HealthSpot's Steve Cashman

March 22, 2013
If you were at the 2013 International CES®, you likely heard the buzz about a new digital healthcare company called HealthSpot based in Dublin, Ohio. Looking to change the doctor’s office similar to the way that ATMs revolutionized banking, the HealthSpot™ Station aims to reduce waiting times and create more convenient and less expensive patient healthcare. Located in the grand lobby at CES, the 10-foot enclosure looked like a space pod with its sliding doors and sleek exterior. It provides patients access to diagnosis and treatment by board-certified doctors, via high-definition videoconferencing. ...

Digital Imaging at the 2013 International CES

January 25, 2013
The digital imaging category was highlighted across the International CES show floor scattered across TechZones and exhibitors booths. Here are some of the ways digital imaging was displayed at the show including sessions, product announcements and contests. PMA@CES Returns Back for its second year, PMA@CES made a splash in The LVH (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton) as the place for the most-concentrated exhibits of digital imaging/photography products and services. Beyond the innovative digital imaging technologies on display across this TechZone, two conference tracks covered retail strategy and technology trends, providing a crystal clear picture of future opportunities for digital...

Will.i.am: Passion for Technology

January 06, 2013
CES has long been a fan of The Black Eyed Peas. In 2005, the show kicked off with Let’s Get it Started and then again in 2010, I Gotta Feeling pumped up attendees before keynotes. In 2012, the multi-Grammy award winner and founding member of The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am, came to CES as Intel’s director of creative innovation focusing on the intersection of technology and entertainment. And this year he is back at CES.   Born William Adams, his accomplishments are impressive: singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, dancer, DJ, rapper, philanthropist, coach on the BBC talent show The Voice—he even carried the Olympic torch this summer. Now he is adding...

The Start-up Guy: Alexis Ohanian

January 06, 2013
Clearly he is articulate, with loads of business savvy, but what I first noticed about Alexis Ohanian was that even though he works nonstop, he loves to have fun. He may be just 29, but he has more experience than many executives twice his age in transforming ideas into startups and investing in others. It began while he was a senior at the University of Virginia in 2005, when he and Steve Huffman pitched a mobile phone food ordering app to startup incubator Paul Graham. Graham turned down their idea but called them back to Boston while they were still traveling home on the train. Fledgling Internet...