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Yesterday, we posted an analytical review of “Digital Technologies helping elders and seniors.” Here is an interesting development in the filed: Students and faculty at Clemson University have developed two smartphone apps to provide practical, real-world assistance to help people with intellectual disabilities maintain employment and live independently. The ClemsonLIFE […]

Students create smartphone apps to help people who are intellectually ...


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Those of us working in the tech industry may sometimes forget that older people exist since most tech workers are really young, asserts a recent New York Times article (link). Not surprisingly, much of the  consumer technology is designed for young people. However, this is likely to shift with the […]

Startup ideas: Digital Technologies helping elders and seniors


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Entrepreneur and billionaire Elon Musk whose Tesla is planning to design a self-driving version of the green-car leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques gave a warning to attendees at the National Governors Association Summer Meeting on Saturday. At a gathering of US governors this weekend he emphasized he stressed on the […]

Regulate AI before it becomes a danger to humanity : ...



Startup Ideas Green digital startup idea – e-Rickshaws for Bengaluru? The opportunity for startups and the consumer need is clear, especially in a growing metro like Bengaluru. Entrepreneurs will have to design and implement a transportation ecosystem of dealers, financiers, maintenance and electric charging to support individual driver-operators. The Strategic […]

Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 16 July


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Empirical evidence shows that nearly 90% of startups are doomed to fail. However, there is no single reason why startups fail. Some fail due to poor execution, others because the solution is not aligned with the context. And then there is the cultural challenge, as a recent story shows. This […]

Sharing economy is not for every culture: Chinese umbrella startup ...


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Google has acquired Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Halli Labs.  This is Google’s first acquisition in India. The venture was founded this April by Pankaj Gupta, a former senior executive at Stayzilla and Twitter. Halli Labs, according to the company’s website, was working on applying modern machine learning and AI […]

Google acquires Bengaluru-based AI startup Halli Labs



Applications are now open for the fall 2017 Dreamit Health cohort The most recent cohort just presented to more than 200 people at their Demo Day, completed 17 customer immersions in 3 cities over 10 days and conducted more than 120 face-to-face meetings with investors on both coasts. Dreamit Health is the only customer-focused health tech […]

Startup Applications are now open for the fall 2017 Dreamit ...


Fully reconciled data brings corporate travel analytics to a new level for the industry Omaha, NE, (July 7, 2017) – Data Visualization Intelligence, Inc. (DVI) is announcing the official market launch of their Vantage Point solution for corporations looking to improve their travel programs in new and unexpected ways. This […]

Data Visualization Intelligence, Inc. (DVI) Officially Launches Vantage Point


Here is a news roundup from the world of Startups. Startup Ideas Banks eager for Artificial Intelligence, but slow to adopt– some analysts are also beginning to wonder if we have already reached the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” when it comes to AI. What do you think? Tech Founders Around […]

Digital Startup news roundup – Week ending 9 July



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This week we feature the Benguluru based startup Invento, maker of Humanoid Robot.  It is a hardware company based out of Bengaluru that makes humanoid robots used in banks and event management. Invento started operations in October 2016 with a goal to build a “great hardware company” in India that can […]

Startup of the week: Invento, maker of Humanoid Robots