Age-related eye disease affect over 100 million people worldwide, a number which is expected to double by 2050! Of the diseases, Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in the working age population. Early detection and treatment can prevent 98% of severe visual loss resulting from diabetes. DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company owned…
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Making eye care more accessible
Globally, 246 million people have low vision and 39 million are blind. Incredibly, 80% of ALL visual impairment can be avoided or cured with regular exams and treatment. Sounds easy, but challenges such as access to early eye care, its cost and education are hurdles that many people can not overcome. Ophthalight Digital Solutions’…
Using wearables to improve hospital outcomes
Tractivity is a wearable technology that encourages patients in a hospital to walk more. Studies have shown walking only 400 steps extra a day can help reduce a hospital stay by 24 hours. When faced with competitors like Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin and Apple what is a small tech firm to do? Pivot! We helped Tractivity…
Giving people back their lives
Medtronic is one the worlds largest producers of cardiac and neurological pacing equipment. Imagine your hands shaking so bad that you can not feed yourself, or not being able to stand anymore because your legs are trembling. For Canadians who have have Parkinson’s or Tremors, these are real and everyday events. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)…
Five steps to surviving a panic attack
We have all been there—in the middle of a normal day a thought or an event triggers a panic attack. Sharon Dinur, a Vancouver based Registered Clinical Counselor, suggests five easy steps to moving past the darkness. Talk about it: Contrary to logic, the best thing to do is talk about it with people you trust. You will be amazed how…
The internet of everything: It’s all about power!
For a couple years we have been hearing about how the Internet of Everything is coming. Holding it back, in my opinion, was the power hungry chips that sensors need to send their data wireless. Not any more, Intel now has available an all in one chip the size of a button that does everything…
Six forces that shape a healthcare market entry strategy
From Harvard Business Review, a great read on the six forces that drive healthcare; players, funding, policy, technology, customers and accountability. A few minutes spent with it can help you shape a market entry strategy based in reality! Written in 2006, it is a relevant today as the day it was published. https://hbr.org/2006/05/why-innovation-in-health-care-is-so-hard
Simple and effective motivation to be active
Post CES it is nice to come across a product that is so simple in its execution that you can’t help but to wonder why more companies don’t take similar paths. Tractivity is a simple device that you clip to your shoe to track how much you walk. Sure lots of products do that, but none…
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