The Nexibi

Bicycle locks can be a hassle to cart around, which is why we’ve seen ones that double as part of the bike, such as its handlebars, seatpost, pedal and saddle. One of the latest, the Nexibi, is a folding lock that also serves as a rear rack. Created by French startup Nexialiste Normand, the Nexibi features an articulated hardened stainless […]

Learn to Speak Big Data

Like it or not, tech has made its way into every aspect of the business world. At all  levels of operations and from the day-to-day to long-term strategic planning, decisions large and small are made by collecting and analyzing massive amounts of data. It keeps a business on track and it drives innovation as it charts its way toward the […]

Treating Constipation With This Engineered Bacteria)

When it comes to treatments for constipation, the options aren’t plentiful, nor are they always particularly effective. Help may be on the way, however, in the form of genetically-engineered bacteria. Traditionally, people with constipation have been advised to alter their diet, or to try taking probiotics (live bacteria that can help with digestion). According to the Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Purna […]

Managing Illness Through Gamification

Gamification is gaining recognition as a powerful tool for contexts far removed from gaming itself, and the approach has been used for applications as varied as advertising, to recruiting, to rewards programs. Litesprite hopes to expand the gaming approach to a rather important sector: health. Litesprite’s mobile application, Sinasprite, helps patients proactively manage their chronic illnesses, including mental illnesses (anxiety, […]

Fight Opiod Addiction With Game

Earlier this year at the Health 2.0 WinterTech Conference, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Catalyst @ Health 2.0 launched the RWJF Opioid Challenge, an initiative aimed at bringing together healthcare and technology innovators to solve a growing epidemic of addiction in the United States. A panel of 19 judges evaluated 97 initial submissions based on innovation, scalability, and overall […]

Consume This In Zero Gravity

So you’ve scrimped and saved, and your 2038 self and significant other are rocketing off into space for the first time, staying on one of the pricey but luxurious International Space Station-style hotels that orbit the Earth. But how best to celebrate your week away from work and your belligerent robot boss? How about by popping a bottle of the world’s […]

Spending More Money When Ordering Food From Machines

  Self-serve kiosks: Great for McDonald’s bottom line, potentially terrible for your waistline. If you haven’t walked into a fast food restaurant lately, well, congrats on your willpower. But when you do finally succumb to those greasy sirens, you could be in for a shock. In addition to their cashiers, many of the restaurants now boast self-serve kiosks, touchscreen stations […]

Obeying Three Commands At Once?

Google is making Google Assistant a whole lot better. At Google I/O 2018, the company announced a few new changes to Assistant that should help make conversation a lot more natural and conversational. Most recently, on Monday, June 11, the Made by Google Twitter page posted a tweet(that was later deleted) noting that Google Home “can perform up to three […]