Today, the first up-close look at one of our 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge winners. Mauro Amoruso was honored with one of three Grand Prizes for his concept called Zero. It’s a combination insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor in a futuristic bracelet format:
Mauro is a 26-year-old freelance professional designer living in Turin, Italy. I spoke to him on the phone yesterday from across the world, with him repeatedly apologizing for his English. No worries…
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AmyT on
March 22, 2010
Many of you may know that the FDA held a two-day Public Hearing on the issue of Glucose Meter Accuracy late last week. Dozens of experts gathered at the Washington DC Hilton/Gaithersburg Hotel to lend testimony.
The issue at hand, according to FDA statements, is that:
“Glucose meters are increasingly being used to achieve tight glycemic control despite the fact that these devices have not been approved for this use. There is currently no consensus…
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AmyT on
August 13, 2009
* Part 3 of a three-part guest series on Diabetes & Exercise*
Diagnosed with Type 1 nine years ago, David Weingard has committed himself to “navigating the challenges of this condition for my health and for the benefit of my family.” He’s a veteran of numerous running events and triathlons (including the infamous Ironman). He’s also committed to supporting the diabetes community by sharing what he’s learned — so much so that he dropped his…
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AmyT on
December 24, 2008
Following on my review of the year in diabetes, I’ve been reflecting on what marked 2008 here at DiabetesMine.com. I realized that 2008 was quite an eventful year over here, both for me personally and news-wise. Here’s a list of some key milestones here at the Mine:
January – I was featured in Newsweek! And we learned that diabetes costs America more than the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and the global war on terrorism combined.…
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December 10, 2008
As many of you know, I’ve taken on Health Design as a platform of advocacy. And it happened almost by accident, when I had the inspiration to pen that Open Letter to Steve Jobs back in April of ’07. It was a tongue-in-cheek call-to-action for the gurus of consumer design to get together with the providers of medical devices and start making them smaller, slicker, more personalizable — in short, more like the iPod.
I’m happy…
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