Wheelchair prototype lets users stand

Here are some national health statistics that should frighten you out of your chair: Our western sedentary lifestyle is responsible for an estimated $24 billion in direct medical spending. Physical inactivity is responsible for almost 200,000 or 1 in 10 deaths each year. Diabetes accounts for more than $98 billion in direct and indirect medical…

Imagine running a race and instead of being handed a water bottle, volunteers hand you a clear water bubble. Do you eat it, or drink it? Three design students from London first created a prototype of an edible water bottle in 2014 as an alternative to plastic bottles. Today the product is gaining traction, and its…

I found this interesting. What do you think? Robots have already invaded the operating room in some hospitals, but in Belgium they will soon be taking on the potentially more difficult task — for robots, at least — of greeting patients and giving them directions. The Citadelle regional hospital in Liège and the Damiaan general…

Earlier this spring a group of us from my community in northeast Wisconsin gathered as many innovators as we could from local business organizations and corporations for THINC Innovation. The event was sponsored by Insight On Business Magazine, and I was part of the planning Committee for the Forum. I wanted to share the video…

If you’re a NASA fan, you probably already know what the topography of Mars looks like, thanks to fun tools like Google Mars. Before August of 2012’s historic Mars landing, I played around with it a bit. But nothing compares with the real thing: Panoramic photos of the red planet –the most beautiful photos of…