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0:00-2:45 Welcome everyone to the TWiST Health and Fitness devices special! 2:45-3:00 Help influence the structure and course of the show by joining the TWiST Backchannel Producers' Program! Go to twistlist.co and become a part of the community today. 3:00-4:45 Thank you to Carbonite for sponsoring the show! Sign up for Carbonite Small Business then send your receipt to contests@thisweekin.com to enter to win a Macbook Air! 4:45-6:00 Today we have Ben Rubin of Zeo and Jason Jacobs of RunKeeper. 6:00-7:45 Let's take a look at some health stats. Did you know that we spend $130B a year on healthcare costs related to obesity and lack of exercise? 10:00-11:00 Let's take a look at the Zeo Sleep Manager. 11:00-12:00 How does the headband collect data? 12:00-14:00 Ben demos the Zeo app. 15:30-17:30 For a normal person, do they use it, then stop and only come back when they have problems? 17:30-18:30 Why isn't sleep education mandatory? 18:30-20:45 Let's take a look at the Withings WiFi Scale and Blood Pressure cuff. 20:45-23:00 Jason, when and why did you start RunKeeper? 25:00-27:30 Jason J. displays his RunKeeper dashboard. 27:30-32:30 Thank you to MailChimp for sponsoring the show. And congrats for reaching one million users! 32:30-33:30 Jason, how do you deal with a huge competitor like Nike? 33:30-35:00 Explain to us what the vision for the health graph is. 35:00-37:45 Jason J. shows his fitness feed and explains the idea behind Street Team. 39:00-41:30 Have you ever considered renaming the company, Jason? 45:00-47:30 How have angel investors been responding to this industry? 50:30-52:00 Question from the chat: Can Zeo help me learn how to lucid dream? 52:00-54:30 Question from the chat: Will RunKeeper be giving data access to health insurance companies to decide on prices? 54:30-56:00 Jason, what's the business model for the health graph? 57:00-58:30 What did the board say to going free? 58:30-01:01:00 What's it been like being a leading candidate in this space, Jason? Have you been getting a lot of buy-out offers? 01:01:00-01:03:30 Let's take a look at what a long life costs in the US vs. other countries. Why do we spend so much more to not live any longer? 01:03:30-01:07:00 Should companies offer incentives to employees who get healthier, improve their sleep, etc? Is it their place to get involved? 01:11:30-01:14:00 Question from the chat: When talking about rewards and incentives, Ben, how do you differentiate between people who live unhealthily and those who have bad genes? What do you think, Jason? 01:14:00-01:15:30 Taking a look out what else is on the horizon. What's the most interesting thing here? 01:15:30-01:17:30 Thank you to Ben and Jason for joining us today. If you're an awesome dev, you can reach them at ben@myzeo.com and jason@runkeeper.com. 01:17:30-01:18:30 Thank you to our sponsors Carbonite and MailChimp. Remember to thank them on Twitter @Carbonite and @MailChimp for sponsoring the show! 01:18:30-01:19:30 Robert, what do you have coming up today on This Week in Social Media?
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