Diabetes is a high maintenance and high stakes disease requiring constant monitoring and precise decision-making. What if we could outsource that workload to a machine? That’s what one couple decided to do. They made a homemade pancreas that eases the burden of diabetes care… and then released the design to the public for free. For more information, go to https://diyps.org/ and https://openaps.org/ or follow #WeAreNotWaiting on twitter, facebook or other social networks. For more stories profiling pioneers of science and tech innovation, subscribe to Freethink at https://www.youtube.com/freethinkmedia Join the Freethink Forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/freethinkforum/ to find more opportunities to get involved, or share news or your own projects. And follow Freethink across other platforms here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freethinkmedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/freethinkmedia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freethinkmedia Website: http://www.freethink.com