Tech Cocktail Startup Showcase

Last night I presented the uBox at San Francisco's Tech Cocktail Startup Showcase.

I found myself sharing the expo tables with more typical hipster-esque startups -- a faster video codec, a new way to meet people at a bar -- but the individuals in the crowd were surprisingly interested in what the uBox had to offer.  People could relate to the difficulty of taking medicine, either from personal experience or that of their family members.

The event was followed up by an article on the Tech Cocktail website:

Not Your Grandmother's Pillbox: The uBox Steps Up Your Medication Game

The uBox can help everyone. Even me.

Last week I was in a hit-and-run accident on my motorcycle.  I'm okay! Nothing broken and my legs are still attached, so all is right in the world.  I am taking pain medication though while I heal.

Even though I have been researching adherence for years, and knew the importance of taking my meds properly, I still found myself trying to stretch out the prescription, or denying that I was in enough pain to need it... I also forgot my meds at home when I really should have had them with me.  I realized that I needed something to help me take them like I was supposed to.  Good thing we had invented the uBox!

I've been using my uBox since then, and by staying ahead of the pain I'm helping my body to heal faster, which will be better for me in the long run. The text notifications also helped my fiancée to feel reassured that I was okay while he was at work.

To hear more about how the uBox has helped us, we have added our story to our Indiegogo page.  Check it out now, and see a real-world example of the effect the uBox had on us!