Whew, it's been a busy week at 6SensorLabs world HQ, including our announcement that Nima will be available for pre-orders beginning Tuesday, Oct. 20.
News Coverage
Hannah Ross Crane called us a game changer in the Huffington Post.
The Signal's Zoe DeMarco named us the new dinner date.
Stephanie Lee shares results of some of the food tested with Nima over at Buzzfeed.
Entrepreneur's Nina Zipkin profiles Shireen and her vision for food transparency.
KQED Chrissy Farr digs into the science behind Nima (and a gluten-free veggie burger).
Tasty Meditation's Jessica Hanson shares excitement after meeting the 6SL team and seeing Nima live.
Events
We also found out CEO Shireen Yates and 6SensorLabs are finalists in the Stevie Awards - very exciting stuff. We'll find out in November if she and 6SensorLabs win!
Co-founder and CTO Scott Sundvor presented at Founders Forum in NYC this past week, for continued bicoastal team presence.
We hosted a great session at NewCo SF, including a quick overview of the food transparency space with CEO Shireen Yates, a look at our mechanical engineering lab with our lead product development engineer, Steve Portela, and a look at the chemistry lab with our lab manager, Alex Leung.
Other Upcoming 6SL Team Events
- Shireen will be speaking at Eating Through Time, Saturday, Oct. 17, NYC
- Carla and Heather will be at our booth for the Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest, October 24 - 25, Indianapolis
- Shireen will be on a panel at Re-Think Food, November 6 - 8, Napa Valley, CA
- We're also one of the sponsors for Food Allergy Bloggers Conference, November 13 - 15, Denver
So what we been reading in our spare time (as if we had any)?
Lots of analysis this week on the Cheerios recall, including Oats and the Pitfall of Gluten Free Eating. We've had a lot of requests for testing oats and oatmeal.
A teenager who wants better food labeling in schools.
Personalized dieting based on the microbiome and other data about an individual? Sign us up. On the other end of the body, given the many conversations we have with people about their bodily functions, watching the short video on KQED's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Poop was a no-brainer. (Also if you've ever wondered what kind of poo are you, take this quiz.)
CVS teams up with Rock Health.
Number 5 on this list of top food and beverage trends is something we really feel is important - food transparency is at our core.
And from our favorite Slack channel of random items:
- Caffeinated peanut butter.
- Art grown in a petri dish.
- Tug of War is fun.