2nd Annual DiabetesMine Design Challenge

Amy Tenderich has announced another diabetes design challenge.

Last year Amy wrote an open letter to Steve Jobs. The design company Adaptive Path took up the challenge and created a design concept for a new device called Charmr.

Recently Medgadget (co-host of the competition) reported on some diabetes device design work by Sascha Morawetz.

This year the challenge has two prizes. $1,000 for 18 and over and the same for those under 18. The competition is open until May 26th. Read Amy's blog for full details.

Designers, ask someone you know with diabetes about the devices they use several times a day. The 'design' is close to awful. Some of the newer devices are an improvement, but very small. Look at the market reaction to the UltraMini blood glucose meter, and that's just because it's got a cute shape and is available in colors.

I do hope this year produces some designs that will make it into real devices. I can't wait to watch the entries on YouTube.

Labels: charmr, competition, design

posted by Bernard @ 11:07 AM