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Next-gen Robot Vacuum

Unlike traditional robot vacuums, the Matic uses mounted cameras to create a detailed map of your space, for more targeted quick cleanups. And that data is stored on-device, never in the cloud, for security.

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A Custom Baby Bottle

Emulait helps parents whose babies have trouble taking to a bottle with its responsive-flow bottle that mimics the mother’s breast. Users can select from one of five nipple colors and five shapes, or scan their...

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Speeding Up Generative AI

Fireworks’ AI platform’s proprietary technology helps customers scale up and speed up their generative AI efforts. Clients include Quora, which claims its Poe chatbot response rate got three times faster when the question-and-answer site switched...

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Free Healthcare Guidance

Ada Health’s AI-powered app provides fast, free health guidance to users based on their symptoms and risk factors, and backed by clinical data. Available in 148 countries and 11 languages, the platform has more than...

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Engaging Adult Learners

Honor is an adult education platform that aims to make online learning more interactive and effective. It’s already being used by The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, Austin Community College, and...

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A Smart Wheelchair Cushion

Wheelchair users can get potentially life-threatening pressure injuries from sitting too long. To address the issue, Kalogon’s custom-designed smart cushion analyzes pressure points and redistributes weight accordingly.

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A Modern RV

Bingrui Yang rented an RV for the first time during the pandemic. He loved the freedom, but hated the broader experience. “The products on the market are really bad,” he says. “They're clunky to use.”...

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A Steady Surgeon

Surgical robots controlled remotely by medics have been operating for nearly a quarter century. But in April, the Symani surgical system, which uses wristed robotic arms with seven degrees of flexibility, became the first FDA-approved...

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The Toothbrush Zenith

Most electric toothbrushes either oscillate or vibrate. China-based Laifen’s Wave both oscillates (up to 60 degrees) and vibrates (up to 66,000 times per minute). With an app featuring three toggles controlling oscillation range, speed, and...

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AI-powered Bedsore Prevention

Some 2.5 million people in the U.S. develop a pressure injury, or bedsore, in hospitals every year. Bayesian’s platform uses AI to analyze electronic medical records and identify patients at risk of developing pressure ulcers,...

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Supporting Healthcare Workers

Laguna Health, a “conversational intelligence” startup with staff in Tel Aviv and New York, is working to improve telephonic interactions between patients and care managers—typically nurses—who assist patients after they are discharged from the hospital....

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Glowing Flora

By day, the petunias look like normal white flowers. In the evening, they emanate a soft glow that looks like moonlight. It feels like magic but is rooted in science: The startup Light Bio spliced...

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Oven Innovation

Cooker technology hasn’t advanced much in a century: current is passed through a nickel-chromium heating element to generate heat, which is blown around a unit. Enter South Korea’s Graphene Square, which has replaced the heating...

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Reinventing the Stove

Cooktop stoves haven’t changed much in the last 50 years. The Impulse Cooktop from Impulse Labs—founded by former employees from firms including Google, Meta, Apple, and Tesla—innovates with tech. The cooktop is powered by a...

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Easy-To-Add Space

Adding more space to your home can be tough. Whether it’s adding an in-law suite, guest house, gym or yoga studio, or creating a small rental, building an additional dwelling unit (ADU) on your property...

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Practical Play

The creators of the famous Nugget, a modular couch that is attractive enough for the living room but comes apart into pieces made for climbing and fort-building, have created the product’s little sister: an equally...

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