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An “Inspirited” Means of Education
December 14, 2020 08:01 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MBOver Coffee® is on holiday hiatus. Please enjoy the rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes of 2020! (Photo courtesy of Aditya Vishwanath, and used with permission.) What if, when you were back in school, you had been able to go inside a microscope? Or witness, firsthand, the destruction of a coral reef? Or even experience life, for a day, as someone from another culture, of a different gender, or of a different age? All of these are possible for today's students, with virtual re...
An Innovator’s “VRx”
December 07, 2020 08:01 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBThis post and podcast episode are for informational purposes only, and are not intended as medical advice. Please contact a healthcare professional with any health-related questions. Dr. Brennan Spiegel presents at inaugural "Virtual Medicine" conference, Los Angeles, 2018. Could virtual reality be effective as a treatment for chronic pain? Or as therapy for PTSD? As a way to combat phobias? Or even as a means of preventive medicine? According to Dr. Brennan Spiegel's new book, VRx: Ho...
Disruption and Opportunity
November 30, 2020 08:01 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBOver Coffee® is on Thanksgiving hiatus. We hope you had a safe and healthy holiday. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of one of our top episodes of 2020. (Photo courtesy of Amy Peck, and used with permission.) How might VR and AR be helpful, as we navigate the holiday season? Amid the turbulence that has been 2020, immersive technology strategist Michelle Excell guides clients in creating a better world through virtual and augmented-reality applications. And those solutions apply both to ou...
Erica: A New (AI) Era?
November 23, 2020 08:01 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBOver Coffee® is on Thanksgiving hiatus. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of one of our most popular episodes of 2020--and have a safe and healthy holiday. In August, Erica had filmed some of the preliminary scenes for her upcoming movie, "b". Her director said she was excited about the project: she has the starring role. And she was doing well in her Method acting lessons. If that last sounds unusual, it's even more so when you stop to consider that Erica isn't human. Instead, she is a ...
AI: Future Positive
November 19, 2020 04:19 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBWhat might artificial intelligence--and machine learning--mean to your future? More, perhaps, than we can imagine today. According to professor/technologist/entrepreneur J. Scott Christianson, machine learning may soon be a core element of everyday life. And the effects can be much more positive than people tend to think. With the right focus, Scott says, machine learning can help students determine their future careers. It can also help in the fields of medicine, possibly facilitate...
STEAMing Forward–Virtually
November 10, 2020 04:47 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBTwo Events! One Registration! As an Over Coffee® listener, use discount code OVERCOFFEE when you register today at steamcalifornia.org for this year’s virtual California STEAM Symposium Dec. 11-13, 2020! You’ll get full access to #CASTEAM20 and the Nov. 17th Pre-Conference. (Image courtesy of CDE Foundation, and used with permission.) Teaching is an art. And the eighth annual California STEAM Symposium is just about to celebrate and enhance it! This year, the popular three-day educators' ...
TechDay Online: Connecting to Success
November 02, 2020 17:28 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBMark your calendar--TechDay Online happens November 17th! And it's going to be an unprecedented gathering of leaders from three major innovation hubs. "I think the learning we'll be offering people is world-class," says TechDay HQ President and Continental Expositions Owner/President Walter Charnizon. Normally, TechDay, the world's largest producer of startup events, hosts three annual shows: in London, New York and Los Angeles. The goal: providing tech startups access to the resources...
Evoking Community – Interactively
October 29, 2020 04:07 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MB(Image courtesy of Two Bit Circus, and used with permission.) Technology plus imagination always equals fun, with Two Bit Circus. This time, they're applying that equation to all of us self-isolating at home. Their new creation, Two Bit Circus REMOTE, will give you a chance to add fun to your Thursday nights, free! And now, you can book Two Bit Circus REMOTE for interactive special occasions, as we work and celebrate special events remotely. And here's the link to our new video co...
