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February 25, 2019 Exploring the Amazing

Virtual reality is an exciting new medical implement.

And Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, continues to explore its effectiveness. pioneer new uses--and share their knowledge with the community.

In March 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, hosted the first-ever Virtual Medicine conference, which was nothing short of mind-blowing!

This week, Dr. Brandon Birckhead, Co-Director of the Virtual Medicine Conference, gave us a look inside the event--and a preview of the 2019 edition, which is just about to happen!

Dr. Brandon Birckhead (far right) moderates a "Roundtable for Medical Virtualists" panel during Cedars-Sinai's inaugural "Virtual Medicine" conference

For two days during the inaugural 2018 conference, attendees from 13 countries explored different aspects of the use of VR and AR in medicine.

Just a few of the areas speakers addressed: VR in phobia treatment, pain management and physician training. Here's Cedars-Sinai's link to their videotaped talks.

(We had the honor of covering the conference, which was live-streamed in virtual reality. Here is a link to our coverage.)

With Virtual Medicine 2019 coming up, Dr. Birckhead talked about his experiences planning the inaugural conference, shared some of Cedars-Sinai's research on the use of VR in medicine, and offered a preview of this year's conference.
(UPDATE: Virtual Medicine 2019 has sold out. Here is the link on which the conference was live-streamed last year We haven't yet heard whether it will be live-streamed on March 27th and 28th.)
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

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What the experience of planning Cedars-Sinai's first "Virtual Medicine" Conference was like;

*
A preview of Dr. Birckhead's upcoming talk at the 2019 conference;

*
One application of a VR program in the medical field that may not have occurred to you (but makes perfect sense!);

*
A summary of Cedars-Sinai's recent research findings on the use of VR in pain management;

*
A preview of the sessions scheduled for Cedars-Sinai's 2019 "Virtual Medicine" conference;

*
Dr. Birckhead's favorite takeaways from last year's "Virtual Medicine" conference.

And if you can't attend, but would like to know more, check out the conference webpage on March 27th and 28th! They live-streamed in virtual reality in 2018. While arrangements are still being finalized, there's a chance they might do that again!
12 min
February 25, 2019 Exploring the Amazing

Virtual reality is an exciting new medical implement.

And Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, continues to explore its effectiveness. pioneer new uses--and share their knowledge with the community.

In March 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, hosted the first-ever Virtual Medicine conference, which was nothing short of mind-blowing!

This week, Dr. Brandon Birckhead, Co-Director of the Virtual Medicine Conference, gave us a look inside the event--and a preview of the 2019 edition, which is just about to happen!

Dr. Brandon Birckhead (far right) moderates a "Roundtable for Medical Virtualists" panel during Cedars-Sinai's inaugural "Virtual Medicine" conference

For two days during the inaugural 2018 conference, attendees from 13 countries explored different aspects of the use of VR and AR in medicine.

Just a few of the areas speakers addressed: VR in phobia treatment, pain management and physician training. Here's Cedars-Sinai's link to their videotaped talks.

(We had the honor of covering the conference, which was live-streamed in virtual reality. Here is a link to our coverage.)

With Virtual Medicine 2019 coming up, Dr. Birckhead talked about his experiences planning the inaugural conference, shared some of Cedars-Sinai's research on the use of VR in medicine, and offered a preview of this year's conference.
(UPDATE: Virtual Medicine 2019 has sold out. Here is the link on which the conference was live-streamed last year We haven't yet heard whether it will be live-streamed on March 27th and 28th.)
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
What the experience of planning Cedars-Sinai's first "Virtual Medicine" Conference was like;

*
A preview of Dr. Birckhead's upcoming talk at the 2019 conference;

*
One application of a VR program in the medical field that may not have occurred to you (but makes perfect sense!);

*
A summary of Cedars-Sinai's recent research findings on the use of VR in pain management;

*
A preview of the sessions scheduled for Cedars-Sinai's 2019 "Virtual Medicine" conference;

*
Dr. Birckhead's favorite takeaways from last year's "Virtual Medicine" conference.

And if you can't attend, but would like to know more, check out the conference webpage on March 27th and 28th! They live-streamed in virtual reality in 2018. While arrangements are still being finalized, there's a chance they might do that again!
12 min
February 18, 2019 A “Link” to the Future

San Diego-based educational robotics firm Robolink is looking ahead.

With a sense of fun and play, CEO Hansol Hong keeps coming up with new robotics kits to educate tomorrow's generation of roboticists.

His latest? A robot called "Zumi", which is a female robot and geared towards young girls!

And she's designed to teach her users to code autonomous vehicles through AI!

Routing algorithms, ethics and deep learning are all a part of the skills Zumi teaches.

