EZ Breathe and Extreme Tech | FULL SHOW | #305




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Summary: The stuffy air in your house could be killing you! Find out how EZ Breathe can help you breathe easy with their home ventilation system. Then, find out how the Extreme Tech Challenge is helping great ideas like Bloom Technologies get off the ground. Segment 1: Breathe Easy Six out of every ten homes are hazardous to live in due to airborne pollutants. EZ Breathe President, Erika Lecroix, has made it her mission to improve the indoor air quality in homes all across America, and is here to tell us how! Segment 2: Ventilation is Key The most important tool in your arsenal in your fight against hazardous indoor air is ventilation! Erika Lecroix explains how Ez Breathe's stand alone unit provides an escape for all the nasty stuff in your building at the lowest level. Segment 3: Extreme Tech Challenge The Extreme Tech Challenge saw 1,200 companies enter for a chance to present on stage at next year's CES. MaiTai Global Co-Founder and Vice President, Bill Tai, explains how a stage at CES isn't the only reward, winners get publicity, infrastructure products from companies like IBM, and meet many interesting people that can help build their businesses. Segment 4: Extreme Ideas When Bill Tai was giving a speech at one of Australia's largest colleges he looked out in the crowd and thought: "Maybe somebody in this audience has the next hit product." From there grew the Extreme Tech Challenge, an event that helps accelerate someone's success if they were already going to be successful. Segment 5: Bloom Technology and Giroptic The winner of this year's Extreme Tech Challenge has already been selected! Bill Tai tells us about Bloom Technology, and their device that helps track the health of a baby in the womb; and runners up, Giroptic, an affordable 360 degree video recording solution. Segment 6: Sphero Bill Tai tells us about the 3rd place runner up in the Extreme Tech Challenge, Sphero, the company responsible for iPhone controlled robotic toys and BB-8 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Also, find out how your tech idea could be the next big winner of the Extreme Tech Challenge.