Halloween From a Distance
October 24, 2020 01:04 - 23 minutes - 31.6 MBAn Over Coffee® special-edition podcast Halloween, 2020, is going to be largely virtual. Think virtual costume competitions, staying-in events and at-home entertainment. Fortunately, a number of creatives, at the intersection of art and science, are up for the challenge. For this special-edition podcast, we're profiling three previous guests whose work you can enjoy from your home. Filmmaker Douglas Nabors is the Founder/CEO of Los Angeles-based Fun Train VR. Since our 2018 conversa...
The “RT” of Social Distancing
October 12, 2020 07:01 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MB(Photo courtesy of Michele Frances, and used with permission.) Austin robot enthusiast Luke Keyes hated the idea of cancelling trick-or-treat this year. Halloween is his favorite holiday. Pre-pandemic, he and his wife shared their enthusiasm for candy and technology with small visitors through a "haunted science lab" which Luke and his fellow makers created. But this year, the pandemic prevented that kind of Halloween interaction. Then, inspiration struck. Luke, who has been creati...
Tradition, Meet Innovation
October 05, 2020 21:35 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MB(Logo courtesy of UNICEF USA, and used with permission.) For Trick or Treat for UNICEF, 2020 is a landmark year. It's the seventy-year anniversary of the beloved program. And this year, Trick or Treat for UNICEF is going virtual! Ryan Modjeski is Managing Director of UNICEF Ventures. In response to the pandemic, he and his team created the new all-virtual program, which launched on October first. Participants can support UNICEF's outreach to children around the world from now thr...
Across Creative Boundaries
September 28, 2020 07:01 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MB(Royalty-free image by Paolo Ghedini from Pixabay.) What if you had the opportunity to create and implement new immersive technology? And what if the creative process were ongoing, as you took your creations ever further? That's exactly what's happening for VR, AR and XR subject-matter expert Geoff Bund. Geoff serves as Head of Business Development for the Americas for Helsinki-based VR and XR computer hardware company Varjo. And Varjo is breaking new ground, by merging physical, virt...
Immersive Innovation
September 21, 2020 07:01 - 33 minutes - 46 MB(Royalty-free image by StockSnap from Pixabay). For filmmaker Deepak Chetty, immersive technology is a path to storytelling. As a cinematographer, writer, visual-effects artist and director, Deepak describes himself as an "XR explorer". And he's teaching fellow creatives to create immersive and interactive content, as well. At the University of Texas, Austin, he created the university's first 3D graduate student thesis film, "Hard Reset". The sci-fi thriller garnered both a "Best 3D Li...
Changing the Rules with XR
September 14, 2020 07:01 - 33 minutes - 46 MBInnovation in education is critical to our society, says One Digital Consulting Founder and CEO Carlos J. Ochoa. And virtual- and augmented-reality applications are central to his vision for the future. Carlos and his team have already created a number of free digital resources, to empower educators. Carlos, who is both the President of the VR/AR Association's Madrid Chapter and Global Co-Chair of the VRARA Education Commitee, says virtual reality and cultural heritage are his passions...
Opening Up the World
September 09, 2020 03:07 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MB(Photo courtesy of VRARA, and used with permission.) How would you like to learn about augmented, virtual and mixed reality, in applications you may never have imagined? And you get to do it virtually, over three days, courtesy of experts from all around the world? That's exactly the opportunity the VR/AR Association would like to offer you, with their upcoming VR/AR Global Summit Online Conference and Expo. (Dates: Wednesday, September 30th through Friday, October 2nd.) This isn't a "t...
Reimagining STEAM–Remotely
September 07, 2020 07:01 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBCDE Foundation STEAM Program Manager Karyn Warner.(Photo courtesy of CDE Foundation, and used with permission.) Fall semester 2020 looks vastly different from previous years. For Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation STEAM Program Manager Karyn Warner, going virtual has been the key to serving teachers, students and parents. Together with CDE Foundation STEAM Program Director Glennon Stratton, Karyn has created a new free webinar series, "Lunch Bites", which offers a different ta...
Cutting-Edge Humanitarianism
August 31, 2020 07:01 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MB(Photograph ©2019, Josh New, and used with permission.) Virtual reality, plus humanitarian goals, may equal a better world. And that's the vision with which International Reacue Committee Emergency Accountability Coordinator Elena Chopyak is working. She's creating a new pilot program which uses VR to accomplish IRC's training goals. Nonprofit International Rescue Committee has been responding to the world's worst crises since the 1930s. The organization began with an idea from Albert ...
