Author: OurCrowd

[Intuition Robotics in Smithsonian] How will artificial intelligence help the aging?

Mar 27, 2017 |

For the past month or so, a small group of older adults in San Francisco has been learning to engage with a talking device named ElliQ. It’s more desk lamp than archetypal robot—think of the hopping light at the beginning of Pixar movies. But while ElliQ is meant to sit on a table or nightstand, it’s all about movement, or more accurately, body language. Like Siri or Amazon’s Alexa, ElliQ talks. But it also moves, leaning toward the person with whom it’s speaking. It lights up, too, as another means of engagement, and uses volume and sound effects to distinguish its messages. Read more on Smithsonian here....

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[DarioHealth in MobiHealthNews] DarioHealth sees record revenues in 2016, sets sights on global market, reimbursement and big data profits in 2017

Mar 24, 2017 | ,

A year after receiving FDA clearance for their smartphone-connected glucometer, Israel-based DarioHealth is in good shape, reporting record revenues, an increasing user base and big plans to expand with payers, new markets and partnerships to monetize big data. On an earnings call, DarioHealth CEO Erez Raphael told investors the fourth quarter of 2016 “seriously advanced” the company in the United States. After receiving the CE Mark in 2013 for the DarioHealth system – which consists of a pocket-sized device that includes a glucose meter, disposable test strip cartridge, a lancing device and a companion smartphone app – the company moved onto Canada in 2015 and then the United States in 2016, and is now eyeing a global presence. Read more on MobiHealthNews...

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[Intuition Robotics in Bloomberg] Conversational interfaces: The next big tech revolution?

Mar 24, 2017 | ,

The United Nations estimates the number of people over the age of 65 will triple to more than 1.5 billion by the year 2050. Many of the elderly will want to live in their own homes as they get older, so new technologies will be needed to manage their care. Israel-based Intuition Robotics has designed the Elli-Q to help do just that. In an interview with Bloomberg North’s Anthony Lacavera, Dor Skuler, CEO of Intuition Robotics, speaks to the future market growth for Elli-Q and how it will evolve. Watch the video on Bloomberg...

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[WayUp in TechCrunch] WayUp gets $18.5 million more to help college grads find jobs

Mar 23, 2017 |

Originally an internship and job board for college students, WayUp now additionally targets the entry level workforce, a market that they believe is underrepresented. LinkedIn’s job search platform and sites like Indeed are geared towards every career stage. “LinkedIn is built for a much older generation,” according to Liz Wessel, WayUp’s co-founder and CEO. She feels that WayUp makes it easier to search and apply for jobs via their smartphone and touted the site’s efforts to reach job seekers via text message. Read more on TechCrunch...

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