As Over Coffee® counts down to CES® 2019, here’s another of our most popular episodes from the previous show. We can’t wait to see the latest updates, in Las Vegas!
As 2019 begins…
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- In less than a year, there may be a vision-restoring device available to the partially blind in the U.S.
- Computers may get kids more active, as opposed to making them more sedentary.
- And a “smart” system will allow you to grow your fresh vegetables right in your kitchen, even if you’re anything but an expert gardener!
And those are just from our visit to CES® 2018, last January!
As we head for CES® 2019, here are three favorite innovators from our 2018 visit to Eureka Park®, which is CES®’ startup arena. We talked with Tal Lotan, CEO of Israel-based ICI Vision;
And, with Picoo co-founder Iris Soute, from the Netherlands;
and, with Dr. Leung Kwong Wai, founder and CEO of Hong Kong-based Growgreen Limited.
We can’t wait to bring you updates from CES® 2019, happening in Las Vegas from Tuesday, January 8th through Friday, January 11th!
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you’ll hear:
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How the ICI Vision eyewear came into being;
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How the sight-restoring digital eyewear works;
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A projected date, when ICI Vision’s sight-restoring eyewear could be expected to be available in the United States;
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Some of the innovators’ challenges which Tal and his crew overcame to create the sight-restoring eyewear;
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Tal’s vision for “what’s next” after his vision-restoring eyewear is made widely available;
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What Tal learned, as an innovator, through creating and marketing his new device;
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How Picoo works to get kids playing tag and hide-and-seek outside (with technology!);
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What first led Iris and her team to develop Picoo;
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Some of the challenges Iris and her team faced, when bringing Picoo to market;
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How kids react to Picoo during market tests;
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What Iris and her team are looking for, as they make Picoo available;
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Iris’s experience winning a “Best of CES®” award;
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The idea behind Aspara;
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How Aspara works;
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What Dr. Leung has learned, as an innovator, in the process of creating Aspara;
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The design research Dr. Leung and his team were doing, during CES®, to make Aspara appealing to the widest market.