Zumi's Kickstarter program launched at the start of CES® 2019, and will continue through March 9th. Zumi's Kickstarter program reached its $50,000 goal within the first week, according to their Kickstarter page. At this point, pledges received have more than doubled that goal--and counting.

We've had the pleasure of covering Robolink's previous innovations since the 2015 Orange County Mini Maker Faire.

So far, we've seen the Rokit Smart kit--which enabled future roboticists to build a dozen robots...

...and the CoDrone, a 2016 kit which allowed users to program their own drones in about ten minutes.

As we walked into CES® 2019's Robotics and AI pavilion, Hansol was the first exhibitor we saw, at his Zumi booth. And he was displaying another new award, for his latest creation!

(The CoDrone, in 2016, won a finalist award in CES®' "Last Gadget Standing" competition.)

"How cool is that," was our initial reaction. Even more so, when we learned that the goal is to teach the young creators how to program self-driving vehicles!

Hansol's newest innovation won a "Best of CES® Innovation" 2019 award at the Las Vegas show in January. From the floor of the "Robotics and AI" hall, Hansol shared the story of Robolink's newest robot, his goals for the future and how Zumi works.
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

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What the new educational kit, Zumi, can do for students;

*
Why Zumi is a female robot!;

*
Hansol's experiences with Kickstarter for Zumi, and when the kit will be available;

*
How Hansol and his crew found out about the Innovation Award;

*
How Zumi works, for two different groups of students;

*
The development process which Hansol and his team employ, prior to marketing any robot;

*
What Hansol considers to be the most important lesson he has learned, as an educator and innovator, while creating his robotics kits.

10 min
February 18, 2019 A “Link” to the Future

San Diego-based educational robotics firm Robolink is looking ahead.

With a sense of fun and play, CEO Hansol Hong keeps coming up with new robotics kits to educate tomorrow's generation of roboticists.

His latest? A robot called "Zumi", which is a female robot and geared towards young girls!

And she's designed to teach her users to code autonomous vehicles through AI!

Routing algorithms, ethics and deep learning are all a part of the skills Zumi teaches.

Zumi's Kickstarter program launched at the start of CES® 2019, and will continue through March 9th. Zumi's Kickstarter program reached its $50,000 goal within the first week, according to their Kickstarter page. At this point, pledges received have more than doubled that goal--and counting.

We've had the pleasure of covering Robolink's previous innovations since the 2015 Orange County Mini Maker Faire.

So far, we've seen the Rokit Smart kit--which enabled future roboticists to build a dozen robots...

...and the CoDrone, a 2016 kit which allowed users to program their own drones in about ten minutes.

As we walked into CES® 2019's Robotics and AI pavilion, Hansol was the first exhibitor we saw, at his Zumi booth. And he was displaying another new award, for his latest creation!

(The CoDrone, in 2016, won a finalist award in CES®' "Last Gadget Standing" competition.)

"How cool is that," was our initial reaction. Even more so, when we learned that the goal is to teach the young creators how to program self-driving vehicles!

Hansol's newest innovation won a "Best of CES® Innovation" 2019 award at the Las Vegas show in January. From the floor of the "Robotics and AI" hall, Hansol shared the story of Robolink's newest robot, his goals for the future and how Zumi works.
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
What the new educational kit, Zumi, can do for students;

*
Why Zumi is a female robot!;

*
Hansol's experiences with Kickstarter for Zumi, and when the kit will be available;

*
How Hansol and his crew found out about the Innovation Award;

*
How Zumi works, for two different groups of students;

*
The development process which Hansol and his team employ, prior to marketing any robot;

*
What Hansol considers to be the most important lesson he has learned, as an educator and innovator, while creating his robotics kits.

10 min
February 11, 2019 A Change in the Air

Imagine you're in a shopping mall. You come across an area where you can fly a drone, play a game and save money.

That's CopterWorld CEO and President Thomas L. Register's vision, His goal: to revive brick-and-mortar stores. But more importantly, he wants to get people away from their screens--and having fun interacting with one another once.

Thomas is the inventor of Chopper Shopper: a new concept that allows consumers to fly drones in unused retail spaces. Along the way, they'll be finding bargains--and having fun.

In the Eureka Park® startup area of CES® 2019, Thomas was exhibiting his prototype. Currently, he's in the funding stage for Chopper Shopper.

After CES® 2019, Thomas talked about the experience that led him to create Chopper Shopper, his experience at CES® and his advice for fellow innovators.
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
How Thomas first came up with the concept for CopterWorld;

*
The ways technological advances, plus his work background, led to Chopper Shopper;

*
The steps of his innovator's journey, so far;

*
How Chopper Shopper works;

*
Why Thomas envisions the game as appealing to our competitive spirit;

*
What he most needs, currently, for the next steps with his startup;

*
Thomas's vision for the future;

*
His experience at CES® 2019 (the first time exhibiting!);

*
What Thomas would like to do differently for his next CES® show;

*
A "survival tip" from Thomas's experience for fellow innovators who might be at the start of their creative journeys.

