Our sixth CES 2025 Highlights show, we focused on Femtech in honor of International Women's Day.

Sam introduced Embr Wave, a stylish wristband wearable providing both heating and cooling to manage hot flashes and stress with 200,000 customers reached. $20/month rental for 2 years. AI automation in development. Laura described the Perry app, a platform supporting 60,000 women through perimenopause, with plans to educate healthcare providers. Lena introduced Eli Health's Hormometer currently in beta launching next few months. They will have a subscription service starting at $64/month for saliva-based hormone testing, focusing on cortisol and progesterone, with future plans to include estradiol and testosterone. No blood test, instant lab grade hormone insights from a mobile phone. All three offerings aim to improve women's health across various life stages.

Recorded on March 6, 2025, this episode is part of our CES Highlights Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Sam Shames, Co-Founder and COO, Embr Labs - Embr Wave

Laura Okafor (Crain), Founder and CEO, Perry App

Lena Kozarov, Product Manager, Eli Health - Hormometer

Debbie Howard’s summary of this show.

PRESS:

Embr Labs Embr Wave on Oprah Daily Feb 2025 “Best Wearable for Hot Flashes

Women of Wearables - “200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech (Jan. 29, 2025)

Perry on Health Women - “Menopause got You Down? There’s an App for That” (Apr. 2023)

Laura on Everyday Health - “App Founder Empowers Women to Speak Up about Menopause” (May 2023)

Venture Beat 1-5-25 Eli Health Introduces Hormometer to Test Your Hormones

We Will Cure 2-9-25 with Eli Health and Embr Labs

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LinkedIn Show Post with photos

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

This was our fifth CES 2025 Highlights show. Steve Ewell, CTA Foundation Executive Director spoke about Costin’s CTA Foundation 2025 Innovation Challenge win. Austin Isburgh from Kami Vision introduced their fall detection AI technology, which uses cameras to detect falls and prevent them. The B2C product costs $100 for the camera and $45/month for the subscription, covering up to four cameras. Costin Tuculescu from ONSCREEN discussed their TV-based senior care platform and new Joy tablet app, which simplifies communication and health routines for older adults.

Jared Bendis shared his CES 2025 Rethinking Aging Highlights:

Magic Shields flooring to reduce falls and the damage from them: https://coroyawa.com/
Frenz Brainband: https://frenzband.com/
Intake Breathing: https://www.intakebreathing.com/
Neoplants: https://neoplants.com/
Hypershell: https://hypershell.tech/en-us

Recorded on February 27, 2025, this episode is part of our CES Highlights Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Austin Isburgh, Senior Product Manager, Kami Vision

Kami Vision on The Verge 1-6-25
Kami Vision’s case study

Costin Tuculescu, CEO, ONSCREEN; Consumer Technology Association Foundation Innovation Challenge Award Winner

ONSCREEN Joy iPad announcement
ONSCREEN on VentureBeat

Jared Bendis, CES Tech Reporter, Adjunct Faculty Case Western Reserve University

Jared Bendis 167 TikToks for CES 2025
Jared’s CES 2025 YouTube playlist
Jared Bendis on Cleveland PBS Ideastream Public Media talking about CES 2025

Debbie Howard’s summary of this show.

BoomerTechTalk.com episode page with additional resources related to this show and our speakers.

LinkedIn Show Post with photos

Co-Hosts: Linda Sherman, Debbie Howard and Steve Ewell

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman

Our fourth CES 2025 Highlights featured three great speakers.

Tim Balz from Kalagon introduced smart seating technology to prevent pressure sores, clinically proven to reduce pain and fatigue, and fully reimbursable under Medicare.

Rajeev Ramanath from Blueberry Technology presented BBGo, an autonomous wheelchair initially for airports, achieving 98% satisfaction and reducing personnel-to-vehicle ratios.

Tomek Stomski from Vasco Electronics showcased their translation devices, including earbuds for natural conversation, available in 25 countries, with a focus on healthcare and travel.

Recorded on February 20, 2025, this episode is part of our CES Highlights Series. Speakers are listed in their order of appearance.

Tim Balz, Founder and CEO, Kalogon Smart Seating Technology
AgeTech Collaborative from AARP participant

Recent Kalogon Press:
Kalogon Orbiter Med product received a Time Special Mention
Tim Balz received a Future Leaders Award from Mobility Management

Rajeev Ramanath, Founder and CEO, Blueberry Technology autonomous personal vehicle BBGo

Recent Blueberry Technology Press:
BBGo featured on NBC Bay Area - newsclip video

Tomek (Tomasz) Stomski, Chief Product Officer, Head of People and Culture,
Vasco Electronics - Translator devices supporting travel and health care

Recent Vasco Press
BBC 10-18-24 Translation Tech tackles Health Language Barriers

Conde Nast Traveler Vasco Review

Debbie Howard's summary of this show.

Resources:
Mentioned by Tomek - Business to government (B2G) is the sale and marketing of goods and services to federal, state, or local agencies

6-2-23 Rethinking Aging Club Mobility podcast with Teresa Valenzuela; Spring Adamo from Omeo outdoor terrain wheelchair

The 2025 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards will be broadcast on PBS on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 7/6c.

BoomerTechTalk.com episode page with additional resources related to this show and our speakers.

LinkedIn Show Post with photos

Co-Hosts: Linda Sherman and Debbie Howard

We continue to record new Rethinking Aging Club podcasts live on Thursdays. How to join live.

Please follow both of our podcasts including News for the Ages by Rethinking Aging Club.

We are catching up with publishing historical Rethinking Aging Club podcasts, and hope to be current by the end of March 2025.

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Music: Solemnity written and performed by Richard Sherman