Three Teams Named Grand-Prize Winners at ASME Innovation Showc...

Three Teams Named Grand-Prize Winners at ASME Innovation Showc... Three Teams Named Grand-Prize Winners at ASME Innovation Showc... Three Teams Named Grand-Prize Winners at ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) in IndiaPaul Scott (left), director of ASMEs Engineering for weltweit Development department, presents the ISHOW grand prize trophy to Sanskriti Dawle and Saif Shaikh of Team Annie.The inventors of a device for learning Braille, a medical screening monitor for diabetes patients, and a wearable device that records and relays infant diagnostic information were selected as the grand-prize winning entries at the 2018 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) in India earlier this month. Eight teams of socially conscious inventors and entrepreneurs participated in the event, which took place April 5 at Le Mridien Bangalore in Bangalore, India.The three winning teams at ISHOW India will share $500,000 in cash and in-kind prizes with the winners of ISHOW Kenya and ISHOW USA, which will take place in May and June, respectively. The winners were chosen by a panel of experts from the social engineering space based on criteria that included knowledge of the customer or user hardware validation and development manufacturing optimization and the teams strategy for implementation. (Left to right) Ram Mohan and Vinayak Nandalike of Team Sparsh accept the 3D-printed grand prize trophy from Madhukar Sharma and Paul Scott of ASME.Sanskriti Dawle and Saif Shaikh of Thinkerbell Labs were recognized as one of the events winning teams for creating Annie, a low-cost, audio-tactile device that enables the visually impaired to teach themselves Braille. The apparatus, which can also be used by an instructor to teach Braille in a classroom, features a refreshable braille display, a digital braille slate, and nine-key, Perkins-style braille keyboard.Vinayak Nandalike and Ram Mohan of Yostra Labs were also honored with the competitions grand prize for their entry, Sparsh, a multi-p arameter, portable and inexpensive hand-held medical tool that enables medical care providers in developing communities to examine diabetic patients for symptoms of peripheral neuropathy permanent nerve damage to the foot that is often caused by the disease. (Left to right) Balaji Teegala and Manisha Laroia of Team Brn Health accept the ISHOW trophy from 2016 ISHOW India winner, Ratul Narain of BEMPU.The third winning team at ISHOW India, Balaji Teegala and Manisha Laroia of Brn Health, were recognized for developing an affordable wearable device that aims to diminish the high neonatal mortality rate in India. The teams prototype, Brn CG, collects and records fetal medical data and transmits that information to physicians, thereby allowing for more timely treatment for patients in remote locations.The extraordinary inventions put forward by Annie by Thinkerbell Labs, Brn CG and Sparsh will make it possible for doctors and teachers to do more to help their patients an d students, respectively, live better, more fulfilling lives, noted Charla K. Wise, president of ASME. Their display of creativity and ingenuity, and that of their peers, fully embodies the spirit of the ISHOW and exemplifies the potential of tomorrows engineering problem-solvers and social entrepreneurs. Sanskriti Dawle of Team Annie describes her teams entry during her presentation at the ASME ISHOW in India. Their invention, Annie, is an affordable, device for teaching Braille to the visually impaired.The eight finalists at ISHOW India were judged and advised by a panel that included Satish Gokhale of entwurf Directions, Ritu Verma of Ankur Capital, Deepak Raj K of Osteo3d, Ratul Narain of Bempu Health, Sandhya Kedlaya of Henkel, Arun Venkatesan of the Villgro Innovation Foundation, Guruprasad Rao from Imaginarium India, and Vivas Kumar of Tesla Motors.Another group of eight teams will face off at the next event, ISHOW Kenya, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 10 . Finalists for ISHOW USA, which will take place in Washington, D.C., on June 21, have yet to be selected. For more information on ISHOW India, a complete list of the ISHOW India finalists, and details on ISHOW Kenya and ISHOW USA, visit the competitions website at https//thisishardware.org.

