28Feb
27Feb
Sharp vision: New glasses help the legally blind see
The headsets from eSight transmit images from a forward-facing camera to small internal screens — one for each eye — in a way that beams the video into the wearer's peripheral vision. That turns out to be all that some people with limited vision, even legal blindness, need to see things they never could before. That's because many visual impairments degrade central vision while leaving peripheral vision largely intact. Watch now >>
25Feb
Q&A: Premama’s appeal to new moms can be a crucial loyalty play
In the healthcare space, it's a long-held tenet that the female heads-of-household, aka mom, is the primary purchaser of the OTC remedies and balms that cure whatever it is that ails you. So why not capture her loyalty from the beginning? Premama is looking to do just that with a family of products that appeal to women and their spouses as they build a family, from trying to conceive through a successful pregnancy and the subsequent first years of infant care....
23Feb
And The Oscar (on YouTube) Goes To…
For the second year running, Pixability has teamed up with YouTube to analyze how people engage with movie-related content on the platform, in advance of Hollywood rolling out the red carpet for the 2017 Oscars. Read more >>
22Feb
Always a Way to Get to a Smile!
The following post is from Ziad Moukheiber, CEO of Boston Harbor Angels. BUILD A few months ago I started mentoring young students through BUILD, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to ignite the potential of youth from under-resourced communities and propel them to high school, college and career success. At first the task was daunting: getting a bunch of teenagers focused on a topic is a...
21Feb
Space Startups Are Booming in the Mojave Desert
Inside a series of nondescript buildings in the driest desert in North America, an entrepreneurial enclave is chasing the next frontier of commerce. Explosions are routine. The science is complex. Brain power and ambition are high, as is danger. This cluster of 17 young companies at the Mojave Air and Space Port, 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles, is shooting for the moon—and beyond... NASA officials scout Mojave for technology and commercial space partners, and rockets are launched by small companies...
19Feb
These high-tech glasses let the legally blind see
eSight is releasing a new product on Tuesday that helps blind people see. The glasses, which look similar to a VR headset, work for 4 out of 5 legally blind people and the company already has more than a thousand users. Recently, CNBC watched a 9-year-old boy try them on and clearly see for the first time. Read more >>
17Feb
This ‘Star Trek’-like headset helps the legally blind see again
Almost like the VISOR in 'Star Trek,' the eSight 3 lets low vision wearers do almost anything, from reading a menu to playing basketball. Read more >>
17Feb
A device that helps blind people see
These high-tech eSight 3 glasses are helping legally blind people see. The visor-like headset uses high-speed, high-definition cameras to capture what the user is looking at.The device uses algorithms to enhance the video feed, and displays the video through eSight 3’s OLED screens in front of the users’ eyes. Read more >>
15Feb