Sensoria is getting into healthcare in a big way. The Seattle smart apparel startup today announced a new spinoff company, Sensoria Health, formed in partnership with Genesis Healthcare, the largest post-acute care provider in the U.S. Sensoria Health will focus on bringing Sensoria’s wearable technology to post-acute care providers and their patients at approximately 450 skilled nursing centers and senior living communities owned by Genesis Healthcare. The technology will used to help patients receive care for rehab, activity monitoring, and fall detection. Genesis Healthcare is funding the new company, Sensoria Health, while Sensoria is providing its IP license and distribution rights… Read More
Somebody at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters is having some fun. Here’s what happens when you ask Alexa to name her favorite NBA or basketball team, as first spotted by SB Nation earlier today. Does this mean Minneapolis is a front runner for Amazon’s HQ2?
Some sneaker companies want me to “Just Do It.” But what if I don’t want to do it? I’m not into it today, it wasn’t fun yesterday, and generally it is not all that rewarding. In fact, it would be nice to eat pizza and watch TV right about now. Brooks Running, the 100-year-old shoe company headquartered near Seattle’s Gas Works Park, thinks there can be joy in it — if we’re talking exercise — and the company’s slogan even encourages customers to “Run Happy.” Can a breakthrough in technology help deliver some of that happiness? I went for a short… Read More
[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every week.] TAYLOR’S TAKE: There’s only one place this week where you can catch a Cardinals game, eat mouth-watering BBQ, go on a Budweiser tour, and attend an awesome sports business conference — St. Louis, of course! I’m on the road this week in St. Louis, where Washington University is hosting the Olin Sports Business Summit. Today I’m helping emcee the event, which invites business and tech leaders from the sports world to speak on stage about the latest innovations… Read More
The Seattle Seahawks have been known in years past as a team that “flies around the field,” thanks mainly to the speed of some their defensive players. One bird of a non-football feather has been taking flight for 13 seasons at CenturyLink Field, and shows no signs of slowing down. GeekWire caught up with Taima the Hawk and his handler David Knutson, a master falconer from Spokane, Wash., on the sidelines before the team’s recent home opener. Taima is an Augur Hawk from Africa, and was hatched in April 2005. The bird, with a wingspan of 4 1/2 feet, has… Read More
