize for obedient drivers\u003C\u002Fstrong>. If you were not a speeder, you could participate in the lottery, and you had the chance to win some money from those who didn’t follow traffic rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It’s simple and brilliant. \u003Cstrong>Sticks and carrots on an entirely new level. It punishes free-riders and rewards behavior benefiting the entire community through a fun game\u003C\u002Fstrong>. No wonder that Sweden was eager to put the idea to the test. In the trial case, 24,857 cars passed the cameras, and the average speed limit was reduced from 32 km\u002Fh to 25 km\u002Fh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Speed Camera Lottery - The Fun Theory\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FiynzHWwJXaA?start=80&feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How would you imagine the concept in healthcare?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.politico.com\u002Fmorningehealth\u002F\">Politico’s eHealth site\u003C\u002Fa> chose \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FBerci\u002Fstatus\u002F999207605204537344\">the message I tweeted\u003C\u002Fa> a few days ago the eHealth tweet of the day contemplating about speed lottery and its potential place in healthcare. \u003Cstrong>What if a nudge towards healthy lifestyle would mean rewarding the right steps and punishing unhealthy choices?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The idea generated a heated discussion: many expressed their frustration about the possibility of punishing unhealthy lifestyles, many pointed to the question whether lifestyles are a result of choice or circumstances; and how would you draw a line to decide who is “under the limit”. What could be done with addictive substances such as smoking or alcohol?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These are all relevant and thoughtful issues which need careful consideration. However, \u003Cstrong>the basic idea is to draw up a system which rewards healthy lifestyle choices and makes unhealthy living less desirable in a certain way. The latter results, in fact, in severe and lethal illnesses and costs healthcare systems billions of dollars. So, while I beware of using punishments, there must be a way of making healthcare more sustainable.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fwearables.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19025\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fwearables.png 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fwearables-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fwearables-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The cost of unhealthy living\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While it is difficult to measure health and disease in numbers, as they affect the given person as well as the entire community, \u003Cstrong>there are powerful statistics estimating material costs to healthcare systems caused by consequences of unhealthy living. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, look at smoking. Researchers at the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cancer.org\u002Flatest-news\u002Fdiseases-linked-to-smoking-cost-the-world-422-billion-in-health-related-expenses.html\">World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Cancer Society found that\u003C\u002Fa> in 2012, the world spent about $422 billion on health care expenses attributable to smoking. Moreover, healthcare costs are only part of the picture. When healthcare expenses are combined with productivity losses due to illnesses, the total economic impact was $1.436 trillion in 2012. That equals about 1.8% of the world’s annual gross domestic product (GDP). Another \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC4862676\u002F\">study from 2016 detailed that\u003C\u002Fa> in spite of the steady decline of the prevalence of smoking in the US, the total economic cost of the addiction in the US is estimated at more than $300 billion a year. However, a 10% relative reduction in smoking prevalence between a state and the national average in one year was followed by an average $6.3 billion reduction in healthcare expenditure the following year!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although the study has its limitations, and we are only looking at smoking, while alcohol, drug abuse or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Four-laziness-kills-healthcare-technology-helps\u002F\">laziness have similar adverse effects on the sustainability of healthcare\u003C\u002Fa>; it shows the impact that \u003Cstrong>a positive change could cause in terms of benefits for an entire society. \u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The question is how could we arrive at this transformation? \u003C\u002Fstrong>What if we follow the laissez-faire principle and let people completely freely decide whether or not they want to take care of their own health? How do we arrive at a fair healthcare system where members of the community who are living healthily and visit the doctor fewer times do not have to pay extra for people with bad habits causing illnesses? What if we used specific rewards or punishments for a gentle push in the direction of healthy lifestyles and indirectly to sustainable healthcare systems? And what if we let technology lead healthcare on a more sustainable path?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-20674 size-full\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fhealthcare-costs.jpg\" alt=\"healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-20674\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fhealthcare-costs.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fhealthcare-costs-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fhealthcare-costs-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fhealthcare-costs-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Fhealthcare-costs-445x250.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.healthline.