Ecumen and Mojo Minnesota, co-sponsors of a new design competition to find consumer technology for an aging population, have announced three winners.
Three winners chosen in first AgePower Tech Search competition
Firms are developing new technology for the aging population.
February 5, 2014 at 2:18AM
The inaugural AgePower Tech Search initiative launched in July drew 27 submissions from the United States, Europe and the Middle East. Five finalists were chosen to present their ideas at the AgePower Demo Day on Jan. 21, and three winners were announced Monday.
Each winner will collaborate with Ecumen, one of the country's 20 largest nonprofit senior housing and services organizations, on six-month pilot projects with Ecumen customers and employees. The winners also will work with Mojo Minnesota, an "innovation cooperative" that supports entrepreneurs, in strengthening business strategy and execution.
The winners are:
• ForMyChildren, a Minnesota-California collaboration that seeks to create online technology to allow parents or grandparents to securely share stories, photos, videos, documents, passwords and legal information with spouses, adult children and grandchildren. (www.for mychildren.com)
• GO 2, Wilmington, N.C., aims to commercialize its CV2 wellness product that helps patients increase the velocity of blood flow into and out of lower extremities. (www.goodbloodflow.com)
• Playtabase, Minneapolis, is developing wrist-worn technology to help users interact with electronics through gestures. (www.playtabase.com)
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The funding is expected to give more than 5,000 Minnesotans, especially in rural areas, high-speed broadband access across the state and help at least 139 businesses and 368 farms.
