Marketplace Tech for Friday, October 11, 2013
Oct 11, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Friday, October 11, 2013

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Marketplace Tech is at MIT this week to visit the emerging technology conference EmTech. There are serious academics here doing big things. But new innovations and new technology also offer new challenges. Funding that must be found, new parts that must be built and more.

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Sci-fi inspired science at EmTech

Oct 11, 2013
These robots are straight out of a movie.

Guess what these numbers mean. This week's Silicon Tally

Oct 11, 2013
250 minutes and 378,000: Can you guess what these two numbers mean?

Get a discount on health care -- if you wear a tracking bracelet

Oct 11, 2013
Employers can give employees bigger discounts on health care if they participate in wellness programs. But what if instead of gym memberships and health surveys, those programs handed out devices that tracked your every step?

The best of EmTech

Oct 11, 2013
Kara Miller, host of WGBH radio show Innovation Hub, talks about her favorite things at EmTech.

Marketplace Tech is at MIT this week to visit the emerging technology conference EmTech. There are serious academics here doing big things. But new innovations and new technology also offer new challenges. Funding that must be found, new parts that must be built and more.

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