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare and the tragedy of the commons\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The well-known game theoretical dilemma shows the conflict of self-interest and the common good. Imagine there is a meadow for a community of ten farmers. Everyone has one cow and lets it graze on the beautiful green field. One farmer decides to put two cows on the area so that he can have more milk and more meat. Everyone else follows his example as everyone wants to have more resources. In the end, the meadow runs out of grass as it cannot fill so many bellies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although that’s the parable for the need of regulations, the parallel fits the problem of unsustainability of healthcare running into conflict with individual choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, what if we still chose the laissez-faire and let people live without any influence on their choices when it comes to lifestyle. \u003Cstrong>Some would argue that humans are rational beings so if they know that something does harm to their bodies, they will change their behavior in the long run without intervention. The effects may take decades or even generations, but change might come naturally\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For example, \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.goldmansachs.com\u002Four-thinking\u002Fpages\u002Fmillennials\u002F\">Goldman Sachs found in their research about millennials\u003C\u002Fa> that they have a different attitude towards health than previous generations. Attitudes towards smoking or (in a less visible extent but also in the case of) drinking changed in the last decades. 69 percent of 12\u003Csup>th\u003C\u002Fsup> graders disapproved in 1998 if an adult smoked one or more packs of cigarettes a day. In 2013, this percentage increased to 83 percent. It is generally visible that they are exercising more, eating smarter and smoking less than the previous generations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fmillennials-health-preferences.jpg\" alt=\"Millennials' Health Preferences\" class=\"wp-image-14916\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fmillennials-health-preferences.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fmillennials-health-preferences-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fmillennials-health-preferences-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fmillennials-health-preferences-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F01\u002Fmillennials-health-preferences-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However\u003Cstrong>, it might not be enough or fast enough for creating sustainable healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>systems\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Without technology and some “nudge” towards a healthy lifestyle, the next or the over next generation coming after millennials might arrive at living a completely healthy lifestyle in the future on average, but that might happen too late. It might come out of necessity –healthcare systems will go bankrupt by that time following the current trajectory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare with its sticks and carrots\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Imagine a scenario where you would be rewarded for living a healthy life while somehow punished if not doing so – all the while considering your own environment, your own personality, your own goals. \u003Cstrong>What if insurance companies motivated people to stay healthy with health technologies indirectly making healthcare more sustainable\u003C\u002Fstrong>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2015-09-03\u002Ffor-health-insurance-startup-oscar-cute-ads-only-go-so-far\">Oscar Health has already done that\u003C\u002Fa> in the US. Their patients get Amazon gift cards as rewards for achieving their daily goals as measured by a Fitbit activity tracker. However, much more could be done, as data about sleep quality, physical activity, stress and blood pressure is pouring on companies like rain. \u003Cstrong>Could that data be used for nudging people to live healthier lives? If the answer is yes, how would you avoid the dystopian scenario where choosing a big steak instead of something more suitable for your customized diet or being too lazy to exercise would mean higher insurance premiums\u003C\u002Fstrong>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-20676\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Ffinancial-benefits-of-healthy-living.jpg\" alt=\"healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-20676\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Ffinancial-benefits-of-healthy-living.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Ffinancial-benefits-of-healthy-living-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Ffinancial-benefits-of-healthy-living-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F06\u002Ffinancial-benefits-of-healthy-living-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>Source: www.simplifiedlife.com\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Imagine that insurance companies can access the data coming from patients’ devices, and they can offer more personalized therapies and plans based on the data. They can reward those people who live a truly healthy life, although people who choose to keep on smoking and not doing exercise supported by an unhealthy diet, would have to pay more to contribute equally to healthcare costs. This way, living an unhealthy life would remain a personal right, but it would also become a luxury to balance out the huge costs they add to the healthcare system. Sounds manageable and fair, right? However, \u003Cstrong>who decides the meaning and “standards” of a healthy lifestyle? What would happen to personal freedom in this scenario\u003C\u002Fstrong>?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Let technology take good care of it?