Former 2015 NVC Winner Milo Wins $100,000 From NIH

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, issued a research challenge in March 2015 for the creation of a noninvasive, wearable alcohol biosensor. The expectation is that such a device would be useful to researchers who typically have to rely upon self-reported alcohol consumption data--as well as to make consumer wearables that monitor alcohol consumption commonplace.

The second prize of $100,000 went to Santa Barbara, CA-based startup Milo for its wearable blood alcohol sensor that also works with a smartphone and uses disposable cartridges. Finally, honorable mentions went to the color-changing tattoo from BioInk and the transdermal alcohol monitoring system from a Florida International University team.

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By Stacy Lawrence, Fierce Medical Devices