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• Celebrating a Milestone August 31, 2026

  

  “What are you going to do for Show 500?”

  People were asking me that question, as Over Coffee® approached that number of episodes this year.

  The answer was pretty easy. Without our incredible guests, the Over Coffee® podcast wouldn’t exist.

  So, here is both a retrospective, and an update on just a few of the amazing innovators who have starred in our show, over our years of production.

  And a quick note–this is only a sampling, highlighting just some of the amazing creative guests with whom I’ve had the pleasure of speaking, so far.

  As production continued through the summer, a fact quickly became clear: we had more audio than any one episode could comfortably cover.

  Unless, of course, anyone wants to sit through a one-hour-plus episode–but we don’t know anyone with that much time on their hands!

  Accordingly, here is the first installment of Over Coffee®’s 500th episode. More to come, next week!

  Here are links to the resources we mention in this episode:

  Two Bit Circus entertainment incubator/experiential laboratory;

  Robolink educational robotics company;

  VEX Robotics educational robotics leader;

  NASA.gov learning resources (NOTE: this podcast is not, in any way, shape or form, affiliated with, nor endorsed by, NASA);

  Magnitude.io global education technology company;

  National Council of Teachers of Mathematics;

  Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom, by Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager;

  Masterful Creations STEAM Academy;

  Dawson Design Company, student-run small design business at Alexander Dawson School;

  Dawson Problem Bank, created by Alexander Dawson School Director of Academic Innovation and Design Rich Lehrer.

  And, a special “thank you” to the amazing musicians who created the royalty-free tracks you’ll hear throughout this episode! These are from:

  Pond 5;

  Sound Ideas;

  and, Pixabay:

  Music by

  Kulakovna (Tony Vodnik);

  Monume;

  Mykola Sosin;

  Jo Vickers;

  Marc Vittorini;

  Dmitri Koleskov;

  Dmitri Spis;

  Hitslab;

  and

  Imabo,

  via Pixabay

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• Lexilens®: Reading Without “Noise” August 24, 2026

  Over Coffees® is on hiatus as we complete production on a special-edition episode. Please enjoy this reposting of one of our top episodes from earlier this year.

  

  “I wish somehow to contribute to a better world,” says Abeye Co-Founder and CEO Michael Kodochian.

  And a number of students–and adults–would almost certainly agree that that’s exactly what his Lexilens® technology is doing.

  Michael started by inventing patented smart glasses, to help users with dyslexia read more smoothly. These glasses, Michael explains, work as a filter, correcting the brain’s visual processing.

  “It cleans the input (of information you’re reading),” Michael says.

  He is quick to point out that Lexilens® doesn’t increase reading speed, nor distinguish letters.

  What it does, though, is “clear” the input of the text the user reads, to allow them to acquire better reading capabilities. In effect, it can cancel out the “noise” of dyslexia.

  And earlier this year, Abeye began shipping another new visual-processing technology in the U.S.: their Lexilens® LED monitor!

  Expanding ease in reading

  At the time of our conversation in January, Michael had just exhibited the monitor at CES® 2026. The new monitor, he explained, incorporated the Lexilens® technology. Users could comfortably and inconspicuously use the technology for work, school or at home without needing a hardware device.

  Michael mentioned, at the time, that Abeye intended to make the new monitor available in the U.S. by March.

  A quick check of their website shows that the monitor is now available for purchase!

  This is going to continue to change some lives–and the world–for the better.

  Michael shared the story of his smart-eyewear startup Abeye, explained how the technology works, and offered a closer look at some of the results he’s seen, among users of his innovation.

  On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

  • How Michael first became inspired to use his talents, as an engineer and entrepreneur, to build smart eyewear;

  • The early days of his startup, Abeye (and the story behind the name!);

  • The story of Lexilens® (which began with a research finding which, as Michael says, went “almost unnoticed”!);

  • A turning point that showed Michael and his team the value of their technology;

  • What he’s observed, that people don’t necessarily know about dyslexia;

  • A “demo” of Lexilens®, and how it works;

  • A closer look at the new LED monitor,

  • Michael’s vision for the future of Lexilens®;

  • Some of the feedback from users, on their experiences with his innovation.

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