Jerry the Bear: For Kids with Diabetes, a Bear-y Helpful Tool
From: McCormick Magazine - Fall 2012

Understanding how your body reacts to certain foods can be difficult for an
adult, let alone for a four-year-old. Jerry the Bear can help. Created by
Hannah Chung (Mechanical Engineering '12), Iseri, and Malina as Design for
America’s first-ever undertaking, and now owned by Chung and Aaron Horowitz
(combined studies, mechatronics and user interaction design '12), the stuffed
mechatronic bear helps teach children how to manage type 1 diabetes. A screen
on the bear’s belly shows when his glucose level is low; Jerry perks up when
he is fed certain foods or given an insulin shot. He can even make comments
such as "I feel great!" and "You're really good at this!" 

Read this entire article at:
http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/magazine/fall-2012/tale-of-three-companies.html

Related:
Just Start Building: Aaron Horowitz (video 7:28)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vqrhtyh6g