Startups at CES showed that age-tech can help everyone

www.techcrunch.com Age-tech startups at this year’s CES demonstrated the potential breadth of the sector. If tech can help an older person live more comfortably, it can also help out a lot of other people. After all, the usefulness of things like mobility aids, health monitoring platforms and long-term financial planning aren’t limited to the elderly.…

The hot new metric to track in 2022: Sweaty feet

www.mashable.com Withings debuted a new smart scale at CES Monday that can tell you more about your feet than how much weight you put on them every day. Called the Body Scan, it can calculate body composition, and even show where there is fat versus muscle concentration, and take a number of cardiovascular measurements, like…

10 'Yellowjackets' theories keeping us up at night

www.mashable.com If you’ve spent the past few weeks (or days, or hours) catching up on Showtime’s harrowing and addictive Yellowjackets, your mind is probably buzzing with questions leading up to the Jan. 16 finale. As the groundbreaking first season comes to a close, a handful of Yellowjackets theories are gaining momentum, and we need at…

Steering innovation toward the public good

www.techcrunch.com Millennia ago, some unnamed innovator created humanity’s most famous early invention: the wheel. And ever since, the story of transportation has been one of human creativity, innovation, and technology. From e-scooters to spacecraft, technology shapes most human journeys, whether it’s a historic spaceflight or a daily cross-town commute. … Read More