DiabetesMine 2010 Design Challenge: Fostering Innovation to Improve Life with Diabetes

DiabetesMine, a leading informational and community web site for people with diabetes, announced kickoff of the 2010 DiabetesMine Design Challenge, a competition designed to foster innovation in diabetes design and encourage creative new tools that will improve life with diabetes.

The 2009 competition garnered over 150 ingenious entries - from multiple non-invasive ways to measure glucose (through the skin, eyes, and even via chewing gum), to a variety of Smartphone applications, to high-tech foot scanners for early detection of diabetic neuropathy. The Grand Prize winner was a system that turns the iPhone into the controller for a combined glucose monitor and insulin pump.

"CHCF is committed to improving the quality of medical care and quality of life for patients with chronic conditions," said Veenu Aulakh, senior program officer for the Foundation's Better Chronic Disease Care program. "We're excited to again support this interactive, web-based design contest that gives innovators the opportunity to take an active role in improving tools for such a prevalent and challenging condition."

This competition is open to any individuals or organizations passionate about diabetes and product design - whether you're an enterprising patient or parent, a startup company, a design student, an independent developer or engineer, or a pharma R&D pro. Entries from participants age 17 and under are also welcome, and will be judged in a separate category.

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