A Roundup of Robots
August 24, 2020 07:01 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBAn Over Coffee® special-edition podcast Robots used to be the stars of sci-fi. Today they show up all over the place. They can be fun, educational, or literally lifesaving. Over the years of producing Over Coffee®, we've had the privilege of seeing some incredibly cool robots. Here are just a few personal favorites--and the ways you can get involved with them. In this week's podcast, we take a look at the Robotics Society of Southern California. One of the world's first robotics socie...
Innovation On the Set
August 17, 2020 07:01 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB"Erica" humanoid robot at the Japan section of Eureka Park® during CES® 2020, Las Vegas. Erica is ready for her closeup. And her medium shot, long shot and anything else in the script. As the star of the upcoming $70 million dollar science-fiction movie "b", she'll be a pioneer of sorts. That's because Erica is a humanoid, created at Osaka University, in collaboration with the Advanced Telecommunication Research Institute, as an autonomous communication robot. Filmmaker Sam Khoze is an ...
World-Changing Design
August 10, 2020 07:01 - 24 minutes - 34.2 MB(Photograph courtesy of Natalia Pinilla Rivera, ©2020 Kiwibot, and used with permission.) "This is just the beginning. I want to change the world," says Kiwibot Head Designer Alejandro Otalora. And he's continuusly using his creativity to do exactly that. Alejandro excels at designing autonomous vehicles. In the past, he's won international competition awards for his autonomous-train designs. Kiwibot, a very cute four-wheeled robot, is one of his creations. Originally, Colombia-base...
Making…an Accessible World
August 03, 2020 07:01 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBMakers Making Change Community Coordinator Zee Kesler. (Photo courtesy of The Neil Squire Society, and used with permission.) Makers Making Change is expanding their network of creativity and empowerment. And they'd like to invite you to bring your maker skills and join them. Since late 2019, they've been opening new chapters. They need both Community Champion volunteers and Chapter Leaders as they continue to grow. Makers Making Change, which is a program of Canada's nonp...
New Worlds For Imagination
July 27, 2020 07:01 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MB(Photograph courtesy of Heather Dodds, and used with permission.) Virtual events allow lots of room for creativity, says senior XR researcher, designer and author Heather Dodds. Heather, who has a Ph.D. in virtual worlds, creates and produces events in VR and XR. In June, she co-chaired the 2020 Immersive Learning Research Network conference. She and her staff had just over three months to take the conference completely virtual, due to the pandemic! They did it--and ILRN 2020 was availa...
HYPERVSN: Magical Tech
July 20, 2020 07:01 - 27 minutes - 38.4 MBHYPERVSN USA Regional Director Ed Teller(Photo courtesy of HYPERVSN, and used with permission.) How do you create magic with technology? London-based HYPERVSN has that down to a science. They've designed the world's first holographic 3D display system. And "eye-catching" doesn't come close to describing the way their units grab everyone's attention. We've seen them at three CES® shows so far--and the crowd around the exhibit has always been three-deep. So, what are they looking at? ...
OC Fair: Hours Away From “Virtual”
July 17, 2020 00:39 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBA special-edition Over Coffee® podcast! We admit it. Like many other Southern Californians, we love the Orange County Fair. And tomorrow, July 17th, is IT--Opening Day! This time, it's virtual. Here's the link! Since 1890, the OC Fair's been a summertime celebration for Costa Mesa. Normally, the festivities start just after the Fourth of July and continues into August. Our favorite Fair memories include some amazing concerts at The Hangar, lots of Home Arts creativity, 4-H competiti...
At the Heart of the Journey
July 15, 2020 04:11 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MB(Photo courtesy of Emory Craig, and used with permission.) "It's an exciting journey," says futurist and Digital Bodies co-founder and CEO Emory Craig. He's referring to the current developments in VR, AR and XR--and where they're headed in the future. Front and center? Education. Currently, Emory and his Digital Bodies co-founder, Maya Georgieva, are Shaping EDU Innovators in Residence at Arizona State University. In January, they implemented ASU's Humersive Learning Project, which ...
