Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio: Bill Fisher, ColdSnap

Like ice cream?

Rick talks to Bill Fisher of ColdSnap.

ColdSnap, a Boston-based food technology company, made waves in mid-2024 with the launch of its highly anticipated ice cream and frozen confection machine for commercial markets. In its first year of availability, ColdSnap has quickly established itself as a disruptor in the frozen food industry, placing its innovative plug-and-play machines across a wide range of sectors, including commercial offices, stadiums, arenas, convention centers, customer lounges, universities, and senior assisted living facilities.

The company’s groundbreaking technology has already attracted a prestigious roster of clients, including LinkedIn, Tesla, Best Buy, Mastercard, AstraZeneca, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NASCAR, Busch Stadium, TD Garden, Vanguard, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Holiday Inn, Marriott Hotels, Ohio State University, University of South Carolina, University of Utah, Hynes Convention Center and Houston Convention Center.

ColdSnap’s unique system freezes shelf-stable liquid ice cream or beverage mix from a ColdSnap pod, instantly dispensing the frozen treat directly into a bowl. The system requires no cleaning, as food never touches the machine during freezing, mixing, or dispensing. No plumbing or water lines are needed, and the ColdSnap pods don’t require refrigeration, eliminating the cold chain traditionally associated with shipping and storing frozen treats and beverages. This innovative technology is reshaping the frozen food landscape, offering unmatched flavor, convenience, sustainability, and efficiency for businesses and consumers alike.

What’s new for ColdSnap at CES 2025?

ColdSnap is thrilled to reveal several innovative advancements at CES 2025 that are set to further disrupt the frozen food and beverage market. From health-conscious product offerings to a new home user program, ColdSnap continues to push the boundaries of flavor, convenience, technology, and nutrition.

1. Launch of Health-Conscious Frozen Products

ColdSnap is taking a major step forward in 2025 with the introduction of a new line of low-sugar nutritional frozen products. Spearheaded by ColdSnap’s Vice President of Food Science Innovation, Andi Wolfgang, the new product line will combine trendy flavor profiles with natural ingredients designed to promote anti-inflammatory and immune-boosting benefits.

The first product to be unveiled at CES 2025 is ColdSnap’s Passionate Mango Smoothie. This frozen smoothie is made with 100% real fruit and juice, featuring a blend of sweet mango and tart passionfruit, enhanced with turmeric and white pepper for their synergistic anti-inflammatory properties. The result is a naturally sweet, tart, and invigorating treat that is free from added sugars, with just 70 calories per serving.

2. Introduction of Home Early Adopter Program

In addition to its product innovations, ColdSnap is excited to announce the Home Early Adopter Program. For the first time, ColdSnap will offer a limited number of machines certified for home use. These machines will provide early adopters with a unique opportunity to access ColdSnap’s technology in their homes, while also providing valuable feedback that will help inform the company’s future product development.

While ColdSnap’s machines will remain primarily available for commercial use, this early access program offers a select few the chance to experience ColdSnap at home. Full details about the program can be found at www.coldsnap.com/early-adopters-program.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio: Dan Pitkow, Flipper Remote

Great to run into Dan Pitkow, the inventor of the Flipper Remote at CES.

Flipper Remote is an easy-to-use large button universal remote built for elderly, kids, and partially-sighted users.

Dan designed Flipper after our founder to address his father’s Alzheimer’s Disease.  His father was a University of Pennsylvania graduate, and a practicing lawyer for 35 years.  When he was in his late 60’s, he developed Alzheimer’s Disease.  By his early 70’s, he could barely turn on his own television.

He had played golf for nearly all of his life, over 60 years. As he lost the ability to play, he turned to the Golf Channel to watch and listen to the familiar sights and sounds of the game he loved.

But with progressive Alzheimer’s, he could not turn on the TV, let alone navigate over 2000 channels to find to one thing he wanted – The Golf Channel.
Flipper was then and is now, the only specifically designed TV remote control for Alzheimer’s that gets people to their favorite content.

We made Flipper to give that part of his world back to him, and we are proud to see it bring increased independence to other people with low vision, blindness, dementia, and other cognitive or physical challenges.

Great interview and great to catch up with Dan.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio: Andrew Corkill, Vice President, Global Marketing and eCommerce at Targus

Rick talks about Targus with Andrew Corkill this week. Targus with a bunch of new products coming off CES.

Targus EcoSmart Backpacks and other sustainable products that travel well for the sports-minded consumer, and how Targus utilizes recycled plastic, some from the Oceans!

At this year’s show, the industry leader in laptop cases and mobile computing accessories, is celebrating their 40th anniversary with the launch of several new products, including those recognized as a CES 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree, designed to help empower a seamless life and a sustainable future.

Targus will unveil new products under the EcoSmart line, including:

· extended collection of EcoSmart tech accessories

includes three new EcoSmart keyboards)
· Backpack made from Ocean bound plastic

+new Zero Waste Backpacks
· Women’s Collection of laptop cases in various silhouettes

· Laptop bags made for Dell and Lenovo

including a lineup of gaming backpacks

· Plus, the Award-winning MiraLogic Workspace Intelligence System

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 1/7/23 - Fitness Expert Jillian Michaels for iTOUCH Wearables

CES 2023 has wrapped and that means the debut of 100’s of new products.

That includes iTOUCH Wearables– the leading US-based lifestyle tech brand known for producing innovative smartwatches, fitness trackers and fashion-forward tech accessories. They have a new product collaboration with World Renowned Health and Wellness Expert, Jillian Michaels that is being unveiled at CES.

The brand previously announced a multi-year partnership with Michaels in November sharing that they were working with the Wellness Expert to create a limited-edition collection of smartwatches and fitness trackers designed to streamline consumers’ professional, active and social lives while encouraging healthier habits in a user-friendly way. The brand recently announced that they have collaborated with Jillian on an exclusive line of smartwatches and fitness trackers.

She’s here to talk about that and more with Rick.

Michaels has dominated the health and wellness space in every realm of media –apps, podcasting, streaming, television, print, publishing, and social media with a collective community of over 100 million strong.

The Fitness App created by Jillian is the top-rated diet and exercise app for women, having won best-of awards from both Google and Apple. From her hit TV shows, live speaking engagements, eight New York Times bestselling books, and an award-winning podcast— Jillian continues to empower and produce results for millions around the world.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 2/19/22 - Aquil Abdullah, Olympian, First African American Male Team USA Rowing and Hydrow

Rick is joined by former Olympic rower, Aquil Abdullah this week.

He was appearing at CES 2022 at the Hydrow booth.

Have a listen:

Hydrow, the leading and only at-home connected rower that streams the live on-water experience of rowing live to users home had a great area at CES this year.

The booth was equipped with the brands’ category-leading rowers built on patented electromagnetic tech that auto adjusts 240 times per second to mimic the feeling of being on the water. It’s here where I had the opportunity to talk with Abdullah. We talked his career, the Olympics, Hydrow and what he is up to now!

With 3,000+ live and on-demand workouts, you will travel to breathtaking waterways around the world in cities like London, Miami, Boston, Lucerne and more. See firsthand what workouts can look like outside of studio walls.

It’s good for the body and mind. There’s no pounding or jerking. No whirling, bouncing, or spinning furiously… It’s smooth, rhythmic, poetic. The fluid movement of rowing pushes the body and releases the mind. This is a machine that moves with you. You adapt, change, grow… and it grows along with you.

A great talk with Aquil, truly an inspiration to all!