Ep 54: Hannes Sapiens Sjoblad
Benefits of implanting microchips, biohacking tips, ethics of technology & risks worth taking
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Hannes Sapiens Sjoblad is the managing director of DSruptive - a deep tech company specialized in implantable microelectronics. With its revolutionary BeUno app, DSruptive is looking to make implantable health tracking devices ubiquitous.
In this episode we talk about the product of DSruptive and implantable health tracking as well as challenges in developing a deep tech product. We also discuss human augmentation technologies and hot health-tech industry trends. Finally we talk about community building through the Epicenter Stockholm experience lens.
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The topics covered in this episode (with Timestamps)
🔈 [02:40] - ON DSRUPTIVE AND HEALTH TRACKING
Combining wearables with human body
Rice grain sized implants for body temperature tracking
All technology is controversial
Choosing medicine as the primary application for the tech
Evolving the tech
Pricing of a complex medtech product
Alternative applications
🔈 [14:40] - ON (UN)EXPECTED CHALLENGES IN THE STARTUP JOURNEY
Everything takes longer, always
Clinical study going faster than planned
Innovation vs. regulation
🔈 [19:00] - ON HUMAN AUGMENTATION TECHNOLOGIES
Enhancing human body capabilities
Ethics and how protected are we as customers
The problem with risk-averseness
Longevity
Proactionary principle
Competing with China with EU regulatory limitations
Good/evil applications for technology throughout history
🔈 [28:00] - ON HOT TRENDS IN HEALTHTECH INDUSTRY
Remote monitoring
Personalization of medicine
Preventive medicine
Longevity
🔈 [32:50] - ON COMMUNITY BUILDING AND EPICENTER STOCKHOLM
Tech conference experience all year round
What does chief disruption officer mean
Catching the wave of innovation at the right time
Community with strong value prop for members
Allowing talent to flourish
Adapting to hybrid work world
🔈 [42:24] - HEALTHY LIFESTYLE TIPS FROM BIOHACKING EXPERIENCE
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