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For 2017, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.idc.com\u002Fgetdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS43598218\">total wearable device shipments reached 115.4 million units\u003C\u002Fa>, up 10.3% from the 104.6 million units shipped in 2016. It is predicted that 245 million wearable devices will be purchased in 2019. And this is just the beginning. Digital tattoos might measure data and notify the user when medical supervision is needed without the user’s active participation. Smart algorithms might browse patients’ health data to discover new correlations and long-term consequences. They might build predictive personal paths based on collected health data for several years ahead. So, what if we let technologies build solutions for making healthcare more sustainable instead of us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Data analytics, health sensors, wearables, narrow artificial intelligence – digital health tools will gather actively and passively so much data about patients and communities that decision-makers might feel the need to base lifestyle choices and the reorganization of healthcare systems entirely on the power of that data. Neutral, objective, quantitative information would mean the basis for recommendations on healthy living. \u003Cstrong>What if algorithms reducing lifestyle questions to simple computational problems told you how to live and how to live well? Would that be the right path to go down for the future?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fworkstation-web-analytics-information-and-development-website-s.jpg\" alt=\"amazing technologies changing dermatology\" class=\"wp-image-16273\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fworkstation-web-analytics-information-and-development-website-s.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fworkstation-web-analytics-information-and-development-website-s-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fworkstation-web-analytics-information-and-development-website-s-512x367.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F09\u002Fworkstation-web-analytics-information-and-development-website-s-348x250.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While The Medical Futurist believes that healthcare could benefit from some form of social gamification, the devil is in the details. We must somehow find the balance between the common good as well as personal freedom to avoid unsustainability of healthcare on the long run all the while keeping people out of a “health-authoritarian” society powered by technologies. How should we do that? The Swedish speed lottery flashed a particular example. Any other ideas out there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspaces, DIY labs and communities for fabricating objects are multiplying at an unimaginable speed. As such spaces, equipped with 3D printers, laser cutters and many other digital tools, are perfect for building health sensors or medical alert systems, The Medical Futurist team had to experiment with it. I cannot be more enthusiastic about both the idea and its realization!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Technology and know-how for everyone\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>I’m curious about how things go today, but I have to warn you that I’m technologically challenged\u003C\u002Fem>, said a member of The Medical Futurist team at the start of our Makerspace workshop. That was the sentence when the organizers’ eyes started to kindle with joy as their ultimate mission is to show how the power of technology is within reach for everyone – and not only those who were able to play music postcards with the help of large potatoes and some wire already when they were five years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While several years ago it was the privilege of tech-savvy researchers to experiment with robots or medical devices behind closed doors, the situation has since changed profoundly. The spread of social media, crowdsourcing and DIY technologies demolished the barriers to know-how and raw materials. This not only paved the way for enthusiastic amateur gadgeteers to make simple devices at home for their own pleasure but also to solve health problems with the power of community and technology within the frames of Makerspaces or DIY laboratories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16910\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmakerspace-tmf-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>From #wearenotwaiting through 3D printing to Makerspaces\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the case of medicine and healthcare, the availability of know-how, raw materials, and an active community not only means the chance for at-home-gadgeteering, but also for working out long-term solutions for serious medical conditions outside of the traditional „ivory tower of medical knowledge”. Our favorite example is the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fliving-with-an-artificial-pancreas\u002F\">#wearenotwaiting Twitter-movement for patients suffering from diabetes\u003C\u002Fa>. The initiator of the community, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fliving-with-an-artificial-pancreas\u002F\">Dana Lewis\u003C\u002Fa>, and her husband built a so-called artificial pancreas at home and started to spread the blueprints and know-how on Twitter to other diabetes patients – without waiting for the approval of the FDA or any other agency. Why? Because it works and patients needed it. Dana had been using the device for almost two years by the time the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bloomberg.com\u002Fnews\u002Farticles\u002F2016-09-28\u002Fartificial-pancreas-approved-by-fda-is-first-such-device-in-u-s\">US Food and Drug Administration finally approved it.