Conferences

Boomer Tech Talk reporters have covered HLTH; Consumer Electronic Show (CES); Show Stoppers; Aging in America (now On Aging); Mary Furlong Associates Longevity Innovation Conferences.

CES 2025 Highlights AgeTech Atlanta

CES 2025 Highlights AgeTech Atlanta

By Linda Sherman / March 21, 2025

Our eighth CES 2025 Highlights show. This time we featured AgeTech Atlanta with its co-Founder Jeff Gray and two exhibitors from the AgeTech Pavilion in the Venetian at CES. Our discussions began with an overview of AgeTech Atlanta from Jeff followed with a discussion about AgeTech ventures that don’t make it. Jeff had several very…

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National Nutrition Month with Noosheen Hashemi CEO January AI and Carolyn O’Neil RDN

National Nutrition Month with Noosheen Hashemi CEO January AI and Carolyn O’Neil RDN CES 2025 Highlights

By Linda Sherman / March 15, 2025

This was our Seventh CES 2025 Highlights show. We honored the National Month of Nutrition, National RDN Day and International Women’s Day. Linda met both Carolyn and Noosheen at their excellent CES Nutrition panel. Carolyn O’Neil RDN provided an introduction to the topic of nutrition. She stressed the need for variety, moderation, and balance in…

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FemTech CES 2025 Highlights with Eli Health, Embr Labs, Perry

FemTech CES 2025 Highlights with Eli Health Hormometer, Perry App and Embr Labs Embr Wave for International Women’s Day

By Linda Sherman / March 8, 2025

Our sixth CES 2025 Highlights show, we focused on Femtech in honor of International Women’s Day. Sam introduced Embr Wave, a stylish wristband wearable providing both heating and cooling to manage hot flashes and stress with 200,000 customers reached. The Embr Wave retails for $299 or via a $20/month rental option. AI to predict hot…

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CES 2025 Highlights with Kami Vision, ONSCREEN and Tech Commentator Jared Bendis

CES 2025 Highlights with Kami Vision, ONSCREEN and Tech Commentator Jared Bendis

By Linda Sherman / February 28, 2025

This was our fifth CES 2025 Highlights show. Steve Ewell, CTA Foundation Executive Director spoke about Costin’s CTA Foundation 2025 Innovation Challenge win. Austin Isburgh from Kami Vision introduced their fall detection AI technology, which uses cameras to detect falls and prevent them. The B2C product costs $100 for the camera and $45/month for the…

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CES 2025 Highlights Kalogon Smart Seating, Blueberry Technology BBGo, Vasco Translators

CES 2025 Highlights Kalogon Smart Seating, Blueberry Technology BBGo, Vasco Translators

By Linda Sherman / February 22, 2025

Our fourth CES 2025 Highlights featured three great speakers. Tim Balz from Kalagon introduced smart seating technology to prevent pressure sores, clinically proven to reduce pain and fatigue, and fully reimbursable under Medicare. Rajeev Ramanath from Blueberry Technology presented BBGo, an autonomous wheelchair for airports, achieving 98% satisfaction and reducing personnel-to-vehicle ratios. Tomek Stomski from…

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CES 2025 Highlights Caregiver Friendly Products with Ageless Innovation, Omcare and Threshold

CES 2025 Highlights Caregiver Friendly Products with Ageless Innovation, Ōmcare and Threshold Care

By Linda Sherman / February 7, 2025

Our CES 2025 highlights shows continued with this third episode featuring caregiver-friendly products for aging adults. Ted Fischer from Ageless Innovation discussed their Joy for All brand, which includes robotic pets and games designed to combat loneliness and isolation. They introduced a new game for CES 2025 – Yahtzee Slots. Lisa Lavin from Ōmcare introduced…

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CES 2025 Highlights with Thinkie, eLife and Zinnia

CES 2025 Highlights with Thinkie, eLife and Zinnia

By Linda Sherman / January 31, 2025

This episode continued our CES 2025 Highlights with part 2. Kota Ageiwa of Thinkie Inc. discussed the development and testing of their Android / iOS app, which, with a brain activity sensor, uses neurofeedback to improve cognitive function. Bryce Folsom of eLife Health introduced a system that integrates health information into driver’s licenses for faster…

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CES 2025 Vision Tech Highlights with .lumen, eSight and Lighthouse Guild

CES 2025 Vision Tech Highlights with .lumen, eSight and Lighthouse Guild

By Linda Sherman / January 24, 2025

Our first CES 2025 Highlights show featured three expert Vision Tech speakers. Cornel introduced .lumen, a self-driving headset for the visually impaired, which uses haptics and audio feedback, aiming for a cost of about $10,000. Cornel mentioned a helpful relationship with Nvidia. They were part of the Nvidia Inception program in 2021. “.lumen was included…

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Marketing Tips with Sally Lange, David Cravit and Robin Visser

Marketing Tips with Sally Lange, David Cravit and Robin Visser

By Linda Sherman / December 13, 2024

This is a meaty discussion with actionable tips from excellent speakers. To learn the details please listen to the podcast. We discussed: The need for a consultative approach in selling agetech products and the importance of creating an aging in place marketplace. The importance of combining traditional marketing methods with digital strategies. Segmenting the aging…

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News for the Ages Elder Abuse, Hair Loss Science Progress 11-19-24

Elder Fraud, Hair Loss Science Progress, Engaging with Aging Conf 11-19-24

By Linda Sherman / November 20, 2024

Discussion hosted by Linda Sherman, Ray Gordon and Debbie Howard. Articles are listed in the order they were presented and discussed. Presented by Ellen Khalifa, Habits Coach for Healthspan and Wellspan 10-31-24 They’re Giving Scammers All Their Money. The Kids Can’t Stop Them. By Tara Siegel Bernard In the article: FBI.gov Elder Fraud Report ic3.gov Elder Fraud Report Linda…

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