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<blockquote data-quote="fbrady95" data-source="post: 1599567" data-attributes="member: 446892"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>I'm a final year design engineering student at Bournemouth University, and currently working on my main dissertation/project.</p><p></p><p>For the project, I'm working towards designing a "Shock-Mounted Insulin Refrigerator for Overland Travel". I rode my motorcycle to the Sahara this summer, spending days at a time wild camping away from civilisation through both Europe and Morocco, having an incredible time. Having family and friends with diabetes, this made me realise that it must be incredibly difficult, if not impossible for riders with type-1 diabetes to be able to do a similar kind of trip, due to needing to keep their insulin refrigerated, especially in very hot conditions.</p><p></p><p>Therefore, I'd love to hear from any of you that have type-1 and your experiences with dealing with your insulin on any form of long trips. At this point, I'm also looking to gain some form of market scope, as obviously it will be a fairly specialist product and not just a cool box strapped to a bike! </p><p></p><p>My knowledge of the various different forms of insulin and how it is stored is a little hazy, so I'd also appreciate any help with what the most common forms of container are and generally anything!</p><p></p><p>I hope to hear from some of you soon!</p><p></p><p>Fergus</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fbrady95, post: 1599567, member: 446892"] Hi all, I'm a final year design engineering student at Bournemouth University, and currently working on my main dissertation/project. For the project, I'm working towards designing a "Shock-Mounted Insulin Refrigerator for Overland Travel". I rode my motorcycle to the Sahara this summer, spending days at a time wild camping away from civilisation through both Europe and Morocco, having an incredible time. Having family and friends with diabetes, this made me realise that it must be incredibly difficult, if not impossible for riders with type-1 diabetes to be able to do a similar kind of trip, due to needing to keep their insulin refrigerated, especially in very hot conditions. Therefore, I'd love to hear from any of you that have type-1 and your experiences with dealing with your insulin on any form of long trips. At this point, I'm also looking to gain some form of market scope, as obviously it will be a fairly specialist product and not just a cool box strapped to a bike! My knowledge of the various different forms of insulin and how it is stored is a little hazy, so I'd also appreciate any help with what the most common forms of container are and generally anything! I hope to hear from some of you soon! Fergus [/QUOTE]
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