Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 1/25/20 - Amber Leong, Founder of Circadian Optics Light Therapy Lamps

Rick is joined by a great guest this week, Amber Leong founder of Circadian Optics Light Therapy Lamps.

Have a listen:

Circadian Optics is the maker of bright light therapy lamps to mimic daylight.  During winter, daylight is much shorter. These designer lamps allow all to get the light needed at home or at a desk. Science tells us to get enough sleep, take vitamins, drink water and exercise. However, we need sunlight. Getting light at the right time improves mood, boosts energy and regulates sleep. www.CircadianOptics.com

Circadian Rhythm is the body’s natural way of tell you to sleep and rise, triggering important biological processes that help you function best. It is an internal clock to make us alert during the day and sleepy at night. When feeling tired, sluggish, and down, it could be due to normal disruptions to this cycle. With busy schedules that can go until past dark and almost constant screen time, modern lives are full of interruptions that could potentially throw off the sleep/wake cycle.

Bright light influences the body. Too little light in the morning could cause the tired feeling during the day. Too much light at night may make us unable to fall asleep at bedtime.

Light therapy such as Circadian Optics can reset the body’s Circadian Rhythm to help you get a better night’s sleep and feel naturally awake and energized throughout the day. As neuroscientists have discovered, harnessing the power of bright light could provide benefits to the mind and body.

Circadian Optics lamps are an easy and effective way of getting exposure to bright light indoors. They use LED lights to provide bright light while filtering out dangerous UV rays. The best time to use a Circadian Optics lamp is in the morning. Exposure to bright light in the early part of the day stimulates receptors in your eyes and sets your body clock for the day. Morning light is most effective in helping be awake, alert and energetic during the day.

Amber even made a recent appearance on Shark Tank, where she got a deal.

More on that when you listen to the segment!

Amber Leong grew up poor without indoor plumbing in Malaysia. Her parents cashed out their retirement account and took every dollar they had plus borrowing from family to send her to school in Minnesota. During her first semester in college, she was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with toxic shock syndrome. Given a 50/50 change of survival, she did survive and then dedicated her life to making a different for others. Circadian Optics light therapy lamps were born in a dark office during a long Minnesota winter. Amber had trouble concentrating due to the lack of light. She tried light therapy and realized that there was a way to design a better looking lamp. Amber recently pitched Circadian Optics on ABC-TV’s “Shark Tank.”

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 1/17/20 - Dr. Oz on Sleep

Rick talks to Dr. Oz about sleep this week on iHeartRadio.

Mehmet Oz, known across America for his long-running TV show, is also an attending physician at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center. He emphasized the importance of sleep data, speaking at the Digital Health Summit as part of CES 2020 in Las Vegas.

This interview was conducted at the SleepScore Labs booth at CES.

He said that one-third of Americans sleep less than recommended seven hours a day, and the sleep deprivation was associated with the incidence of diabetes or hypertension prognostic symptoms and obesity.
Rick talks to Dr. Oz about that and other health and sleep topics.

If people have a good night’s sleep, they can manage hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Still, it is challenging to tackle the sleep disorder, he said. Doctors cannot record sleep data directly while a patient was asleep, which makes it difficult to earn accurate sleep data, he added.

It's tough in our fast-paces society.

Oz partnered up with ResMed, a sleep solution company, to establish a joint venture, SleepScore Labs, and built a new approach to collect accurate sleep data.

Participating in CES 2020, SleepScore Lab said the company uses what it calls the world’s most accurate, non-contact sleep monitoring technology to track and record a user’s sleep pattern. By measuring millions of hours of sleep, a physician can selectively check a patient’s sleep hours and how long the patient tossed and turned. Data will show whether a patient had a quality sleep or a poor one.

A fun and informative interview with Dr. Oz.

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 1/3/20 - Director of Digital Media at AEG Global Partnerships

What is the state of sports in this country?

Matt Lawler, director of digital media at AEG Global Partnerships, is at the head of this. He will be speaking on the panel “The State of Sports Analytics” on Thursday, January 9 at CES. He joins Rick here to talk.

Have a listen:

Matt is responsible for leveraging digital assets and creating massive brand partnership opportunities across professional sports teams (LA Kings, LA Galaxy), hundreds of venues (STAPLES Center, Dignity Health Sports Park) and thousands of live events each year including The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Stagecoach and many more.

Topics:

How advances in technology and data tracking are allowing teams and events to understand their fans to a greater degree.
How to make sure to capture meaningful data before, after and during an event.
The importance of sponsorship analytics: how analytics can create more effective partnership campaigns.
How analytic strategies are driving the future of sporting ticket sales through an improved fan experience, maximizing revenue and overall increased attendance.
Etc.
 
With millions of dollars invested in AEG, Matt is integrating cutting-edge digital capabilities into strategic media and marketing campaigns, engaging communities and building partner and fan-generated content.

