Moving diabetes design forward
Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine has just announced the start of the 2009 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. This year the grand prize is $10,000. So you can improve the state of diabetes design and win some serious prize money.If you need some ideas, Amy's posted videos of last year's competition entry videos.
The competition is open from tomorrow March 2, 2009, to end of day (PST) on May 1st, 2009. Each entry is judged on three criteria: Relevance; Clinical Efficacy; Aesthetics. You can submit a video or a paper describing your idea. Full details are on the entry page for the competition.I know we've got got lots of devices that are efficacious (FDA criteria), but with lousy design. This presents a great opportunity to make life easier for everyone with diabetes.
So think about anything diabetes related that's driving you nuts. Have you some way to fix the problem? Or maybe a completely new idea to make it easier to live with diabetes. I can't wait to see what folks come up with.
Labels: competition, design, diabetes, diabetesmine
posted by Bernard @ 8:16 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Bernard,
Two things. This is Kathy from "mynewislets" and you stated that I had a pancreas transplant. Actually, I had and islet cell transplant. Thanks so much for the discussion here. It is so exciting and so important.
Also, in an earlier post, you mentioned that you had a sore shoulder. It sounds like a frozen shoulder. I have had two of those now, and they are awful. The pain gets much worse before it gets better. Keep moving it as much as you can or you will lose mobility. I eventually had to resort to a cortisone shot when the pain was to severe to sleep well, but that really effected my blood sugars.
Thanks for all you do. This is a wonderful resource.
Kathy
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