The Jetsons had Rosie and now we have jibo

Welcome to CoverAGE #37
A newsletter about global tech and design innovations for the 50+ market.
Meet Jibo, the worlds first family robot. More below

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A2 events:

• Come and hear 12+ startups pitch at Aging2.0’s Pitch Event in San Francisco on 8/14 5:30PM-8:30PM
• The Stanford Center on Longevity, in collaboration with Aging 2.0, announces the second Longevity Student Design Challenge “Enabling Personal Mobility Across the Life Span”. $10K first place. Stay tuned to attend the Kick-Off event on September 23 ‪#‎movedesign
• Want the opportunity to get your startup in front of 600+ older adults at theSuccessful Aging Celebration Sat. 8/16 at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. Limited scholarships are available to exhibit. Please email michelle@aging2.com if interested.

Announcements and Press:

• Meet Jibo! The world’s first family robot from social robotics pioneer Dr. Cynthia Breazeal of MIT. Jibo has raised over $1.2M in less than 2 weeks. Reserve yours today on Indiegogo!
• Lifthero’s Jay Connolly is interviewed by Steve Monroe in The Senior Care Investor
• Aging2.0 featured in Senior Housing News: NPR Spotlights Senior Care Tech Innovation
• Lively featured on the Katie Couric show
• Aging2.0, BrainAid, TrueLink, Lively all mentioned in The Internet of Things for Seniors (Government Health IT)
• CareLinx explains why you should do market research before you build your product
• Can tech support patients & caregivers? Read a report from an expert panel which included Aging2.0’s Katy Fike (National Alliance for Caregiving)
• Check out Stitch Co-Founder Andrew on BloombergTV

Related Industry News:

• Tory Burch has transformed your Fitbit into a chic accessory for evening and daytime
• 5 Cutting-Edge Home Automation Options for Seniors and Retirees
• Link-age Ventuers launches $26M venture capital fund with focus on seniors launches
• Care.com aquires subscription kids’ good startup Citrus Lane in a $48.6M deal(TechCrunch)
• IBM & Apple hope to use partnerships with Epic Systems to build an iOS healthcare software empire.
• Wall Street Journal: The key to detecting Alzheimer’s disease early could be in the eye and sense of smell
• Officials search for 3 days and a drone finds missing man after 20 minutes(Mashable)

Event Highlights. See full list at www.aging2.com/calendar

• Aug 14 | San Francsco, CA: Aging2.0 Pitch Event
• Aug 16 | Palo Alto, CA: Successful Aging Celebration
• Sept 16 | San Francisco, CA: On Lok Conference
• Sept 18 | Berkeley, CA: The Path to a Better Way of Death
• Sept 23 | Stanford: Aging2.0 / Stanford Student Design Chllanege Kick-Off
• Oct 14-15 | SF Bay Area: HealthTech Conference(Discount: AgingHTC14)
• Oct 18-20 | Nashville, TN: LeadingAge Hackfest
• Nov 10-12 | London: Health 2.0 Europe Prices increase July 31. More Info
• Nov 16 | San Francisco, CA: JCCSF – The Art of Financial Well-being Resource Fair
• Noc 15-19 | Taiwan: International Ageing-in-Place Week
• Nov 17-18 | Seattle, WA: AgeTech West (discount code on next newsletter)

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