Amy Tenderich is a blogger. She’s also a diabetic. The gadgets she needs to live are clunky and outmoded. They look like some basement hacker threw them together with the amazing side effect of keeping someone alive. A purely accidental side effect at that.
In Amy’s open letter to Steve Jobs, she asks him to step up to the plate on behalf of those tethered to medical devices. She makes the case that Apple can make an iPod and enrich the lives of millions—why not an insulin pump? Even if Apple cherry picked one device to soup up with sensible, modern industrial design, it might well revolutionize the medical device industry and the lives of those dependent upon them.
I strongly encourage you to get on the horn and promote her letter. Maybe Apple will change the world—again. Steve Jobs, if you’re listening, here’s your chance to make a mark on the lives of millions more.
