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Ben@Zeo

Recently, it seems that tons of new and existing companies, industry movers and shakers, and others wired to the digital life have come to us with this idea: Shouldn’t all of your health data be in one place? Put it here (with us)! We’re all for that–but what do you do once all that data’s [...]

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True Story: I first met Jason Jacobs of Runkeeper at a South End breakfast spot a few years ago.  At that time Runkeeper was just an iPhone app that tracked your runs (now it’s a comprehensive fitness platform) and Zeo had yet to be released.  Oddly enough, during that breakfast (or many thereafter) I hardly gave [...]

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Great news!  Our pals at DigiFit were shortlisted for a CTIA Emerging Technology Award in recognition for creating the first digital human data portrait! Better News?  They’re also up for “Best Online Pick of 2011″ and need your help casting ballots.  Voting takes two seconds and it’s a great way to show that living a [...]

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What started in a classroom at Brown made the The Martha Stewart Show today as a Top 5 Health & Beauty Gadget… You already know how we feel about sleep, but I can’t tell you how excited I am to see more people talking about how crucial sleep is to our whole self. Weight and [...]

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When Zeo launched in 2009, you all started to tell us about what you expected.  Specifically, you raised the issue of data privacy. You wanted control over your data and the ability to play with it, all without uploading to our servers. And the Comments Kept Rolling In We heard a lot from you in [...]

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FYI: Zombieland was right. Columbus: Did you know that Sleep Deprivation is the number one problem in America? Wichita: I think it might be number two now. Tallahassee: (laughs) Number two… In this (and many other ways),  Zombieland hit the nail (or Zombie?) on the head.  The good news is that the world is finally [...]

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Here at Zeo, we get frequent love notes on how comfortably Zeo measures brainwaves (aw, shucks). We also get frequent notes–often attached to the first one–requesting direct access to those brainwaves. Well, the wait is over. We’re done playing hard-to-get. Today, we’re proud to release an alpha version of the Zeo Raw Data Library! Where [...]

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Apple and Google are fighting a battle for your mobile phone–quite possibly the most valuable piece of real estate a tech company can hope to own.  In many ways this fight is about more that screen design or processing capacity.  By far the biggest question in the Apple v Google war is whether or not [...]

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As you know, Zeo is a Personal Sleep Coach.   But did you know that things all got started with ‘Project SleepSmart’, a smart alarm clock? In the Beginning, there was a 9am class. It started with a simple idea.   During a basic psychology class, we learned that if you woke up from the [...]

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I’m usually a good sleeper and so is my dog, Lyra–a (very cute) 1 year old Bernese Mountain Dog–but sometimes our sleep schedules don’t align (which causes problems).  Thankfully, I have learned some strategies to minimize the difference between our sleep needs. How Dogs Sleep Although dog sleep physiology is similar to humans– for instance, [...]

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