The best application of this technology is that the researchers figured out how to add a peripheral device to the shades so that scents can combine with the optical illusion effects to fool the wearer into thinking that the broccoli they are eating is really a big juicy slice of coconut cream pie, or whatever [...]
Posts Tagged "health tech"
23andMe Co-Founder Linda Avey: The Future Of Personal Data Tracking
June 9, 2012 – 8:39 am
The rise of personal analytics is going to bring us much greater clarity on our health decisions. Linda Avey’s new company, Curiosity Inc., hopes to help quantify that data and tell us how to lead healthier lives. By Ariel Schwartz (Senior Editor, Co.Exist) Linda Avey, the co-founder of genetic testing service 23andMe, wasn’t content with [...]
Quantifying The Self Includes Sex, Dating And Disease
December 13, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Leslie Zeigler (Creative Director, Rock Health) Go ahead. Giggle at the article Sexual Activity Tracked by FitBit Shows Up in Google Search Results (discovered by Rock Health mentor Lee Byron). Then reflect for a moment on the huge potential of that data, even just in the world of online dating. Could sites cross-match their [...]
Partner Event: Save 20% On The Health Innovation Summit (January 18-20, 2012 in San Francisco)
December 9, 2011 – 1:05 pm
The Health Innovation Summit brings great digital health solutions to market on January 18-20, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. Learn from experts about needs, opportunities, and stakeholders in the healthcare system, open technical challenges, digital health business models, technology platforms, and how to design great user experiences. Speakers include Linda Avey (Co-Founder, 23andme), Aza Raskin [...]
Health Startups: Opportunities In Pocket Sized Health Care
December 8, 2011 – 10:18 am
By Dr. Pamela Cipriano (Contributor, Disruptive Women in Healthcare) We use smart phones to manage most of our social life — calendars, communications, coupons, you name it. Why not health care? Perhaps you are already taking advantage of some amazing mobile health applications, or wireless monitoring devices that not only take measurements but can also [...]
Patents, Pivots, (Good) People: DNA Guide’s Evolution
July 12, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Alice Rathjen (Founder & President, DNA Guide) My latest company DNA Guide is a physician/patient engagement tool for personal genetic data. We’ve built a full genome browser for the iPad and eventually want to offer an electronic medical record (EMR) solution that uses a person’s DNA for their user account and has a map [...]
Rock Health’s Halle Tecco on Invigorating Health Tech
June 26, 2011 – 12:04 pm
By Emily Goligoski (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Women 2.0 talks with Halle Tecco, founder of health startup seed accelerator Rock Health. The non-profit program selected from 350 applicant ideas for its first class, giving 11 startups sizable grants, mentorship, curriculum, and operational support. Women 2.0: You’ve just set up shop in San Francisco with 11 [...]
U.S. Innovation Challenge: Applying Tech to Save Lives
June 25, 2011 – 11:26 am
By Virgilia K. Singh (Co-Founder, Exhale Health) 12.6 million. No this number doesn’t depict any amount of funding. 12.6 million represents the number of women in the United States who are afflicted by diabetes. That means almost 11% of all women over the age of 20 have diabetes, many times unknowingly. The Challenge Data, Design, [...]