14 min
February 11, 2019 A Change in the Air

Imagine you're in a shopping mall. You come across an area where you can fly a drone, play a game and save money.

That's CopterWorld CEO and President Thomas L. Register's vision, His goal: to revive brick-and-mortar stores. But more importantly, he wants to get people away from their screens--and having fun interacting with one another once.

Thomas is the inventor of Chopper Shopper: a new concept that allows consumers to fly drones in unused retail spaces. Along the way, they'll be finding bargains--and having fun.

In the Eureka Park® startup area of CES® 2019, Thomas was exhibiting his prototype. Currently, he's in the funding stage for Chopper Shopper.

After CES® 2019, Thomas talked about the experience that led him to create Chopper Shopper, his experience at CES® and his advice for fellow innovators.
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
How Thomas first came up with the concept for CopterWorld;

*
The ways technological advances, plus his work background, led to Chopper Shopper;

*
The steps of his innovator's journey, so far;

*
How Chopper Shopper works;

*
Why Thomas envisions the game as appealing to our competitive spirit;

*
What he most needs, currently, for the next steps with his startup;

*
Thomas's vision for the future;

*
His experience at CES® 2019 (the first time exhibiting!);

*
What Thomas would like to do differently for his next CES® show;

*
A "survival tip" from Thomas's experience for fellow innovators who might be at the start of their creative journeys.

14 min
February 04, 2019 Making Limitations Obsolete

Say "prosthetic arm" and what comes to mind? In all probability, something very different from what Unlimited Tomorrow is creating.

This New York-based startup has come up with a way to 3D print robotic arms! This ultralight advanced technology can match the wearer's skin tone and appear much more realistic than some of the prosthetics of the past.

Most importantly, though? Artificial intelligence allows Unlimited Tomorrow's robotic arms to be versatile.

The fingers move. The limb can learn, and perform, a number of tasks. Like those of a natural arm, the prosthetic muscles are responding to the brain.

Meanwhile, haptics provide sensation.

And if the amputee is a child, the robotic arm can "develop" as he or she grows, as opposed to having to be replaced.

Ella Scarchilli, community manager for Unlimited Tomorrow, was on hand in Las Vegas for CES® 2019. At the Eureka Park® startup area, she was exhibiting one of the arms which her organization has created--which is so realistic that it even has replaceable fingernails!

During the week of CES®, Unlimited Tomorrow reached an exciting milestone. They achieved their Indiegogo goal which will allow them to supply 100 amputees with prosthetics, through their "100 Tomorrows" project.

In a post-CES® interview, Ella explained how the revolutionary prosthetic works, shared the story of Unlimited Tomorrow and offered a preview of what's next.
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
How the mechanics work, of these new 3D printed prosthetics;

*
How Unlimited Tomorrow started with a hobbyist maker--and a science fair!

*
What the process is like, for an amputee getting an arm through Unlimited Tomorrow;

*
The next steps in the process, before Unlimited Tomorrow takes its prostheses to market (projected date: January 2020);

*
The plans to develop new prosthetics for growing young wearers (instead of having to completely replace the limb);

*
Where to find Unlimited Tomorrow's open-source software, if you are a maker!;

*
What's happening now for their first "customer", and what's next;

*
How Ella, who is a public-relations professional, first came on board;

*
How to support Unlimited Tomorrow as they continue their research and development

18 min
February 04, 2019 Making Limitations Obsolete

Say "prosthetic arm" and what comes to mind? In all probability, something very different from what Unlimited Tomorrow is creating.

This New York-based startup has come up with a way to 3D print robotic arms! This ultralight advanced technology can match the wearer's skin tone and appear much more realistic than some of the prosthetics of the past.

Most importantly, though? Artificial intelligence allows Unlimited Tomorrow's robotic arms to be versatile.

The fingers move. The limb can learn, and perform, a number of tasks. Like those of a natural arm, the prosthetic muscles are responding to the brain.

Meanwhile, haptics provide sensation.

And if the amputee is a child, the robotic arm can "develop" as he or she grows, as opposed to having to be replaced.

Ella Scarchilli, community manager for Unlimited Tomorrow, was on hand in Las Vegas for CES® 2019. At the Eureka Park® startup area, she was exhibiting one of the arms which her organization has created--which is so realistic that it even has replaceable fingernails!

During the week of CES®, Unlimited Tomorrow reached an exciting milestone. They achieved their Indiegogo goal which will allow them to supply 100 amputees with prosthetics, through their "100 Tomorrows" project.