The Role of Robots
July 14, 2020 14:43 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBDue to a "sick" computer, our normally-scheduled episode will be posted later this week. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of one or our most popular episodes of 2020. Robots are one more tool in the arsenal against COVID-19. And Eugene Demaitre, senior editor of The Robot Report, sees them being put to use in numerous ways to fight the pandemic. Sterilization, assisting medical professionals and, in some situations, monitoring health, are all tasks for which robots are suited. And as with ...
Immersed in History
July 06, 2020 07:01 - 25 minutes - 35.4 MB(Photo courtesy of James Hung, and used with permission>) "We want you...to experience history flowing around you," says Electric Funstuff Founder and CEO David Langendoen. And that's exactly what happens for middle-school students, as they play Mission: US. But their experience will be unlike any online games--or any educational experiences--they've seen before. With Mission: US, players find themselves virtually "living" the life of someone about their age--in a different time period....
Bringing Summer Joy–Virtually
July 01, 2020 04:18 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBAn Over Coffee® special-edition podcast! What if you were planning the Orange County Fair--and then a pandemic forced you to cancel it? For Terry Moore and the Fair's Board of Directors, the answer wound up being, "go virtual". "We wanted to bring a little bit of joy during this pandemic," says Terry, who is Director of Communications at the Orange County Fair and Event Center. Accordingly, the OC Fair's staff has re-imagined the fair as a virtual event! And it's all happening with an "...
Engineering Creativity
June 29, 2020 07:01 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MB(Royalty-free image by Nick Gesell from Pixabay.) Creativity, plus technology, equals magic. That's an equation which Brian Collins puts into practice, on a regular basis. As founder of Orlando-based consulting firm The Brainstorm Institute, Brian combines emerging technologies with imagination. The result: unique experiences for clients in the travel industry, game design, education and more. Brian, who previously worked as a Disney Imagineer, also offers flagship workshops on innovati...
Whyville: Sparking Imagination
June 22, 2020 16:07 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB(Photo courtesy of Dr. James M. Bower, and used with permission.) Technically, Whyville is a virtual world--for kids. But that description falls far short of doing it justice. Whyville, which Pasadena-based educational software company Numedeon introduced in 1999, was the first game-based learning world on the Internet. It contains over 100 games and activities, as well as live events. 150 different organizations have been sponsors, over the past 21 years. Participants can design, rese...
Ingredients for Success
June 15, 2020 16:45 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MB(Photo courtesy of Alli Westover, NASA HUNCH, and used with permission.) Congratulations to the 2020 NASA HUNCH Culinary Challenge winners! And to NASA OSU Project Engineer Allison Westover and her team, who had a considerable challenge, as well. Alli, as she prefers to be called, serves as Program Manager for NASA HUNCH Culinary Challenge. In normal times, this year-long program would culminate in ten teams of high school students, from all over the country, traveling to Houston. At th...
Facets of Inspiration
June 08, 2020 20:43 - 17 minutes - 23.8 MBAn Over Coffee® special-edition podcast (Royalty-free image by 272447 from Pixabay) During the most turbulent times, creativity and innovation are implements of healing. Nowhere is that better illustrated than with space exploration. On Saturday, May 30th, NASA marked a historic first. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley successfully launched for the ISS in--for the first time in history--a commercially built American spacecraft. As we continue our dialogues for a better life ...
Inspirit VR: Making STEM Engaging
June 01, 2020 07:01 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MB(Photo courtesy of Aditya Vishwanath, and used with permission.) "VR is not a silver bullet," says Inspirit VR Cofounder Aditya Vishwanath. But, he says, when it's human-centric, virtual reality can boost both learning skills and student confidence in the classroom. And he's talking abour higher education, as well as grades 6-12. Aditya, who is a Knight-Henessy Scholar at Stanford University, will be speaking on June 2 during the VR/AR Global Summit Online. His topic: "The Many Futures ...
