Another big week at the 6SL offices with lots of happy news.
6SensorLabs and Nima in the News
Yesterday we learned our first product, Nima, has been named as one of the best inventions of the year by Time Magazine. We're so proud to be alongside companies creating new products to help with sleep, women's health, air quality and general enjoyment.
Last Friday, 6SensorLabs was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Startup of the Year - Consumer Products category in the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Co-founder and CEO Shireen Yates also won a Silver Stevie® Award in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year - Consumer Products category, 11+ employees category.
Here's a quick video of Shireen right after the win!
Shireen's presentation from a few weeks ago at Launch Mobile, Wearables, IOT is now up on This Week in Startups. To listen in, start about 34:35.
Yahoo! Food named us one of six apps, gadgets, and services for tech foodies to try.
Co-founder Scott Sundvor was cited in this article about 8 ways to find qualified job candidates on AllBusiness.
Chances to Meet the Team
Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 24 for a live Twitter chat with our CEO Shireen Yates and Lead Scientist Jingqing Zhang, where they'll answer all your burning questions about Nima. Ask questions in advance using #asknima and use it to follow along live at 12 p.m. PT!
Some of the team members will be at the SXSW San Francisco Meetup on December 7.
Carla will be at Women's Health Annual Visit in NYC on Dec 4.
Health & Wellness
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released a proposed rule to establish requirements for fermented and hydrolyzed foods, or foods that contain fermented or hydrolyzed ingredients, and bear the “gluten-free” claim. This ruling, if accepted, would require manufactuers to verify items are free from gluten. This proposed rule is now open to public commentary.
Millennials are more likely to ditch the diet mentality, says the International Food Information Council 2015 Food and Health Survey as cited in Food Business News. This finding doesn't mean that they have unhealthy habits - in fact, this group is more likely to look at health as something ongoing.
The Sean Parker lab at UCSF to study autoimmunity launched this week. This lab will be within the diabetes center and headed up by Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone.
How NY Giants player Justin Pugh went gluten-free and got stronger because of it, as profiled in Stack.com, plus his recipe for avocado-sweet potato sliders!
Random
- Cuddly Guts comfort the chronically ill
- 31 of the most dog things to ever happen
- Writer's Guild of America Names 100 Funniest Screenplays
- Robot Unicorn Attack - a fun Web-based game
Lastly, we'll leave you with a goofy photo of Nima parts spelling Nima!
