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    Opinion: As free innovation encounters health care regulation, think ‘soft laws’

    The dizzying stream of free innovation headed our way requires a faster, defter, more predictable approach to regulation.
    by Robert Graboyes and Sara Rogers Sep 12, 2018 2 minutes
    An example of free innovation in health care is the do-it-yourself artificial pancreas, made by connecting an insulin pump (above) with a continuous glucose monitor.

    The concept of free innovation has entered the technology lexicon, particularly when it comes to health care. The term refers to innovations developed in creators’ personal time and unprotected by patent or copyright. Hundreds of examples are visible on platforms like Arduino and Hackaday.

    Free innovation is a variation on the decentralized supply and demand found in traditional markets. As in some other unconventional markets, it’s driven by motives besides the immediate monetary rewards directly attributable to product distribution. (Some indirect monetary rewards,

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