Academic science is quietly facing a replicability crisis. Even less fun than it sounds, it is a crisis whereby academics are struggling to repeat the published results from other laboratories.A runner demonstrates how to use the Impower Treadmill in the Biomechanics...
Every good startup needs a heist team
I’m a huge fan of heist movies. I love watching the crew come together, the ridiculously overwrought plan, and then watching everyone improvise as it all goes wrong. What’s more rewarding than seeing a quirky group of specialists overcome a series of challenges to...
UNeTech partner Impower Health patents hands-free treadmill
UNeTech startup business Impower Health Inc. announced it has received a U.S. patent covering user-paced treadmills and the involved technology. The treadmill operates so users can adjust the speed of the belt without pressing any buttons. Instead, users simply speed...
IMPOWER Health’s CEO Hopes to Bring New Treadmill to the Market
Doug Miller had no idea his long career in cellular technology would lead him to run a company responsible for self-pacing treadmills. And yet, here he is, at the helm of IMPOWER Health, a new health tech business in the UNeTech incubator. Miller, who earned a BS in...
Fabled Self-Pacing Treadmill is Real and it’s in Omaha
Stroke rehabilitation is hard. The damage a stroke causes to the brain and nervous system is extensive, sometimes irreversible, but often repaired through painstaking rehabilitation. That rehabilitation is hard work. The asymmetrical way a stroke victim’s body works...