CES 2024 Highlights Part 6 – Easy Sleep Apnea Diagnosis, Macular Degeneration Visual Aid, Stadium Sports Experience Accessibility Enhancement, Care Platform with Self-care Built In
In this episode, join us as we feature innovations from this year’s 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES): a new alternative to ease the sleep apnea diagnostics journey, a VR solution for improving vision with macular degeneration, a stadium-style sports experience for the vision-impaired, and a care platform that helps both care receivers AND their caregivers.
This show (recorded on February 22, 2024) is part of the CES Highlights Series and included the following guests in the order they presented:
Meagan R. Pitcher, Ph.D.,CEO and Co-founder of Bairitone Health, makers of a sleep apnea diagnostics tool that eases the sometimes frustrating pathway to diagnosis. Bairitone offers a missing piece for diagnosing problems in the airway anatomy, a patch instead of the traditional sleep endoscopy procedure, that with passive censoring contributes to better outcomes. Finalist AgeTech Collaborative from AARP AgeTech After Dark Pitch Contest.
Neal Weinstock, CEO for Soliddd Corp, pioneers of a VR device that offers a lighter and more seamless experience for those with macular degeneration. This first generation allows for “filling in areas of the vision field that are otherwise compromised.” The firm hopes to find applications for diagnostics and possibly expansion to other eye diseases – but first things first! Finalist and winner Audience Choice AgeTech Collaborative from AARP AgeTech After Dark Pitch Contest.
Jerred Mace, Co-founder, CEO, and Lead Designer at OneCourt, an innovation that makes live sports more accessible to all by overcoming the challenges of time delay and even nuances with ball movement – to name but two. One Court translates live gameplay data into the spatial arena by giving users real-time experience through haptic vibrational intensity that helps the viewer to “see” and “feel” what’s happening. Winner Consumer Technology Association Foundation Eureka Park accessibility award.
Fritz Desir, Founder and CEO for Proxie Health, a user-friendly healthcare management platform for organizing, coordinating, and managing family’s care needs via centralized information, facilitated communications, and other tools to streamline and achieve important day-to-day tasks. Built upon a foundation of self-responsibility with wellness and health management for YOURSELF first – and then adding family members (and/or care team members) as you move forward. Both predictive and proactive data to improve approaches to your future health management – and that of your aging family members – will be beneficial to families going forward. Winner Judge and Audience Favorite, CTA Foundation Pitch Contest.
Resources
OneCourt by TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/09/onecourts-haptic-mini-field-lets-blind-fans-follow-the-game-by-touch/
OneCourt in Sports Business Journal
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/SB-Blogs/Newsletter-Tech/2024/01/10.aspx
CES Accessibility review includes DreamFace Tech’s robot Ryan
https://www.accessibility.com/blog/ces-2024-unveils-a-range-of-inclusive-tech-innovations-promising-a-new-era-in-accessibility
All great innovations from caring companies!
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