Lab Report

November 29, 2018
No. 66

THIS WEEK
Making space and time for the long game.

Plus: tech ethics, eldercare robots, and “subvocalization” devices.

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FUTURE OF HEALTH

Top takeaways from TEDMED 2018

There are conferences you attend to learn new things. There are conferences you attend to do deals. And then there is TEDMED.

Our endless pursuit of human health and wellbeing is a long game. And yet rarely do we make the space and time to assess what works, what needs to change, and how to get it done. That’s why we’ve been part of the TEDMED community since 2010.

On LinkedIn, Luminary Labs CEO Sara Holoubek shared her top takeaways from this year’s event, held earlier this month in California.

Read more.

Insights & updates

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Videos from All Tech is Human’s ethical tech summit — including lightning talks by Sara, author Douglas Rushkoff, Doteveryone’s Cassie Robinson, and Omidyar Network’s Yoav Schlesinger — are now available online.

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The ethical tech conversation continues next week at Microsoft’s New York office: our friends at Mouse are part of a panel discussion on tech ethics organized by the Computer Science Teachers Association during Computer Science Education Week.

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CVS acquired Aetna, Amazon bought PillPack … and now Walgreens is in talks with Humana.

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In France, an elder care facility is experimenting with a robot named Zora.

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MIT researchers have developed a voice-enabled tool that doesn’t actually require sound; it senses silent mouth movements called “subvocalization.”

Cool jobs & opportunities

Recursion Pharmaceuticals is recruiting a director of corporate communications in Salt Lake City.

MIT Solve is looking for a program curator in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

2U is searching for a course strategist in New York.

We’re hiring in New York, too — please share these openings with someone who wants to work on the thorny problems that matter.

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Email Jessica Hibbard, managing editor: editor@luminary-labs.com.