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Ezra Raises $4M To Bring Annual Memberships for Cancer Screenings

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Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men and the current standard of testing, PSA blood tests are not optimal as PSA  often fluctuate and do not provide an accurate gauge, which ultimately leads to unnecessary and avoidable biopsies.  Launching today is Ezra, a startup that is simplifying cancer detection starting with prostate […]

VR Will Be Fun and Useful But it is Still Far, Far Away From Reality

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I’ve been going to CES with my dad for the last 10 years, seeing almost every gadget, gizmo and widget before they came mainstream. Wearables, VR and AR really only started to garner traction and attention a few years back and while it’s come a long way since, it still has a long way to […]

This is Why Investing in Art is Providing Unparalleled Returns

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If you’re thinking about investing in non-traditional asset classes, fine art should be high on your list of options to explore. Over a span of several decades, fine art’s favorable investment characteristics, such as its ability to act as a store of wealth to hedge against inflation and currency devaluation, have made it an increasingly […]

The Race For Robot Clairvoyance

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This week a Harvard Business School student challenged me to name a startup capable of producing an intelligent robot – TODAY! At first, I did not understand the question, as artificial intelligence (AI) is an implement like any other in a roboticist’s toolbox. The student persisted, she demanded to know if I thought that the […]

This NYC Startup Has Created The Most Immersive Form of Travel Using Drones

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When you get bitten by the travel bug, it’s difficult to balance the desire for adventure with the rigors and schedule your everyday life. That changes with recent Techstars NYC graduate FlyThere, an immersive way to experience the world all through the eyes of a drone. The entertainment company currently has 8 flight locations in Thailand and […]

The New Restaurant Experience: Robot Servers, Cooks And Hostesses

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Rising labor costs and rents worldwide are driving retail establishments toward a mechanical future, potentially leaving 66 million human workers in jeopardy.

This NYC Startup Just Raised Another $25M to Bring a Studio Workout to Your Home

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A popular excuse for not working out is: it’s an inconvenience. Joining a gym is inconvenient and finding the time is difficult. But that’s all destined to change with the creation of MIRROR, the first-ever interactive hardware-enabled home gym that streams live and on-demand fitness classes. Classes are led by NYC’s top fitness instructor and […]

Ice-Bot Cometh: Building Self-Reliant Unmanned Systems

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Last June, a massive dust storm engulfed Mars and immobilized the most famous robots in the galaxy, Opportunity and Curiosity. This is not the first time that Martian dirt has prevented Opportunity from recharging its solar panels. Its creators originally predicted that the planet’s harsh weather conditions would limit the rover’s mission to ninety sols (the […]

Blueprint Power Raises $3.5M to Make Buildings And Their Owners Powerhouses

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Having your building become a virtual power plant sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie, but Blueprint Power is making this a reality. This NYC startup is pushing boundaries using machine learning to manage clean energy resources in buildings. Buildings become autonomous power plants and any surplus energy produced can be sold to existing […]

This NYC Startup Just Raised $1.7M to Prove that the Retail Apocalypse is Not Real

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We’ve all heard the stats and have seen articles that mention how brick-and-mortar stores are coming to an end, but is that actually true? According to PERCH, the experiential marketing platform that uses patented, cutting-edge technology to give items a life of their own, the retail apocalypse is just talk. That’s because in the last […]