The Alzheimer's Challenge 2012 Announces Winner for Open Source Innovation; $300,000 in Total Prizes
June 20, 2012
The Geoffrey Beene Gives Back Alzheimer’s Initiative (GBGBAI) today announced Ginger.io of Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the winner of the Alzheimer’s Challenge 2012. Ginger.io was awarded $175,000 to help further develop its idea for a behavioral analytics platform using a combination of a mobile phone application and web-based dashboard. Building on the success of this Challenge, GBGBAI is soon set to launch the Geoffrey Beene’s Rock Stars of Science Global Grand Challenge, the second in its series of prize-based Challenge competitions designed in coordination with InnoCentive.