Matt Lawler is the director of digital media for the Global Partnerships division of AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company. Acting as an internal agency for AEG, Global Partnerships oversees worldwide sponsorship sales and activation for over 135 world-class platforms across five continents and numerous other assets, including venues, sports franchises, events, tours, festivals and digital content among other AEG holdings. In 2017, AEG Global Partnerships managed $2 billion in contractually obligated income across its global assets and was responsible for generating $525 million in annual revenue.

Within AEG Global Partnerships, the company’s most profitable division, Lawler is responsible for the execution of strategic digital media initiatives, including the development and management of digital and social marketing campaigns, engaged communities and engaging partner and fan-generated content. As part of these efforts, Lawler concentrates on monetizing digital capabilities and integrating them into the larger Global Partnerships business strategy. He also works alongside the strategy and analytics teams to ensure that sales and activation teams across AEG Facilities, Presents, and Sports are using the company’s digital facets to drive and enhance value for all partners.

Prior to joining AEG Global Partnerships, Lawler served as vice president and group director of social for media agency Canvas Worldwide. While there, he was responsible for developing connected technology solutions for clients across a range of industries, including retail, entertainment, non-profit, and automotive. Lawler also managed a social media-spend budget of $35 million and spearheaded business development efforts that lead to a 20 percent increase in the agency’s annual media-spend budget.

Previously, Lawler served as social media account director at Initiative, a global communications agency, where he led a team in the execution of social media strategy across clients’ paid, owned and earned media channels. Lawler worked with clients such as Kia and Hyundai, and oversaw social production elements for major international events, including MTV’s Video Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Vidcon, Super Bowl, NBA Finals and more.

Throughout his career, Lawler has been a part of teams that were recognized for their creative achievements. While at Initiative, he was a critical part of the implementation and distribution strategy for the Kia Nirobot, the first chat bot developed for an automotive brand in the U.S. The service went on to win a Shorty Award with Gold distinction in 2017.He also was an instrumental part of the Initiative team that developed Kia’s “Best Day of Your Life” Tumblr post, which was recognized by AdWeek as one of the top 25 sponsored brand posts on Tumblr in 2015.

Lawler attended the University of Pennsylvania where he was a member of the Penn Quakers basketball team and achieved a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, political science, and economics. He also holds an MBA from the University of Southern California. Lawler currently lives in Pasadena with his wife and daughter.

Limpert Tech on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 1/5/19 - CES 2019 Preview

The Consumer Electronics Show, CES is the largest tradeshow and convention in the world.

It all happens this coming week in Las Vegas.

CES is the world's gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace.

Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), it attracts the world's business leaders and pioneering thinkers.

 

Rick is here to give a preview of what may be hot at CES 2019, so have a listen:

1.  CES by the numbers... the numbers are staggering

 

2.  Tech for the Aging Population

Health gadgets aren’t just for the young. The elderly population is a growing business opportunity, and the category of “aging tech” now includes everything from smart hearing aids to connected toolkits for relatives with dementia. It’s an important area with plenty of problems to solve, but some of the biggest problems with caretaking are social, and the highest-tech gadget won’t do a thing if your grandmother refuses to use it.

Everyone grows old, but Americans are growing older more quickly. The number of Americans over 65 will double by 2060, according to a 2016 report by the Population Research Bureau, and the elderly are living longer, too. According to the Society of Actuaries, if a woman on a pension plan lives past 65, she will, on average, live to be 87.6 years; for men, that number is 85.6 years. “There are already risk managers and insurance people telling people out there to plan to live to 95,” says Laurie Orlov, the founder of Aging in Place Technology Watch. There is a place for technology here, though perhaps some of these companies haven’t thought through their concepts quite enough.

There will alert products at CES. Products also to prevent falls, medical issues, taking medication and more.

3. 8K TVs

4K and HDR tech are pretty much standard. Smart TVs, always a hot topic at CES, are still a mess of irrelevance since the TV is always secondary to the sticks, dongles, and boxes we connect to them, and creating smarts where it counts. One thing that consumers will always understand, though, is more pixels.

And that's why we're going to hear a lot about 8K at CES 2019. Let's be real: A TV with 7,680 x 4,320 resolution is a visual absurdity — there's no way you'd come close to seeing individual pixels at anything resembling a normal viewing distance.

4. Tech for Improving your Health 

This may be the CES to attend to stay healthy.

Sleep technology, for example, encompasses everything from mattresses to white noise devices to dedicated sleep wearables. Air purifiers are embracing smart tech and new form factors to convince more people to make them part of their lives. Technology for improving your health is changing from specialized medical devices for specific conditions to consumer lifestyle products everyone can benefit from, one category at a time.

5.  5G

5G is already here (Verizon and AT&T both have — extremely limited — active networks), but we're still weeks if not months away from smartphones that can take advantage of them. And even when those phones arrive, the transition isn't as simple as turning on a 5G modem.

Nonetheless, 2019 is poised to become the Year of 5G, and they hype train begins at CES, at least as far as consumers are concerned. If all goes well, CES 2019 will show the world what 5G will do for us besides just giving us faster smartphones. More secure smart-home devices, battery-operated remote sensors, and reliable tele-health apps.

