Article in Mashable Tech Big Idea: Jerry the Bear is a robotic
teddy bear that “has” diabetes. Children are able to take care
of Jerry by checking his blood glucose levels, giving him
“insulin shots” and “feeding” him a variety of foods. Why It’s
Working: Targeted specifically to children living with type 1
diabetes, Jerry helps sick kids not only learn about the
procedures that are performed on them daily but also empowers
them to understand the importance of symptom-checking and self-
care. People with type 1 diabetes, a lifelong genetic condition
that prevents the accurate breakdown of glucose in the blood,
rely on a steady amount of insulin to be delivered to their
bodies every day. Since young children cannot manage an insulin
pump, test their own glucose or deliver their own injections,
parents with diabetic children must administer at least 3
finger-sticking blood glucose checks and frequent insulin
injections every day to ensure diabetes is managed. For a five-
year-old child, that’s a lot of boo-boos i