Study Sleeping in on the weekend can add years to your life

Study Sleeping in on the weekend can add years to your lifeStudy Sleeping in on the weekend can add years to your lifeGood news if you were able to slip in some extra Zs this Memorial Day Weekend A new, 13-year study of sleep habits finds that sleeping in on the weekend can add years to your life.The new study, published this week in the Journal of Sleep Research, focused on the impact of weekend sleep versus weekday sleep. It followed 43,000 people over the course of 13 years.The Swedish research team, led byTorbjrn kerstedt, found - in short - that long weekend sleep may compensate for short weekday sleep.Study Weekend sleep can make up for short sleep during the weekThe study found that for people 65 and under, weekend sleep could make up for deficits of sleep accrued during the week.Individuals in the study who slept for fewer than 5 hours per night during the week faced a 52% higher mortality rate however, those who could get an extra two hours of sleep on the weekends lived j ust as long as those who consistently slept 7 hours a night during the week.Looking for an inspiring way to start your day? Sign up forMorning MotivationIts our friendly Facebook robot that will send you a quick note every weekday morning to help you start strong. Sign up here by clicking Get StartedSadly, getting 9 hours of sleep or more on weekend morning conferred no additional benefit - at least not one observed in this study. (It still probably felt pretty good.)Previous studies have shown similar resultsThis study follows previous research, including another sleep study that found that weekend sleep can compensate for missed weekday sleep.At the time, that studys lead author, the same Torbjrn kersted, said that you could put the findings of his study into practice.It seems like you actually can compensate by catching up on sleep during weekends, kerstedttoldgeschftliches miteinander Insider.This is in effect an argument for lazing around all weekend. There probably is an uppe r limit, but its anyway better to increase sleep hours on the weekend rather than not doing it at all.

3 Reasons to Work in Sales for a Tech Startup

3 Reasons to Work in Sales for a Tech Startup 3 Reasons to Work in Sales for a Tech Startup To me, its no different from what I saw back in the late 90s and early 2000s, in terms of the funding, the companies, and the competition for talent, Camplejohn says. That just makes everything across the board difficult.According to AngelList, there are currently 18,403 abflugups in Silicon Valley, and a very good chunk of those startups are in the tech world. Because of the sheer number of startups all jostling for the saatkorn space as well as the continuing recovery of the U.S. economy competition for talent in Silicon Valley is fierce.Its a candidates market today, Camplejohn says. Most technology positions are hard to fill in general, andespecially in Silicon Valley.But its not just the laptop-wielding, hoodie-clad techies that companies are vying for. As it turns out, tech startups are having a particularly hard time finding talent to fill their technical sale and ausverkauf managem ent positions. According to a report issued last year by the Harvard Business Review, Burning Glass, and Accenture, these roles are among the hardest to fill not only in Silicon Valley, but across the U.S.All of this is to say that there are plenty of tech startups looking for ausverkaufpeople out there.Are you a fresh college grad looking to start your career? An experienced salesperson in need of a new challenge? A mid-career worker looking to make a change?Here are Camplejohns three reasons why you may want to think about pursuing a sales role at a tech startup.1. Sales Is a Great Place to Start Your Career in TechIf youre a young worker who wants to start a career in tech, Camplejohn says taking a sales role is the best way to dive into the world.Even if you dont want to stay in sales all your life maybe you want to move into the programming side of things or start your own tech company someday sales gives you what Camplejohn calls a front-row seat into what customers are loo king for.Today, sales is not about just wracking up a bunch of transactions, Camplejohn says. Its really about actingas a trusted advisor to companies, customers, and prospects.In technical sales especially, potential buyers often come to the table with a lot of research under their belts. They arent looking for sales pitches theyre looking for strategic partners who can help them decipher all the information they have on hand.Becausetechnical salespeople get to act as strategic advisors, rather than pitchmen, they really get a feel for who the customers are in the tech world and what the market looks like.I think that a technical sales role really puts somebody in touch with real customer problems and real customer pains, Camplejohn says. Understanding that is key for any career in tech.2. Technical Sales Give You a Chance to Stretch Your Intellectual MusclesYou can pick up important sales techniques, like cold-calling and followup, from pretty much any sales role. According to Ca mplejohn, however, technical sales offers more than just a chance to sharpen your sales chops.Generally, in a technical sales role, youre going to have a lot more intellectual challenges, and youll get to work with some really smart people, Camplejohn says.Because of the nature of technical sales learning about specific and sometimes complicated products, acting as a trusted advisor to customers the role can really challenge employees to become more creative and to think outside the box more often.Plus, Camplejohn says, selling tech can really help youbuild a betterunderstanding of customers. Knowing what customers want and how to work with themarekey components of pretty much any role in the tech world. Even the software engineers who never speak directly with customers need to know about the people for whom they are building their products.3.Technical Sales Offers an Opportunity for Major Professional GrowthIf you join the sales team at a quickly growing tech startup, youll of co urse have the potential to earn some serious commission checks probably more commission than you would earn at an established company in the later stages of its existence.But in a technical sales role, your bank accounts not the only thing that will grow.If you really have the initiative, you can quickly advance in your career at a tech startup, Camplejohn says, You have the opportunity to come in, volunteer to take a lot of responsibility, and learn a lot in a very compressed period of time.Technical sales roles at startups can offer workers at all stages of their livesthe chance to learn valuable skills that will serve them well no matter where their careers take them. With so many opportunities out there, job seekers may want to think about finding a role in technical sales.At least for now.