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The invention of the 3D printing means another great tool for making people’s lives better outside mainstream medicine. With the help of 3D printers, anyone can create solid three-dimensional objects from a digital file using the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprinting.com\u002Fwhat-is-3d-printing\u002F\">innovative process called additive manufacturing\u003C\u002Fa>. Just look at the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fenablingthefuture.org\u002F\">e-NABLING the Future project\u003C\u002Fa>. As Jennifer Owen, the owner of the website describes its essence, it is basically a global network of passionate volunteers who by sharing 3-D printing designs, video tutorials and other information about building prosthetic hands enable volunteers, doctors or anyone on the field to make a difference by literally “giving a helping hand” to those in need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While digital technologies make the spread of know-how, raw materials and tools possible, the power of community materializes in DIY laboratories, Makerspaces and certainly online.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies.jpg\" alt=\"Medical 3D printing technologies\" class=\"wp-image-13477\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies.jpg 658w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies-512x341.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F07\u002Fmedical_3d_printing_technologies-376x250.jpg 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Maker Movement is flourishing\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The community of „Makers”, individuals crafting objects by themselves with the help of available tools and shared knowledge, has been growing steadily for the last 15-20 years. The launch of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMake_(magazine)\">Make\u003C\u002Fa> magazine in 2005 followed by the first \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmakerfaire.com\u002F\">Maker Faire\u003C\u002Fa> the next year institutionalized the practice. MIT’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ffab.cba.mit.edu\u002F\">FabLabs\u003C\u002Fa> – laboratories to fabricate things – \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcuriositycommons.wordpress.com\u002Fa-brief-history-of-makerspaces\u002F\">exerted a significant influence on the Maker movement\u003C\u002Fa> and on their central venues, the Makerspaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>These are spaces to realize futuristic ideas and the concept of learning-by-doing through 3D-printing, robotics, electronics, woodworking, laser cutting, programming or any of these combinations surrounded by a supportive community. It is ideal for getting students familiarized with science and technology as well as for building the first prototype product for a start-up. The concept of the Makerspace is so successful that larger companies such as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.huffingtonpost.com\u002Fbrit-morin\u002Fwhat-is-the-maker-movemen_b_3201977.html\">GE wanted to be a part of it as well\u003C\u002Fa>. The company started “\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.ge.com\u002Fgarages\u002F\">GE Garages\u003C\u002Fa>,” spaces where makers can come and learn modern ways of prototyping and manufacturing new products using devices like laser cutters and 3D printers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16924\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2-512x342.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Fmaker-movement-2-375x250.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>DIY medical alert systems and insulin pump clips\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspaces are ideal for solving medical issues that are out of sight for mainstream healthcare providers. A website called \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002F\">Hackaday.io\u003C\u002Fa> collecting every kind of DIY solutions presents plenty of ingenious „hacks” – simply clever and\u002For highly technical tackling of everyday problems – connected to the medical field. For example, there is a project aiming to replace highly expensive medical alert systems with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F10441-affordable-medical-alert-system\">an affordable version, a wireless pendant communicating with a base device being able to call emergency services, the user’s family or both\u003C\u002Fa>. Another enthusiastic maker \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F12307-medtronic-minimed-insulin-pump-clip\">created a clip for a friend suffering from diabetes which keeps breaking the Medtronic MiniMed insulin pump clip\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yet another undertaking uses the potential of Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects, to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F12149-an-arduino-based-medical-tricorder\">create a medical tricorder\u003C\u002Fa>. The device is meant to measure important health parameters such as pulse, temperature, respiration rate as well as biomarkers like glucose and cholesterol. This is the dream of every diagnostician, so I hope that the project will be successful very soon! The building of diagnostic tools inspires plenty of other undertakings as well. The team of \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhackaday.io\u002Fproject\u002F2387-hospital-in-a-toilet\">Hospital in a Toilet\u003C\u002Fa> is designing a daily urinalysis device helping e.g. diabetes patients monitor their condition through a different combination of sensors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16915\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002FArduino-Medical-Projects-1-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The possibilities for making stuff are so endless that \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.technologyreview.com\u002Fs\u002F603217\u002Fone-mans-quest-to-hack-his-own-genes\u002F\">Brien Henley already started a quest to „hack” his own genes\u003C\u002Fa>. While such a risky experiment carries a lot of ethical issues, the phenomenon illustrates perfectly how individuals outside the traditional stream of science and healthcare challenge the frontiers of medicine and the conventional ways of providing healthcare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist team in a Makerspace equals health sensors\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Luckily, the Maker Movement reached Central Europe as well: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.makerspace.hu\u002F\">Makerspace Budapest\u003C\u002Fa> organizes workshops for prospective engineers, scientists, thinkers, and creators, while it aims to promote the maker movement too. As its founder, Peter Fuchs said, \u003Cem>the real beauty of a Makerspace is that they can offer something new to everyone.