DIALUTION – AN APPLICATION FOR DIABETICS

Who knows more about diabetes than the hundreds of millions of diabetics who want nothing more than for research into the disease to progress?

This application uses crowdsourcing and collective intelligence, and it is a unique method to approach diabetics in a fun and stimulating way where they themselves as players can contribute with their knowledge towards research and a better life for diabetics. In contrast to other diabetes applications, which mostly deal with facts as they are today, this application intends to positively change the facts for diabetics going forward.

DIABETES

Diabetes has become a pandemic, a devastating disease of unprecedented proportions and this is the global situation:

  • In 2021, 10% (537 million) of adults aged 20-79 years had diabetes. This number is predicted to rise to 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045, a 20% and 46% increase, respectively.
  • In 2021, diabetes was responsible for 6.7 million deaths and 33% of all deaths due to diabetes occurred before the age of 60 years.
  • Over 3 in 4 adults with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.
  • In 2021, diabetes caused at least USD 966 billion dollars in health expenditure – a 316% increase over the last 15 years.

THE GAME

We intend to develop an Android and iPhone game application for Smart Phones and Tablets with the objective to reduce the spread of diabetes, teach diabetics how to live with the disease and activate players to help with research towards improved treatments and a cure for diabetes.

INSPIRATION

The application is inspired by Adrien Treuille and the University of Washington’s world revolutionary game method. The application uses the concept PLAY, LEARN, RESEARCH and DISCOVER. This concept is developed by us and when applied to this application the main features are as follows:

HOW IT WORKS

PLAY: The game will be fun, exciting, and entertaining.

LEARN: The game will teach diabetics how to live with the disease. The game will also teach non-diabetics how to maintain a lifestyle which reduces the likelihood of suffering from diabetes in the future.

RESEARCH: The game’s common denominator is that all active players assist in the research for improved treatments and a cure for the disease.

DISCOVER: The objective is for players to work with researchers and discover new forms of improved treatments to make it tolerable to live with diabetes and slow down the disease. The goal is for the research to lead to the discovery of a cure for diabetes.

CONTACT

If you are interested in joining our project and you want to help with the future development of science, please contact us at info@dialution.com.