Today’s Diabetes Blog Week prompt is on Fantasy Diabetes Devices — which is just up our alley, all course! We’re all in search of the “Holy Grail” tool for diabetes care, whether that’s a dream blood glucose checker, a lancer you don’t feel at all, or a super-charged insulin delivery system…
For me personally, the fantasy device at the top of my wish list would help me better handle the one thing that’s most difficult…
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 help improve life with diabetes.
Jeffrey Brewer, President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), recently stated:
“This contest has created a great deal of buzz within the diabetes industry, really helping to…
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 fashion industry in order to pursue something that gave her more purpose in life.
Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 15, Luciana was inspired when she saw our contest video earlier this year. She…
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 market (he’s currently rocking a Medtronic pump and DexCom CGM) and has also mastered the art of Symlin, another injectable drug used to manage type 1 diabetes.
He’s back as one of our expert judges…
It is with great pride and pleasure that we announce today the formal opening of the 2011 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge, an online competition to encourage creative new tools for improving life with diabetes!
This is our third exciting year having the chance to reward innovation:
Do you have an idea for an innovative new diabetes device or web application? The DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge is your chance to win big, and potentially help transform life with…