Workshop Review: Building a Hardware Startup

02.Mar.15
by Eric Benoit

I recently attended a two-day Hardware Workshop offered by Bolt, a Boston-based VC fund. A dozen sessions gave hardware entrepreneurs exposure to practical tips for building a successful hardware startup.

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Topics: hardware, workshop, education, startup

Sci-fi Health Lore, Vaccination Effects, and Protecting PHI

27.Feb.15
by Emily Twaddell

We are finally able to think about something besides snow here in Arlington. Here are a few things we’ve been learning about.

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Topics: healthcare design, health care, information design

The Digital Life: The Frontiers of Digital Health Diagnostics

26.Feb.15
by Jon Follett

Episode Summary

Will 2015 be a breakout year for digital health testing? It's still a little early to tell, but the news this week was good for advocates of mHealth and personalized medicine.
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Topics: Podcast

A Little Info Design Lesson

25.Feb.15
by Dirk Knemeyer

As my World Cup Feature surely indicates, I’m rather a big fan of what the non-American world calls “football.” So it was that, yesterday, I had the ESPN feed for the Juventus-Dortmund game up alongside my work.

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Topics: Design, information design

It’s in the cards: IoT, Emerging Tech, Luminaries, and more

20.Feb.15
by Emily Twaddell

We are getting accustomed to having the world in the palm of our hands, what with the pocket-sized computer that is also a phone, a camera, and a set of encylopedias that we carry around.

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Topics: Design, emerging technologies, health axioms, IoT, science

Another Look at Design for the Patient Experience

18.Feb.15
by Emily Twaddell

This definition of patient experience comes from The Beryl Institute, a global community of practice and thought leader on improving the patient experience in healthcare.

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Topics: Design, health, patient centered, ux design

Around the Studio: the Doughnuts of Winter

16.Feb.15
by Emily Twaddell

We try to keep it healthy at Invo. Really, we do. We never keep sugary drinks around and we have fresh fruit on the table. We cook with whole grains and even go vegan once in a while. 

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Topics: studio culture

Vaccination Stories and Google Health Tips

13.Feb.15
by Emily Twaddell

We are doing our best to not think about the upcoming blizzard. Heavy snow is pretty much old news around here, anyway.

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Topics: health, google, vaccination