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READ MORE: CIONIC Stories: Ben on X-ALD, the Neural Sleeve, and AutonomyMy diagnosis came down like the guillotine: x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. A long name, which sounded ominous. I remembered watching the film “Lorenzo’s Oil” when it came out in theaters. It told the true story of a boy falling into a vegetative state from the disease. I read the entry on Wikipedia, which spoke grimly of a…
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READ MORE: From the Super Bowl to Superpowering the Human BodyFor years, Super Bowl advertising has been dominated by the usual suspects: beer, soda, chips, cars, and insurance, to name a few. This year, however, medtech company Hologic is shelling out big bucks (2022 price tag: $6.5 million for 30 seconds air time) to be part of the Big Game conversation. They’re also advertising during Olympic…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 7The seventh episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Dr. Phillip Alvelda, CEO/Chairman of Medio Labs and CEO of Brainworks. Dr. Alvelda is a technology and industry innovator as well as an educator. He was a Program Manager at DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office where he developed national scale R&D programs…
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READ MORE: Talking Hardware Engineering at CIONICMeet Mihai Ionescu, Head of Hardware at CIONIC A graduate of UC Santa Cruz (BS Computer Engineering ‘99), he has spent his career in hardware design and high-volume manufacturing where he was at the nexus of innovation in engineering and design. In his role at CIONIC, Mihai has a multi-faceted responsibility that includes product specs…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 6Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation by Richard Harvey MD, Joel Stein MD , Carolee Winstein Phd PT, George Wittenberg MD PhD, Richard Zorowitz MD The sixth episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Dr. Richard Zorowitz, Chief Medical Informatics Officer and attending physician at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital and professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine at Georgetown University School of…
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READ MORE: A World Beyond Disability: What Inspired CIONIC’s MissionHow my daughter’s CP diagnosis fueled a mission to empower all those with mobility impairments to move more freely. Anyone who has met my daughter Sofia knows her as intelligent, joyful, and kind. She is an inventor, an artist, a ballerina, and skier. And she is one of over 1 million Americans living with Cerebral…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 5The fifth episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Industrial Designer, Daniel Zarem. Daniel shares with us his passion and process for designing products to augment human function. We discuss how advances in materials, sensing, ML, and manufacturing are accelerating a future of highly personalized solutions. Watch on YouTube The full transcript…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 4The fourth episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Dr. Stacy Menz, Physical Therapist and Founder of Starfish Therapies, an interdisciplinary pediatric therapy group. Stacy shares with us her approach to patient engagement through goal centered play, the successes and challenges of telehealth, and the shifting norms of inclusivity. Watch on Youtube…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 3The third episode of CIONIC’s podcast Superpowering the Human Body, features a conversation with Shriya Srinivasan, Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Langer Traverso Labs. Shriya shares with us her incredible work to restore sensation and mobility to individuals with limb amputations, through optogenetics and advanced prosthetics. We also discuss how design thinking and collaboration between academia and…
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READ MORE: Superpowering the Human Body: Episode 1Building technology to enhance human performance and overcome disability demands a multi-disciplinary approach. From health advocates to technologists, medical professionals to engineers, innovation is accelerated through collaboration. I’m pleased to share the first episode of Superpowering the Human Body, a podcast I host that explores the intersection of science and technology for human augmentation. My first guest…
