121: Beyond Health Tracking

This week we’re talking about Google’s new operating system, Intel’s Project Alloy, and the future of health tracking! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Jeff Dachis (One Drop) and Liam Broza (BitScoop)

This week we’re talking about Google’s new operating system, Intel’s Project Alloy, and the future of health tracking! Questions/comments/tips? Visit awkward.email or call/text 509-AWKWARD.

Guests: Jeff Dachis (One Drop) and Liam Broza (BitScoop)

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One Drop: Diabetes Management Made Simple
One Drop is a diabetes management platform that harnesses the power of mobile computing and data science to empower people with diabetes to live healthier lives, together. By logging your daily activities, you can see the relationships that food, insulin, and activity have with glucose levels and learn how others in the One Drop community navigate their daily lives, from one good glucose reading to the next.
“A Honeypot For Assholes”: Inside Twitter’s 10-Year Failure To Stop Harassment
For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech, it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating, what is the platform that declared itself “the free speech wing of the free speech party” to do? BuzzFeed News talks to the people who’ve been trying to figure this out for a decade.
Project Alloy Is Intel's New Wire-Free VR Headset
Most popular virtual reality headsets, like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, require a tethered connection to the computer and that imposes some obvious restrictions on how much we can move in our space. We'd all prefer a simpler, untethered option, and Intel wants to provide just that.
Google is developing an OS called “Fuchsia,” runs on All the Things
Every single operating system developed by Google to date has one thing in common: they're based on the Linux kernel. Chrome OS, Android, Chromecasts, you name it. Linux has powered Google hardware for years.
Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week
After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com will be shutting down next week. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, and four months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the company.
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Comes With Sierra Support, Standalone Toolbox App
Parallels today announced Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac with support for macOS Sierra and the addition of several new features. The company also announced a new standalone app called Parallels Toolbox, which allows users to perform some simple tasks that aren't necessarily tied to virtualization.
Apple Drops 'Store' From Apple Store Branding
Apple appears to be making a slight branding change to its retail business, dropping the "Store" moniker when referring to its Apple Store locations. Apple has already made the change online, and all of its store pages now refer to stores by names like "Apple Union Square" or "Apple Valley Fair" or "Apple The Grove," instead of "Apple Store, Valley Fair" or "Apple Store, The Grove."
Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Four Years
Apple Inc. is preparing the first significant overhaul of its MacBook Pro laptop line in over four years, according to people familiar with the matter, using one of its older products to help reverse two quarters of sliding sales.
Say Hello to More Convenient Pickups & Drop-Offs
When you’re rushing to catch a flight or a concert opener, every second counts. That’s why we’ve updated our app to make it easier than ever to get picked up and dropped off — down to the exact terminal door or arena entrance.
Cue
What if people could detect flu as soon as it starts? What if people could see how exercise and food are shaping their bodies at the molecular level?

The power of the idea is immense. Over time, having on demand access to important indicators of health could reshape the way we, as a society respond to a pandemic and how healthy we live our lives for ourselves and our loved ones.

We spent 4 years building the technology to make this idea a reality.
Health Nucleus
The HLI Health Nucleus, designed by Human Longevity, Inc., is a new clinical research center harnessing recent advancements in genomics – combined with a comprehensive curation of personal health history – to uncover your health risks and serve as the basis for a personalized approach to your health.
23andMe
You are made of cells. And the cells in your body have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Your chromosomes are made of DNA, which can tell you a lot about you. Explore your 23 pairs today.
Human Longevity
Aging is the single biggest risk factor for virtually every significant human disease. Our goal is to extend and enhance the healthy, high-performance lifespan and change the face of aging. For the first time, the power of human genomics, informatics, next generation DNA sequencing technologies, and stem cell advances are being harnessed in one company, Human Longevity Inc., with the leading pioneers in these fields. Our goal is to solve the diseases of aging by changing the way medicine is practiced.
Illumina
Explore a wide variety of next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods, and find complete solutions to meet the unique needs of any lab.
Helix
There is a part of you that you’ve never met before.

DNA is more than a code. It’s who you are. Every person deserves the opportunity to discover insights into their DNA that are secure, accurate, and affordable.

That's why we’re creating the world’s most advanced genetics lab and building a diverse ecosystem of high-quality partners to deliver uniquely personalized products, services, and applications.

We're Helix. A big idea for a simple goal. Uncover your DNA story in 2016.
TrueVault
Build HIPAA-compliant apps your way. Use any platform, any framework, and any language.
Why Do Fingernails and Hair Grow After Death?
You ever ready old creepy tales about people finding skeletons that have long curly nails and grey frizzy hair that won’t stop growing? We wanted to find out if that's actually a real phenomenon or a misconception. As it turns out, it's kind of both.
Valspar Color for All Glasses
The Valspar Paint #ColorForAll Project has a simple mission. To bring color to those who don't have it, and to remind those who do, to appreciate it.

Check out Robotic Emotion Birthday and Special Occasion Cards!