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Crowdfunding

A new kind of fitness tracking device, Cor makes regular, at-home blood testing possible. Users press a cartridge to their skin for a blood test and drop it into the device. Results are processed in five minutes and sent to the smartphone app. The company founder has impressive credentials and funding on Indiegogo is exceeding the goal, but the results of clinical trials remain unpublished.

This electric bike with integrated solar panels comes from Leaos Solar, winner of a 2015 Red Dot Product Design Award. With a top speed of either 25 km/hr or 45 km/hr (depending on the model), automatic and manual transmission, and high performance design, this eBike is generating some buzz. The question is whether it will pay off with funding.

This tech startup is revolutionizing sound with “Active Listening” earbuds that can add real-time effects and modifications to the audio around you, change its volume, cancel background noise, balance it, and even mimic other environments like a concert hall. Based on the interest received on Kickstarter and its 2016 SXSW Interactive award, they may be on to something.