21Aug
20Aug
Technology gives legally blind Peoria boy a chance to fly
National Aviation Day isn’t a widely celebrated occasion, but it will be unforgettable nonetheless for Ryan Rusk. The 12-year-old sixth grader at Lindbergh Middle School took to the skies Saturday with the help of an emerging technology that promises to have a vast impact on almost all aspects of his life. Rusk is legally blind, but a pair of eSight glasses has restored a significant amount of his vision — enough to take the controls of an airplane as it soared over...
20Aug
St. Peter’s student will receive gift of sight through Visual Bucket List Foundation
What is the cost of giving a little girl the gift of sight? As it turns out, around $10,000. That’s how much a pair of eSight glasses would cost for 7-year-old Remington Hedrick, an upcoming second-grader at St. Peter’s School in Mansfield, glasses that would allow her to recognize her parents’ faces, or sit on the couch with her family during movie nights. Read more >>
16Aug
What Are Investors Looking For?
The following post is from Antonette Ho, Group Operations Manager at Boston Harbor Angels. Original post can be found here >> As fundraising is an area that entrepreneurs often have questions about, the Summer Venture Program invited three investors to share their side of the story. We were privileged to have Natalie Bartlett of General Catalyst/Rough Draft Ventures; Ziad Moukheiber, CEO of...
16Aug
Premama® Designates Today as National Moms Who Pump Day
Premama®, a Rhode Island startup and the first nationwide line of pill-free, natural prenatal supplements is announcing today as "National Moms Who Pump Day" in celebration of moms around the world that pump breast milk for their baby or donation. Read more >>
16Aug
Corbus to Start Phase 3 Anabasum Trial in Scleroderma Patients by Year’s End
Corbus Pharmaceuticals says a Phase 3 clinical trial of anabasum for diffuse cutaneous scleroderma will start in the fourth quarter of 2017, putting the treatment a step closer toward regulatory approval after a Phase 2 trial that improved patients’ disease. Read more >>
16Aug
Episode #190: Emails, Disney new streaming service, eSight 3
Steven, Shaun and Tim talk tech and in particular focus on the eSight glasses that promise to restore sight, Disney's new plan to stream their content on their own streaming service and there's more of your emails discussing Android and the Bible! #RNIBConnect #TechTalk Read more >>
15Aug
Myomo, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2017 Results
Myomo, Inc. (NYSE American: MYO) (“Myomo” or the “Company”), a commercial stage medical robotics company, today reports its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. Read more >>
14Aug
Brisbane boy needs $25k for US trip that could give him whole new outlook
Now the Geoghegan family is hopeful that new technology will allow Max to finally see the big cats at Dreamworld, and everything else he has missed out on, but it is rare and expensive. eSight glasses are available in the United States, Canada and Europe, but not in Australia. They contain a high-quality camera which projects the wearer's view onto two small screens in front of the person's eyes, through a live video feed. Read more >>
12Aug