#290 Innovation Labs Event - Thuc Vu - OhmniLabs
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2018
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Innovation Labs Event - Thuc Vu, CEO, Founder OHMNI Labs
AARP Business Buildout Startup Interview Series
Thanks for joining me, Mary Furlong & Associates, for our recap of the recent AARP Innovation Labs, "It's Never Too Late Startup Business Pitch Competition," pitch event. Stay tuned for the rest of our series, during which we interview each of the participants, including event winner, Embodied Labs CEO, Carrie Shaw. Check each one out, these are some cool new startups, focused on aging.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the not old better show. I'm Paul Vocalzang and this is episode |
| 0:06.5 | number 290. Hi this is Paul Vocalzang, host of the not Better Show, you've got the right place and the right program. |
| 0:16.6 | And today's show is in conjunction with my ongoing work with Mary, Furlong and Associates. Along with Mary Furlong I attended the It's Never Too Late |
| 0:27.3 | Start-Up Business Pitch Competition at AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons Innovation Labs in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:37.0 | recently. |
| 0:38.0 | This was a unique event, an event that features the leading edge startups from across the country, |
| 0:45.0 | the startups pitch their ideas that will shape the future of how we all age regarding health, wealth, and self solutions. The AARP Innovation Labs are |
| 0:57.3 | committed to engaging the best and the brightest startups to identify challenges |
| 1:01.8 | and solve big issues that impact us all as we age. |
| 1:06.8 | Of course, the innovation part of the name Innovation Labs has a long history at AARP. AARP was built on innovation and has always worked |
| 1:17.3 | toward developing solutions that create opportunity and solve problems for people |
| 1:21.7 | 55 plus in age. It's part of the DNA at AARP. |
| 1:25.7 | Additionally, AARP has long recognized the longevity economy, |
| 1:30.8 | the economic opportunity that America's older population represents. |
| 1:36.1 | And AARP has actively encouraged product developers and marketers to respond to this longevity economy with solutions focused on |
| 1:45.1 | interest and needs of people age 55 plus. While at the event I spoke to all the |
| 1:50.5 | participants and in today's installment we're speaking to Thuk Voo co-founder and |
| 1:55.5 | CEO of Omni Labs. Omni Labs has created Omni, a Telepresence robot to help seniors feel more connected to their family and friends beyond a phone call or a video call. |
| 2:08.0 | The robot is a physical embodiment of the senior who can control the robot without having to leave their home. |
| 2:15.0 | This also gives more flexibility for the receivers of the call to be hands-free |
| 2:21.0 | enabling a more natural depiction of real life for the senior to be part of. |
| 2:26.3 | The simple setup uses Wi-Fi and no software. |
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