| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.06.2016 | Intel Capital invests additional funding in a buggy smart cup | Remember the time I tried out that Pryme Vessel smart cup to track my water intake and hydration? Remember how the Bluetooth connectivity was terrible, and I had to reset the cup several times a day before I finally gave up with the cup alt... |
| 24.03.2016 | Has the Internet of Things gone too far? | The Internet of Things (IoT) – with its network of objects and computers that collect and distribute data on our lives – has all the promise of making those lives easier. But are we in danger of IoT overload?
We live in an interesting age w... |
| 19.12.2015 | The weirdest Kickstarter projects of 2015 | Let’s get the obvious out of the way: Kickstarter has given the public an early crack at some spectacular stuff. It’s given us an entire galaxy of gadgets and allowed fan enthusiasm to revive Veronica Mars and Mystery Science Theatre 3000. ... |
| 17.11.2015 | Smart Cup Pryme Launches To Track Your Hydration, But It Doesn’t Always Work | Mark One, the company behind Vessyl, just launched a smart cup focused solely on hydration. It’s called Pryme, and is available starting today online and in Apple retail stores located in the U.S. and Canada for $99.
Pryme is a Bluetooth-en... |
| 03.10.2015 | Data Is A Mine And A Minefield | Andre Borczuk Contributor
Andre Borczuk is co-founder of Worldview.
I’ve worked in data science and healthcare-adjacent fields for about five years now. I studied biology and marketing at Wharton, where I did pancreatic cancer research. And... |
| 09.06.2015 | Intel Capital will invest $125M in startups run by women and minorities | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Brian Krzanich, chief executive of Intel, announc... |
| 09.06.2015 | Intel Capital will invest $125M in startups run by women and minorities | Brian Krzanich, chief executive of Intel, announced today that his Intel Capital venture arm will invest $125 million over the next 5 years in technology startups run by women and underrepresented minorities.
The move is the first stage of ... |
| 28.01.2015 | Company behind Vessyl cup drink data aggregator details healthcare applications | “Beverages add up over time,” Berman said. “For teens, beverages are the number one source of sugar and added calories. Adults consume 340 calories on average just from beverages like lattes, juice and sodas.”
It’s a tedious process to keep... |
| 15.01.2015 | Out with the keyboard as talk takes over typing | With the recent acquisition by Facebook of voice-recognition company Wit.ai, all four major players in the post-PC market (Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook) now have a significant infrastructure for hands-free communication with your d... |
| 13.01.2015 | Smaller is smarter at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show | An app that can unlock your front door with a digital key and the latest wearable sex tech OhMiBod are just some of the next generation of high-tech gadgets and devices on display this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CE... |
| 12.01.2015 | Smaller is smarter at the 2015 International CES | An app that can unlock your front door with a digital key and the latest wearable sex tech OhMiBod are just some of the next generation of high-tech gadgets and devices on display this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CE... |
| 01.10.2014 | Are We Already Running Out of Useful Smartphone Apps? | Photo via Flickr user William Hook
The image of a San Francisco cabbie's dashboard loaded up with five phones is proof enough that our course towards a sleek, streamlined future courtesy of technology is hardly proceeding frictionlessly. If... |
| 06.09.2014 | Are these 9 kitchen gadgets ‘smart’ or just plain ridiculous? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
From utensils to flatware, your every interaction... |
| 28.08.2014 | Why can’t my activity tracker make my latte? | When wearables and Internet of Things startups start talking
My activity tracker knows when I’m active, when I’m sleeping and when I’m waking up. Why can’t it talk to and activate my espresso machine when it sees that I'm just about to wake... |
| 22.08.2014 | Mark One Secures $3M in Seed Funding | Mark One, a San Francisco, CA-based maker of a smart cup, secured $3m in seed funding.
The round was co-led by Felicis Ventures and Horizons Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds to continue building out its team and support the ma... |
| 21.08.2014 | The smart cup no one needs has raised $3M — and might go to China | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While most of us continue to make fun of smart cu... |
| 21.08.2014 | Funding Daily: Enterprise software and a smart cup get big money | Here are today’s funding deals. Xamarin raised over $54M
Developer platform Xamarin, which powers apps like Rdio and Tom Hanks’ megapopular typewriter app, announced a massive $54.25 million to fuel its expansion into Europe. Xamarin enable... |
| 21.08.2014 | Funding Daily: Enterprise software and a smart cup get big money | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here are today’s funding deals. Xamarin raised ov... |
| 21.08.2014 | Felicis, Horizons Ventures Pour $3 Million Into The Vessyl Smart Cup | Mark One, the company behind the Vessyl smart cup, has today closed a $3 million seed round co-led by Felicis Ventures and Horizons Ventures
The Vessyl is a cup that tracks your liquid consumption throughout the day, not only by volume but ... |
| 21.08.2014 | The smart cup no one needs has raised $3M — and might go to China | While most of us continue to make fun of smart cup Vessyl, it keeps on going. After selling $1 million in pre-orders and hiring former Apple and Nike execs, Mark One, the company behind Vessyl, is revealing today that investors gave it mone... |
| 24.07.2014 | Vessyl, the ‘smart cup,’ snags a former Nike Jordan and Fuelband design lead | The curious case of the smart cup continues.
We’ve mocked and questioned it at length, yet Vessyl, the yet-to-be-shipped cup equipped with a bunch of sensors, continues to keep going. It’s not only reached $1 million in pre-orders a little ... |
| 24.07.2014 | Vessyl, the ‘smart cup,’ snags a former Nike Jordan and Fuelband design lead | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The curious case of the smart cup continues.
We’ve mocked and questioned it at length, yet Vessyl, the yet-to-be-shipped cup equipped w... |
| 15.07.2014 | Stephen Colbert ridicules Vessyl’s digital cup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In case you haven’t had enough oddball product ma... |
| 03.07.2014 | Apple’s Hamid Mohammadinia Joins The Vessyl Smart Cup Team | Mark One, the makers of the Vessyl smart cup, have brought on Hamid Mohammadinia as the new VP Engineering.
Mohammadinia comes from Apple where he led Design for Manufacturing, with specific participation in the DFM of the iPod and the iPad... |
| 12.06.2014 | The Vessyl Is A Smart Cup That Knows Your Body | Have you ever tried to lose weight, taking every precaution to cut down on red meat and cheese and bread and really get healthy, and yet still don’t lose a pound? Oftentimes, liquids are the culprit. They’re the most ignored source of calor... |
| 12.06.2014 | This 'smart cup' will keep you from being in denial about your soda's awful content | Sometimes we build tools to track things we already obsess over; and sometimes we build them to track things we’ve been ignoring. Justin Lee believes that the liquids we put in our bodies fall into that second camp.
He and the rest of the M... |
| - | Intel Wants To Invest In Startups Founded By Women & Minorities, Keeps Aside $125 Mn Fund | Image Source
Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment organization is all set to back companies with women and minorities in their leadership roles. Named as Intel Capital Diversity Fund, the fund will be shedding about $125 Mn in women and... |
| - | Company behind Vessyl cup drink data aggregator details healthcare applications | At first glance the Vessyl seems like yet another toy for the Quantified Self brigade — a cup that tracks the nutritional value of each beverage you consume. The video on Mark One Lifestyle’s website doesn’t do much to correct that notion. ... |
