Using music videos and mnemonics to teach kids math — At 10 years old, she wrote her first song. By middle school she was in a rock band and building science projects about learning and memory. Today her startup uses music and science to help millions of students learn math. This is the story of Dr. …

Reimagining at-home eye and brain health monitoring Let’s dive in with the Baltimore-based company reimagining the way we monitor the eye and brain health: at home. This story is part of my ongoing series for the science-focused founders and early-stage teams changing the future of learning and health. …

It’s time you knew what we’ve been working on. If you have been following IKONA’s story these last few years, you know that our company and brand have long stood for the possibilities of seeing patient education differently. We first focused on using the power of immersive storytelling to help…

Captain’s Log: Day 1,460 Our quest continues. At IKONA, our journey has always been as much about where we came from as it is about our hopes for what lies ahead. But most of all, our story is increasingly defined by those along for the journey with us. Those who would rather choose a…

On Monday, we will be joining the ranks of companies who have embarked on the trial-by-fire path known as the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program. I-Corps enables the transformation of invention to impact. …

One year ago we were putting the bow on our Ten Year Plan to make IKONA Health the leader in virtual reality-based kidney education by 2030. Then, the world stopped turning, needs and priorities shifted, and by mid-March we — like so many of you — awoke to a new…

In September we announced that IKONA had joined the ranks of early stage companies backed by the National Science Foundation. America’s Seed Fund aims to foster innovation and help create businesses and jobs in the United States. Since 2015, NSF-funded small businesses have had 153 exits and have received $9.1…

Three little, powerful things Three things stood out to me this week. The first was a well-written set of work from home guidelines from the Canadian government; the next a well-known article titled Your Life in Weeks, and finally an age-old “what if” scenario a friend posed to me that goes something like this: …

Three years ago I was busy melting into my favorite armchair in the bedroom of my old New York apartment. There I sat, in the early morning shadows of Empire State, anxiously staring out the window at passing commuters below and listening to a barely-audible Moana soundtrack. …