The brain is an electric organ, and its 86 billion neurons communicate via pulses of electricity. When a voltage change causes one neuron to “fire,” it releases chemicals that trigger voltage changes in connected neurons. The brain’s every operation, from automatic functions like maintaining a heartbeat to cognitive processes such as making sense of these words […]
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The Dull, the Dangerous and the Dirty
This past week, I watched one of my favorite movies “The Good, the Bad and The Ugly.” Inspired by the highly anticipated premier of HBO’s remake of “West World,” (trailer below), I thought about recasting Albert Grimaldi’s 1966 classic in robotic terms — “the dull, the dangerous, and the dirty.” This kernel of an idea […]
The Value of Instagram Story Takeovers
Even though Instagram stories have only been around for 2 weeks, you can already see Snapchat-like behaviors crossing over to Instagram. One of the most beneficial, from a marketing perspective, is account takeovers. If you do not know what a takeover is, it is basically a collaboration where you and another user appear on each […]
Psychic Robots Driving Cars
A few months back, I went to the Mets playoff game at CitiField. Driving home at 12:30 am, I was exhausted, which led me to accidentally turn the wrong way on Amsterdam Avenue. Clearly, my car (via GPS) knew that I had made a mistake, but why wasn’t there some early warning signal like my blindspot […]
Robots to Save Food Crisis
Our global population is devouring food in record numbers, depleting valuable resources at alarming rates. The romantic vision of a family farm is more of a postcard of our nostalgic past. Today, agriculture is big business that relies heavily on data driven technologies and robotics to maximize yield. Mark Bryant is a farmer in Ohio […]
This Year’s MVP is a Robot!
While I was on vacation recently, my son and I watched Will Smith’s thought provoking movie, Concussion. Football has by far the highest concussion rate of all youth and high school sports. According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, in any given season, 20% of high school football players sustain brain injuries (including my nephew). […]
The Entrepreneurial Strategy To Overcoming Depression
It’s no secret that the high-pressure world of business can have some negative effects on our health. Aside from the constant stress that comes with being a successful entrepreneur, there’s the ever-present risk of debt. We’ve all seen it happen – an investment goes awry, your forecasts turn out to be off or a global […]
NYC Startup Noom Has Built The Weight Loss App that Helps to Tip the Scales
Want to lose weight and get healthier? Isn’t that always the promise of every new weight loss program that comes down the pike? What if there was an app for that, complete with input on the foods you eat, an anonymous online support group, coaching and an exercise program, all in one? Noom might just […]
Doctors Use 3D, 4D, and 5D Imaging to Navigate Patients
Surgeons at Houston Methodist hospital are using ‘Plato’s CAVE’ to create virtual patients using 3, 4 and even 5-D imaging. The images can be downloaded on iPads or smartphones and are being used in the operating room during surgery.
Navigating Facebook’s Facelifts-Past, Present and Future
Humans are creatures of habit. No matter how spontaneous you believe yourself to be, psychological evidence proves that habit formation is an essential aspect of our psyche. This isn’t necessarily always a bad thing, either–as Dr. Kelly McGonigal says in Psychology Today, why struggle through something when you can make it automatic? As with anything else […]
How Stress Can Save Your Startup
Stress. It’s a word that we entrepreneurs know all too well. Imagine the things you could do if stress wasn’t in the picture. Maybe you’d have more energy, a clearer mind, less anxiety or more confidence to go after what you wanted. But I’m not buying it. In fact, I’m arguing just the opposite: STRESS […]