Special topics during SXSW 2019
Although the 2020 election is still 20 months away, there was a fervor about the next presidential election that overran SXSW. The theme that ran throughout SXSW was change. A change not only in politics, but a change in tech as well. For two days at the ACL Theater, the Texas Tribune and SXSW partnered […]
You soon may be able to have your very own personal aerial vehicle that can take where you want to go. This may seem like a far-out idea, but it is actually closer to becoming a reality than you may think. And no, you do not have to a pilot to people to control it. […]
A woman in the United Kingdom had issues with her kidneys her whole life. On and off dialysis, too many prescriptions to count, more doctors visits in a year than some people have their whole life. The situation was far less than ideal. When it came time to look into transplants, some good news surfaced: […]
Cancer diagnoses are often followed by feelings of uncertainty, confusion and fear — especially for children. A child is diagnosed with cancer every three minutes, and kids face a lot of procedures, physical changes and emotional struggles as a result. Medical terminology is confusing enough to adults, so for children, battling cancer can be a […]
As the population landscape begins to change, challenges in access to health care may become more exacerbated, especially as today’s minority groups grow larger. A group of innovators, researchers and community health advocates held the panel Health “Techuity” in Cardiovascular Care to discuss how tech can help more people get access to high quality care.
Interview with Kerry O’Connor, Chief Innovation Office for the City of Austin, about how innovation in homelessness affects the city’s infrastructure.
If you live in the Austin area, or any major metropolitan, traffic can give you extreme headaches. As cities continue to grow, traffic becomes worse and worse. Aside from building/improving roads, the look should turn to how we travel. The use of Urban Aerial Mobility may be closer of a reality than you think, but […]