No Travel Required
May 25, 2020 07:01 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB(Photo courtesy of The Wild, and used with permission.) "It will reshape the world," says Gabe Paez, Founder and CEO of Portland-based immersive-technology platform The Wild. He's talking about the new option which his XR technology allows creative teams from all over the world. The Wild now gives designers and architects the option of immediate, hands-on global virtual collaboration --instead of traveling to share their ideas. The Wild's VR and AR applications allow design team members ...
Breaking New Ground–Virtually
May 18, 2020 08:23 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBWith this year's VR/AR Global Summit Online Conference and Expo, the VR/AR Association ventures into new territory. For the first time, their popular conference will be entirely virtual. And the contest focuses on a new audience: everyone who may need to use immersive technology in the future. In other words, everyone. Another first? Access to the three-day conference is free. And it's going to be unlike any other conference. As of today, more than 200 speakers and exhibitors are conf...
Roybi: Ingenuity Interactive
May 11, 2020 07:01 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MB(Photograph courtesy of Roybi, and used with permission.) Roybi Robot is cute, interactive--and covering brand-new ground. As a "smart" toy, about the size of a small teddy bear, this robot is customizable to young users, ages three to seven. Designed to teach language and STEM principles, Roybi uses AI to learn a child's interests. Once customized, it plays games, tells stories and sings songs--all involving a lesson. And through facial analysis, it can tell if a child enjoys the le...
LACO: Interaction, Innovation and Music
May 04, 2020 14:40 - 35 minutes - 48.3 MBLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra's Meet the Music is a fun and engaging chamber music concert geared to students in grades four through six.(Photo courtesy of LACO, and used with permission.) Chamber music that reflects grade-school students' lives? A classical program that's informal, nontraditional--and uses kids' creative input? That's exactly what Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents, in their free virtual educational concert, "Meet the Music". During isolation, "Meet the Music" offe...
Makers Respond to COVID-19
April 27, 2020 15:55 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MB(Royalty-free image by Lutz Peter from Pixabay.) When the pandemic struck, Orlando's nonprofit Maker Effect Foundation had one question: "How can we help?" Their solution: creation of the Maker Effect COVID-19 Maker Response Team. And using their 3D printers, laser-cutting and various other skills, they're now making and delivering provide personal protective to healthcare professionals. Maker Effect Foundation is more than well-equipped for this task. Their mission is to amplify and a...
Evolving Through Immersion
April 20, 2020 07:01 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MB(Photograph courtesy of Amy Peck, and used with permission.) Can immersive technology allow us to create a better world? Amid the uncertainty of COVID-19, immersive technology strategist Michelle Excell sees, and guides others in, the ways that might happen. Michelle, who is the founder of hybrid consultancy and production collective The Antipodean, has been researching some of the new ways people immersive technologies can allow people to connect during quarantine. These uses include...
Robots On the Front Lines
April 13, 2020 17:42 - 38 minutes - 52.9 MBAre robots ready for a widespread role in battling the coronavirus pandemic? Not quite yet, says Eugene Demaitre, senior editor of The Robot Report. But they're evolving in that direction. Sanitizing, delivering, assisting medical professionals and even monitoring general health are among the tasks of which robots are currently capable. And when the pandemic ends, we may very well see growing acceptance of robots' use in daily life. As discussed in our previous interview, Eugene sees r...
Living Popups: AR That Inspires
April 06, 2020 07:01 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MB(Photograph courtesy of Ella Pravetz, and used with permission.) How can twenty-first century technology teach kids to love to read? Living Popups CEO Cheryl Bayer has an imaginative and entertaining answer. Her Santa Monica-based content platform/media company, Living Popups, has enhanced a beloved classic, The Boxcar Children, with augmented reality animations. Currently, Living Popups has illustrated the first four books in the series with AR, with more to come. When young readers pi...
“On the Precipice of Disruption”
March 30, 2020 14:13 - 32 minutes - 44 MB"We will get through this," says futurist, XR consultant and Forbes columnist Charlie Fink. Charlie, who is currently writing his third book, sees the current coronavirus pandemic drastically changing our society. And he sees XR--which is the subject of his book--as a central part of future life. However, he says, no one can predict the ways in which this will happen. He would certainly know. As discussed in our 2018 interview, Charlie's career involves exploring the ways in which techn...
