A trio of Oakland University computer science majors placed at the
MHacks hackathon in Ann Arbor with its diabetes mobile app.
Andrew Clissold, Steven Wiggins and Brandon Powell are the undergrads behind TypeOneTwo. The mobile app helps people who live with diabetes track and analyze their glucose and insulin levels.
"I have been wanting to make an app to help me better track my stuff," says Powell, who also lives with Type 1 diabetes.
The friends built out the app during the MHacks software programming competition at the University of Michigan earlier this fall. The 2-month-old startup placed in the top 10 after the 36-hour hackathon, and set the stage to further develop the app into a business.
"This was something that was fun for all of us and could help other people," Powell says. "It was really a blast. We had so much fun. We just sat down and programmed for 36 hours."
The trio behind TypeOneTwo plans to keep developing the app over this winter and launch it to the public in early 2015.
Source: Brandon Powell, co-founder of TypeOneTwo
Writer: Jon Zemke
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.
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