DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » 2011 Innovation Contest http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Sat, 25 May 2013 11:00:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The DiabetesMine Innovation Summit: Call for Input! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/08/the-diabetesmine-innovation-summit-call-for-input.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/08/the-diabetesmine-innovation-summit-call-for-input.html#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:30:11 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=32923 Are you a teen with diabetes with some strong opinions about the best and worst designed tools currently on the market for managing your illness? Tell us what you think! Note that you don’t have to be a teen, but…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/08/the-diabetesmine-innovation-summit-call-for-input.html/feed 9 Grand Prize Winner Pancreum: A Small, Modular Artificial Pancreas http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-pancreum-a-small-modular-artificial-pancreas.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-pancreum-a-small-modular-artificial-pancreas.html#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:00:13 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=30232 The Pancreum closed loop (automated insulin + CGM + glucagon) system that won a Grand Prize in the DiabetesMine Design Challenge this year may look like a pipe dream, but designer Gil DePaula assures us it is “visionary but real.”…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-pancreum-a-small-modular-artificial-pancreas.html/feed 24 Grand Prize Winner diaPETic: Making Human Interaction Count http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-diapetic-making-human-interaction-count.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-diapetic-making-human-interaction-count.html#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:43 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=30152 Emily Allen, winner of one of three Grand Prizes in this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge, does not have diabetes. But boy, does this gal “get it”! This 25-year-old from Bloomington, Indiana, completed her graduate studies in human-computer interaction design at…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-diapetic-making-human-interaction-count.html/feed 5 ANNOUNCING OUR WINNERS: The 2011 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/announcing-our-winners-the-2011-diabetesmine%e2%84%a2-design-challenge.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/announcing-our-winners-the-2011-diabetesmine%e2%84%a2-design-challenge.html#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:00:11 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=29880 A huge thank you and congratulations to all who participated in our 2011 open innovation contest! Yet again we feel this effort is an example of “crowdsourcing” at its best — culling the brightest concepts from across the community to…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/announcing-our-winners-the-2011-diabetesmine%e2%84%a2-design-challenge.html/feed 15 Grand Prize Winner BLOB: Minimizing Insulin Injections http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-blob-minimizing-insulin-injections.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-blob-minimizing-insulin-injections.html#comments Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:00:09 +0000 AllisonN http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=30435 Luciana Urruty is a 26-year-old former textile designer and assistant professor in the School of Design of Uruguay. Yes, she lives in Uruguay and speaks Spanish and a little English. After 5 years of work, Luciana decided to quit the…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/06/grand-prize-winner-blob-minimizing-insulin-injections.html/feed 5 Your Top 10 Picks in the 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/your-top-10-picks-in-the-2011-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/your-top-10-picks-in-the-2011-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 22:48:21 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=29435 The community votes are in! We want to thank everyone for participating; we had nearly 5,000 completed surveys this year. ** Contest Winners Will Be Announced on June 13, 2011 ** What we can tell you now is that in…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/your-top-10-picks-in-the-2011-diabetesmine-design-challenge.html/feed 2 Interview with a VC: Long-Lasting CGM + a GPS for Insulin Takers! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/interview-with-a-vc-long-lasting-cgm-a-gps-for-insulin-takers.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/interview-with-a-vc-long-lasting-cgm-a-gps-for-insulin-takers.html#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 15:45:47 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=29197 John Steuart is Managing Director at Claremont Creek Ventures, a VC firm in Silicon Valley that invests in information technology and life sciences companies. Their tagline is: “We seek passionate entrepreneurs with disruptive technologies who want to change the world.”…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/interview-with-a-vc-long-lasting-cgm-a-gps-for-insulin-takers.html/feed 0 DiabetesMine Design Challenge: Voting Closes Today! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/diabetesmine-design-challenge-voting-closes-today.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/diabetesmine-design-challenge-voting-closes-today.html#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 13:00:40 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=29174 Hi All, Please spread the word today: It’s your last chance to vote in the 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Polls close tonight at 6pm Pacific time. We want to congratulate each of our finalists! From 95 entries this year, our…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/diabetesmine-design-challenge-voting-closes-today.html/feed 0 Gary Scheiner on Turbo-Charging Insulin and Diabetes Tech Education http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/gary-scheiner-on-turbo-charging-insulin-and-diabetes-tech-education.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/gary-scheiner-on-turbo-charging-insulin-and-diabetes-tech-education.html#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 13:00:01 +0000 AllisonN http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=28956 Gary Scheiner is not only a well-known diabetes educator and author of the popular book Think Like a Pancreas, he is also a type 1 diabetic for the past 25 years. He has used every pump and CGM on the…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/gary-scheiner-on-turbo-charging-insulin-and-diabetes-tech-education.html/feed 6 VOTE NOW for Your Fave 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge Finalists! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/vote-now-for-your-fave-2011-diabetesmine-design-challenge-finalists.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2011/05/vote-now-for-your-fave-2011-diabetesmine-design-challenge-finalists.html#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:00:04 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=28446 The day we’ve all been waiting for has arrived: Community Voting is now open on the 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge!! We received 95 amazing entries in this year’s innovation contest. We’re excited to show off the semi-finalists and give you…

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