Piezo-electric transducer space technology drive novel insulin pump

Nicole Schmiedel from Braunschweig University of Arts, Germany, has designed an insulin pump as a trendy-looking wristwatch. The insulin pump is electrically autonomous thanks to the use of piezo-electric technology originally developed for European satellites. In space applications they are used for micro-positioning and vibration damping of optics embedded on satellites, such as those incorporated in the MIDAS instrument onboard ESA’s Rosetta comet chaser.