Rumii: A Virtual Connection
March 23, 2020 07:01 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBRoyalty-free image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Rumii is available, free, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now--what is Rumii? And why might you want to use it? Quite simply, it's a virtual-reality platform that allows up to forty people--from all over the world--to meet and interact in one virtual space. Participants can collaborate on a project, look at objects in 3D and learn new skills. In other words, if you're teaching, working remotely or homeschooling, it might be a very helpful...
The Art of Real-World Solutions
March 16, 2020 07:01 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MBWhat is Design for Good in the Classroom? As artist, visual arts educator and designer Travis Sevilla teaches it, it's a project-based curriculum that makes a difference. Travis shows Canyon Crest Academy students, grades nine through twelve, how to start with design thinking. Projects combine the STEAM disciplines--science, technology, engineering, art and math. Under Travis's guidance, his students use these skills to create a solution to a problem or a needed resource for a community...
The Ultimate Innovator Test
March 10, 2020 20:05 - 25 minutes - 35 MBDue to unforeseen technical issues, our regularly-scheduled Over Coffee® episode will air next Monday, March 16th at 12:01 am. Please enjoy this repost of one of our all-time most popular interviews! What does it take, to be an astronaut? Especially since NASA is currently accepting applications from candidates who would ultimately like to explore the Moon and Mars? (Deadline: March 31, and here's the link for applications.) NASA Astronaut and retired U.S. Army Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock...
STEAM: the Hockey Approach
March 02, 2020 08:01 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBOn March 9, 2020, 16,000 students will experience a field trip they'll never forget. Their hosts: the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club. And the field trip is the Ducks' unique "First Flight Field Trip". As part of the Ducks' free S.C.O.R.E. program, the students, grades 3-6, will be visiting the Honda Center. In the context of hockey, they'll be learning science, technology, engineering, art and math concepts. Since 2005, the Ducks have offered this award-winning educational initiative to loc...
New Dimensions of Talent
February 24, 2020 08:01 - 28 minutes - 39.2 MBMeow Wolf's House of Eternal Return, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Photo by Kate Russell, courtesy of Meow Wolf, and used with permission.). What is Meow Wolf? A DIY arts and music community? An immersive experience, based on emerging technology plus storytelling? A learning space with regular workshops, entertainment and art therapy? A network of creatives who give back to the community? Yes! All of the above. Technically, Meow Wolf describes itself as "an arts and entertai...
JImu: Inspiring the Future
February 17, 2020 08:01 - 10 minutes - 14.5 MBJimu Robot kits are far more than "toys". Global AI and robotics company UBTECH has developed these robotics kits to teach children STEM skills in a playful and imaginative way. The goal: to have the young roboticists learn by creating and programming their robots. During CES® 2020 in Las Vegas in January, Jeff Gordon was onsite, displaying his company's new robot kits. Jeff is the Director of PR and Communications at UBTECH Robotics in Los Angeles. He's also a dad, who has had firsthan...
A New Creative “Reality”
February 10, 2020 08:01 - 19 minutes - 27 MB(Royalty-free image by Gerd Altman, from Pixabay.) During a festival, art, competition, and music aren't unusual. But getting to experience them in virtual reality really is. And that's exactly the opportunity which the Global VR Art Fest and Tournament will be offering attendees! The Global VR Art Fest and Tournament starts off in London on Thursday, February 13th. After that opening date in the U.K., there will be local festivals in thirteen cities in five different countries--includi...
The “Fox” That Saves Lives
February 03, 2020 08:01 - 19 minutes - 27.3 MBBlueFox-Lifeline wrist computer innovator David Busch knows how quickly someone can drown. Tragically, he's has seen drowning incidents occur, in both his own life, and in his career. And ultimately, witnessing these tragedies led him to create a wearable to prevent similar incidents. David has a background in the recreation industry. As a serial entrepreneur, he built and operated water parks all over the world. But an accident, which still haunts him today, led to his current career...