DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » 2009 Innovation Contest http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 20 May 2013 14:11:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= National Insulin Infusion Site Management Week http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/08/national-insulin-infusion-site-management-week.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/08/national-insulin-infusion-site-management-week.html#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:00:31 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=18861 Did you know there is now a National Infusion Site Awareness Week? It’s all part of a new awareness campaign brought to us by Roche Diabetes, coming up from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5.  Publicity stunt by a pump manufacturer?…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/08/national-insulin-infusion-site-management-week.html/feed 6 Design Challenge: Insights from Last Year’s Big Winner http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/03/design-challenge-insights-from-last-years-big-winner.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/03/design-challenge-insights-from-last-years-big-winner.html#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:03 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=14775 I proudly present Samantha Katz as Exhibit A: the graduate student from Northwestern University who (along with project partner Erik Schickli) won last year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge Grand Prize, and was subsequently hired by Medtronic Diabetes to help design their…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/03/design-challenge-insights-from-last-years-big-winner.html/feed 7 Where Are They Now? ‘Log for Life’ Winners of the DiabetesMine Design Challenge http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/where-are-they-now-log-for-life-winners-of-the-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/where-are-they-now-log-for-life-winners-of-the-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:00:46 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10362 Last year, the DiabetesMine Design Challenge was just getting off the ground but we had some amazing contributions! The winner of the Grand Prize was Ethan Mullis, a 25-year-old graphic and UI designer at Gnoso Inc. who was diagnosed with…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/10/where-are-they-now-log-for-life-winners-of-the-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html/feed 8 New Thoughts on Health and Design http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/09/new-thoughts-on-health-and-design.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/09/new-thoughts-on-health-and-design.html#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:00:12 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=10054 First off, let me say that being in Rochester, MN (aka Mayo town), was a very humbling experience.  By big city standards, it’s a tiny town made up mostly of oversized clinical buildings, but turns out to host 138 hotels…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/09/new-thoughts-on-health-and-design.html/feed 8 The Future of CGM? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/07/the-future-of-cgm.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/07/the-future-of-cgm.html#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:10 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=8244 Did I say I was finished reviewing the fabulous submissions in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge? Well I lied, sorry. There’s one more design that came very close to winning that I’d like to share today. Remember how we said…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/07/the-future-of-cgm.html/feed 15 Diabetic + Aesthetic http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/diabetic-aesthetic.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/diabetic-aesthetic.html#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:00:23 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=8241 A final run-through of our 150+ amazing submissions in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge reveals some of the “prettiest” entries — those that obviously come from the world of artful design rather than medical utility. And why shouldn’t more medical…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/diabetic-aesthetic.html/feed 3 Even More Bright Diabetes Ideas: A Little Help from Your Friends http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/even-more-bright-diabetes-ideas-a-little-help-from-your-friends.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/even-more-bright-diabetes-ideas-a-little-help-from-your-friends.html#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:00:52 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=7389 As you know, I’ve been trolling through the copious creative designs we received in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, and today I’d like to take a moment to highlight those focusing on mentoring or community-based games to teach people about…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/even-more-bright-diabetes-ideas-a-little-help-from-your-friends.html/feed 3 All-in-One Diabetes Devices: Where Have They Been? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/all-in-one-diabetes-devices-where-have-they-been.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/all-in-one-diabetes-devices-where-have-they-been.html#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:00:48 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=7471 Nope, these innovative designs for “all-in-one” diabetes devices (everything you need for both glucose testing and insulin injections in one package!) were NOT shown at the ADA Expo this past week.  That’s because they don’t exist yet, except in the…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/all-in-one-diabetes-devices-where-have-they-been.html/feed 10 Much Ado About Safe Diabetic Feet http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/much-ado-about-safe-diabetic-feet.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/much-ado-about-safe-diabetic-feet.html#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:00:12 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=7395 I wanted to note that our runner-up for the DiabetesMine Design Challenge Grand Prize was an item called FootSafe. Please watch the video, which is both compelling and heart-wrenching:     As noted, picking our winner was an extremely difficult…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/much-ado-about-safe-diabetic-feet.html/feed 7 Inventor of the SafeTube: Small Kid with a Big Mind http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/05/inventor-of-the-safetube-small-kid-with-a-big-mind.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/05/inventor-of-the-safetube-small-kid-with-a-big-mind.html#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 18:00:51 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=7504 Meet Griffin Bonner. He’s 13 years old, and in the 7th grade at a private Quaker school in Baltimore, Maryland. He also has Type 1 diabetes. And some very big ideas about how to improve on the products he uses…

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