In a post-CES® interview, Ella explained how the revolutionary prosthetic works, shared the story of Unlimited Tomorrow and offered a preview of what's next.
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
How the mechanics work, of these new 3D printed prosthetics;

*
How Unlimited Tomorrow started with a hobbyist maker--and a science fair!

*
What the process is like, for an amputee getting an arm through Unlimited Tomorrow;

*
The next steps in the process, before Unlimited Tomorrow takes its prostheses to market (projected date: January 2020);

*
The plans to develop new prosthetics for growing young wearers (instead of having to completely replace the limb);

*
Where to find Unlimited Tomorrow's open-source software, if you are a maker!;

*
What's happening now for their first "customer", and what's next;

*
How Ella, who is a public-relations professional, first came on board;

*
How to support Unlimited Tomorrow as they continue their research and development

18 min
January 29, 2019 Healing Vibrations–Literally
The following is for informational purposes only, and is not intended as medical advice. Please contact your healthcare professional with any medical questions.

PainCareLabs CEO Dr. Amy Baxter has found that technology can relieve pain--without drugs.

Specifically, her research has shown that vibrations, plus a sensation of heat or cold, make a big difference.

As a result, she's developed numerous portable drug-free devices. The goal: to empower patients, while relieving pain non-invasively.

Meanwhile, Dr. Baxter, who is both a pediatric emergency physician and a pain researcher, is continuing her research studies. At CES® 2019, she was on site in the Eureka Park® startup area. And she was demonstrating her pain-relief innovations.

Buzzy® is a needle-procedure pain blocker that uses cold and vibration. VibraCool®, according to its website, activates the body's natural nerve-blocking response. It also increases blood flow, to stimulate healing. Currently, approximately 5000 medical facilities are using Buzzy®, and it's being put to use in 29 countries.

What's most exciting, though, is the way Vibracool® and Buzzy® (and now, new device DuoTherm®) are empowering individuals to overcome chronic pain.

Dr. Baxter talked about the circumstances that led her to create her noninvasive pain-relief technologies, shared some of the differences between her findings and the drug-centered way the medical field has traditionally approached pain management--and previewed what's next!
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
How Dr. Baxter's devices work to block pain;

*
How she first came up with the concept behind her VibraCool® and Buzzy® products (and the newest device, DuoTherm®);

*
What her innovator's journey was like, from that "aha!" moment in 2004 to today;

*
Dr. Baxter's background, as a medical professional, and her previous research work;

*
Why vibration works as a potent recovery tool;

*
How we react differently to chronic pain in the United States, as opposed to other countries (and how men and women react differently);

*
Why mental focus can be instrumental in blocking chronic pain;

*
The mindset, behind both art and science, that leads to innovation;

*
Dr. Baxter's vision for the future, with Buzzy, Vibracool, and future research and development.

25 min
January 29, 2019 Healing Vibrations–Literally
The following is for informational purposes only, and is not intended as medical advice. Please contact your healthcare professional with any medical questions.

PainCareLabs CEO Dr. Amy Baxter has found that technology can relieve pain--without drugs.

Specifically, her research has shown that vibrations, plus a sensation of heat or cold, make a big difference.

As a result, she's developed numerous portable drug-free devices. The goal: to empower patients, while relieving pain non-invasively.

Meanwhile, Dr. Baxter, who is both a pediatric emergency physician and a pain researcher, is continuing her research studies. At CES® 2019, she was on site in the Eureka Park® startup area. And she was demonstrating her pain-relief innovations.

Buzzy® is a needle-procedure pain blocker that uses cold and vibration. VibraCool®, according to its website, activates the body's natural nerve-blocking response. It also increases blood flow, to stimulate healing. Currently, approximately 5000 medical facilities are using Buzzy®, and it's being put to use in 29 countries.

What's most exciting, though, is the way Vibracool® and Buzzy® (and now, new device DuoTherm®) are empowering individuals to overcome chronic pain.

Dr. Baxter talked about the circumstances that led her to create her noninvasive pain-relief technologies, shared some of the differences between her findings and the drug-centered way the medical field has traditionally approached pain management--and previewed what's next!
On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear:

*
How Dr. Baxter's devices work to block pain;

*
How she first came up with the concept behind her VibraCool® and Buzzy® products (and the newest device, DuoTherm®);

*
What her innovator's journey was like, from that "aha!" moment in 2004 to today;

*
Dr. Baxter's background, as a medical professional, and her previous research work;

*
Why vibration works as a potent recovery tool;

*
How we react differently to chronic pain in the United States, as opposed to other countries (and how men and women react differently);

*
Why mental focus can be instrumental in blocking chronic pain;

*
The mindset, behind both art and science, that leads to innovation;

*
Dr. Baxter's vision for the future, with Buzzy, Vibracool, and future research and development.

25 min

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