• Ashirase, a Honda incubation, reveals advanced walking assistance system for visually impaired

    Ashirase, a Honda incubation, reveals advanced walking assistance system for visually impaired
    Globally, 225 million people are estimated to suffer from moderate or severe visual impairments, and 49.1 million are blind, according to 2020 data from the Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science journal. A Japanese startup that was incubated at Honda Motor Company’s business creation program hopes to make navigating the world easier and safer for the visually impaired.
    Ashirase, which debuted as the first business venture to come out of Honda’s Ignition program in June, shar
  • Financial firms should leverage machine learning to make anomaly detection easier

    Financial firms should leverage machine learning to make anomaly detection easier
    Bikram Singh ContributorShare on Twitter Bikram Singh is the CEO and co-founder of EZOPS. He has built and managed operational services and technology solutions for banks, hedge funds, asset managers, fund administrators and custodians.Anomaly detection is one of the more difficult and underserved operational areas in the asset-servicing sector of financial institutions. Broadly speaking, a true anomaly is one that deviates from the norm of the expected or the familiar. Anomalies can be the resu
  • Former Iora Health execs raise $13M to guide seniors through Medicare enrollment

    Former Iora Health execs raise $13M to guide seniors through Medicare enrollment
    Employers typically offer three options for healthcare insurance. When it’s time to switch to Medicare, particularly Medicare Advantage, there are over 3,500 plans available nationwide, and an average of 30 plans someone can choose from in their particular area. Connie Health is leading seniors through the Medicare maze, helping whittle down those 3,000 plans into a handful of best choices based on care requirements.
    The company’s three co-founders, Oded Eran, CEO, David Luna, chief
  • How Robots Helped Out After The Surfside Condo Collapse

    How Robots Helped Out After The Surfside Condo Collapse
    Editor's Note: Along with Robin Murphy, the authors of this article include David Merrick, Justin Adams, Jarrett Broder, Austin Bush, Laura Hart, and Rayne Hawkins. This team is with the Florida State University's Disaster Incident Response Team, which was in Surfside for 24 days at the request of Florida US&R Task 1 (Miami Dade Fire Rescue Department). On June 24, 2021, at 1:25AM portions of the 12 story Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida collapsed, killing 98 people an
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