6. Non traditional companies at CES

Insurance companies like Allstate

The Girl Scouts

Robots

Automotive companies

Apparel companies

Adult oriented companies

Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on Radio 105.7 - CES Health and Wellness Tech

Rick is still recovering from CES. In between all the consumer tech, Rick was able to check out some health and wellness and even some cosmetic products that were kind of unique and might their way into our lives in the near future.

 
The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week in Las Vegas, included the latest advances in digital health, suggesting promising avenues for treatment, even if many lack fully-fledged medical approval. Tech firms are looking to cash in on a digital health industry estimated at about US$200 billion annually in areas ranging from app-based diagnoses to pain management and telemedicine.

Rick and Sully look at some of the best of the best Health and Wellness

1. Neutrogena Skin360™ and SkinScanner powered by FitSkin™
www.skin360app.com
www.neutrogena.com

Neutrogena® debuted a sophisticated skin imaging technology that allows consumers to measure what’s happening above and below their skin’s surface. The Neutrogena Skin360™ app and the accompanying SkinScanner powered by FitSkin™ give users an in depth understanding of their skin’s condition and needs, customized advice to address those needs, plus a clear way to track and assess skin’s progress over time. You will be able to order the right products for you, right off the app.

 
2. Create Your Own Shampoo with SalonLab
http://www.schwarzkopfpro.com/salonlab/

Henkel Beauty Care announced the first end-to-end ecosystem of cutting-edge digital devices that harness the power of IoT, big data, and augmented reality to diagnose hair and create personalized products. Henkel Beauty Care and its leading salon brand Schwarzkopf Professional are propelling hair care into the digital age with the Schwarzkopf Professional SalonLab.

Rick received a hair health assessment using their award-winning SalonLab Analyzer, got a personal color consultation in augmented reality from a celebrity stylist, and took home a customized bottle of shampoo made for you on the spot based on your hair health data.
Special thanks to celebrity stylist, Kim Vo, for the help!
 

3. NOTA NOTA - Custom Perfume and Cologne
http://www.visitingfromspace.com/mediaportal/notanota8089/

Unit now, creating a custom perfume or fragrance was something reserved for big companies or celebrities. Sourcing the raw materials, finding a chemist, all the expense … it’s a massive undertaking! Well all that’s about to change with NOTA NOTA.

NOTA NOTA is a smart perfume mixing machine that lets anyone create custom fragrances right at home.
Unlike other solutions that only mix perfume manually and have limited access to scents, NOTA NOTA takes care of everything. Just slide in one of the unique scent canisters (TOLA), connect NOTA NOTA to your smartphone (via app) and dial in your custom settings and options. NOTA NOTA is also a social platform for users to share creativity and inspire each other with daily fragrances, ideas and design suggestions from all over the world.

At this stage, you will be able to extract your perfume directly from the machine and create a custom product in the form of your own 5ML bottle. It’s an expression of your creativity and who you are with a very personal touch.

4. TouchPoints
https://thetouchpointsolution.com/

TouchPoints, a non-invasive wearable that can reduce stress by 70% in as little as 30 seconds, using neuroscientific technology. It has also been shown to help with sleep, productivity, anxiety, focus and cravings.  
At the TouchPoints booth, they were  will be conducting qEEG brain scans to show your brain activity before and after using TouchPoints to prove their effectiveness. You'll get a one-on-one brain mapping session with the co-founder of TouchPoints, Dr. Amy Serin, as well as a personalized copy of 3-D images of your brain. Would you be interested in trying this out?

Rick got his brain scanned...  and thanks to Dr. Amy Serin for all the time and help.
 

5.  Sensoria
https://thetouchpointsolution.com/

Some of the same sensor technology being used to help runners track their performance or golfers perfect their swings is now being adapted for medical applications, notably for the elderly.
Sensoria Fitness, a Washington state start-up which has produced wearable tech for runners and soccer players, unveiled a system to use sensors to keep track of old peoples and people in rehabilitation.
By attaching sensors to socks, the system can detect if a patient is taking medication, doing exercises or is in distress.
 

6. LIVALL "Smart Helmets"
www.livall.com

Safety got a stylish and smart makeover at CES with LIVALL’s brand new range of ‘Helmetphone’, which got the name by combining the concept of traditional and safe helmets with the function of a Bluetooth headset. This allows users to take and receive calls on the move or play audio without cutting themselves off from the outside world.

LIVALL is leading in the smart helmet market and today launch two more innovative products. The BH51 range for urban commuter cyclists and the RS1 for skiers will be demonstrated and on display. The RS1 will be presented with the 2018 CES Innovation Award for Wearable Technology and the BH51 M with the Tech for a Better World 2018 CES Innovation Award, which has also won the 2017 Eurobike award and 2017 Sports Device IFA Innovation Award.

Connection and safety like no other.

Ever found yourself lost on the slopes or split up from the cycling group? LIVALL smart helmets help groups stay connected on the road and the slopes with a radio walkie-talkie function and ‘Push to Talk’ button that enables hands-free calling when attached to a smartphone with the LIVALL riding app for iOS and Android.