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Democratizing Invention: Why Users Often Know Best
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A problem that has stumped engineers for decades: How to make it easy (and not scary) for consumers to collect large blood samples at home?
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A solution that was hidden in plain sight. ?
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Ridhi Tariyal, engineer and entrepreneur
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Her work has led to a new device that is currently, this technology is in clinical trials and may yield entirely new kinds of data sets related to women's health
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“What we find is that functionally novel innovations — those for which a market is not yet defined — tend to come from users.”– Eric von Hippel, MIT economist
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What percentage of patent holders in the tampon space are male?
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SKIN IN THE GAME
According to economist Erik von Hippel:
- Users know the problem firsthand
- They're motivated to find the most-effective and least-painful solution
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To push for their solutions, users often have to fight against political, social and financial interests.
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The Promise and Limitations of Big Data
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Atul Butte, head of UCSF Institute for Computational Health Sciences
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“Public data is like no other commodity in the world. It's not like oil or land. Instead, it's replenishable and usable by anyone.” – Atul Butte
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Pre-Biomarkers:
By the time a monitor picks up a change in our body, damage has already been done. Why not identify diseases and toxins BEFORE they enter our bodies?
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