\u003C\u002Fem> If you are a 3D printing guru you might be enthralled with the laser cutter or a CNC sewing machine, if you are an expert programmer who loves IoT devices, you can get lost in the wood or metal workshop to form a working prototype box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In December, The Medical Futurist team decided to get lost in a Makerspace. The story and the endless possibilities intrigued us so much that we just had to go and see for ourselves how things work in such an inspiring environment. Moreover, we thought experimenting with health sensors or 3D printing is an excellent occasion for team building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-16916\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16916\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace-512x321.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-in-makerspace-399x250.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>The Medical Futurist team and Makerspace Budapest’s colleagues in Makerspace Budapest with 3D printers in the background\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspace Budapest organized an awesome day where we had to design health sensors that make patients the point-of-care even on Mars! One of our teams built a sensor with the help of Arduino which is able to measure lung capacity. The pressure sensor, which you can see below, was adjusted to a team member’s known lung capacity result. It was amazing to see that with the guidance of professionals, truly anyone is able to build health sensors and small vital sign monitoring devices. The day-long workshop proved us that anyone can peek into the wonders of science and engineering; and with the right tools, even the wildest ideas come true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-256x512.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16919\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-256x512.jpg 256w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-125x250.jpg 125w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Flung-pressure-sensor.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-256x512.jpg\" alt=\"Makerspace\" class=\"wp-image-16920\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-256x512.jpg 256w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-125x250.jpg 125w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F01\u002Ftmf-phone-case.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The end of the medical world as we know it?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Makerspaces, DIY labs, and digital technologies enable individuals to enter the ivory tower of medicine, which for centuries has only been open for doctors, nurses, medical engineers and healthcare professionals in general. It is a groundbreaking phenomenon since the idea of who can access medical knowledge was intact for centuries. While regulatory agencies have the enormous task to respond to changes in a timely manner, the most important is to react well. As a response to the safety concerns around DIY gene therapies, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that selling such products to consumers is against the law. However, I’m not convinced that stern prohibition could hinder experiments with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.statnews.com\u002F2016\u002F03\u002F14\u002Fcrispr-do-it-yourself\u002F\">DIY CRISPR\u003C\u002Fa> or other risky health projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The FDA should rather make way for the latest tools and initiatives bearing in mind safety and security as well as innovative, patient-friendly solutions. For example, I fully embrace its stance towards 3D printing. In 2017, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb released \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fda.gov\u002FNewsEvents\u002FNewsroom\u002FPressAnnouncements\u002Fucm587547.htm\">a statement\u003C\u002Fa> reaffirming the agency’s commitment to a “\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002F3dprintingindustry.com\u002Fnews\u002Ffda-makes-statement-concerning-future-3d-printing-medicine-125627\u002F\">new era of 3D printing of medical products\u003C\u002Fa>.” The document shows its confidence about the further spread of 3D printing in medicine and healthcare, and it also demonstrates its preparation for the coming developments in synthetic organ production and biomedical additive manufacturing. Thus, I hope the FDA, as well as other regulatory agencies, will adjust their viewpoint so as to include the innovations of Makerspaces and DIY labs into everyday medicine and healthcare as widely as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Because if they don’t do so, patients will find their own way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fthemedicalfuturist.us8.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe?u=5b42ebb547c75ff669a6572d3&id=efd6a3cd08\">\u003Cb>Subscribe To The Medical Futurist℠ Newsletter\u003C\u002Fb>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>News shaping the future of healthcare\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Advice on taking charge of your health\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>Reviews of the latest health technology\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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