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Wearables vs. Med Devices: Visualizing a Third Way

Hardware and software makers are naturally bullish on the future of consumer-facing wearables for health and wellness. So far, physicians and providers have remained circumspect. It’s been a dozen years since the first Fitbits helped launch the quantified self movement. What have we learned so far and what are the opportunities going forward? Law of…

Advanced Audio Will Revolutionize Digital Therapeutics

We’re all aware of the healing power of music, which is not only a sentiment but a scientific fact. Recent advances in audio technology, particularly spatial audio, are showing great promise in treating a variety of physical, cognitive and emotional health challenges. For audio hardware and software companies, these nascent fields represent welcome opportunities to…

TV: The Obvious Smart Home Interface?

As smart homes become increasingly sophisticated, integration trends are moving toward the total convergence of home connectivity, with all IP devices addressable by the user. The potential complexities for the consumer will be daunting without a simple, yet powerful control medium. Fortunately, such a medium already exists; already resident in virtually every home and often…

Video or Bust: The New Physical Security

Don’t look now, but traditional security integration as we know it today may be moving toward the exit. Business and technology trends are shifting the industry toward a software-and-services model that not all integrators are ready or willing to accept. High on the list of disruptors is the expanding importance of video and analytics. Companies…

How AI Will Extend the Security Business

Some of the most interesting trends we’re following in the smart security sector involve the use cases for artificial intelligence and machine learning. Because we’re still in the early days of these technologies, there’s misunderstanding about what AI and ML will mean for these applications. We see four important opportunities taking shape. For manufacturers and…

Anticipating the Next Smart Security

Written by: Avi Rosenthal, Partner, bluesalve partners As the IoT revolution continues to embed smart features into homes and buildings of every kind, the role that security plays in these deployments is shifting dramatically. Control and alert technologies are becoming increasingly sophisticated to meet new market demands. The opportunities for next-gen security providers are expanding…

What We Learned About the Future of Expos at CES 2022

Written by: David Kaplan, Partner, bluesalve partners For as long as we’ve been in the CE business, mid-January has been a time of happy post-CES exhaustion. You’re grateful for a bit of recuperation and stoked for the opportunities created or cemented at the show. Following 2021’s interruption, CES was in-person again this year and so…

Beating the Odds: Are You the Twelfth Startup?

Written by: Lew Brown, Partner, bluesalve partners, CEO Motum.ai It’s often said that 9 out of 10 startups end up failing, but that’s not true. According to Startup Genome, the real number is worse at 11 of 12. The most common reasons for failure are premature scaling and poor marketing. These numbers and the reasons…

Differentiation Will Break the Health Tech Logjam

Written by: Lew Brown, Partner, bluesalve partners, CEO Motum.ai In a recent call with a leading Japanese CE manufacturer, we had a chance to talk about the next wave of health tech and its ongoing merger with the world of consumer electronics. The question came up as to which product or service on the market…

Strategizing a Re-Emerged CES Part III

Written by: David Kaplan, Partner, bluesalve Partners In last week’s post, I shared a general overview for understanding and strategizing a successful CES 2022. As previously mentioned, this year’s “smaller” show of just under 2,000 exhibitors and most likely about 70,000 of my closest friends is still going to be big — and difficult to…