Olivia Lin, revolutionizing patient health tracking with intelligent bedsheet.

20-20 Women Lead Podcast

Olivia Lin is the Executive Director and co-founder of Studio 1 Labs, a Canadian technology company that specializes in unique fabric sensing technology. The developed an “intelligent bedsheet” with this new technology to collect patient health data, including respiratory patterns, bed exits and more.

Olivia talks about what “implicit memory” is and how it influences the product design, the technology behind “intelligent bedsheet”, why she chose to expand in Taiwan, as well as her personal journey--why she decided to become an entrepreneur, and her learnings and challenges as a female leader. Olivia also shares a special, very touching story at the end of this episode.

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To learn more about Studio 1 Labs, visit www.studio1labs.com.

你有聽過「智慧醫療」嗎？隨著65歲以上人口比率快速增加，台灣已經邁入高齡社會，去年(2018年）65歲以上人口比率已經超過14％，而在2026年，老年人口將成長至500萬人，占總人口比率超過20％，也就是等於每5人中就有1人是銀髮族。不只是台灣，全球人口老化都在持續加速中，「老年照護」也是各國在積極研究的課題，「智慧醫療」就是目前的趨勢：如何運用科技的力量，對於銀髮醫療照護提供更創新的解決方案。

在今天的節目裡，我們邀請到了加拿大智慧醫療新創公司Studio 1 Labs的執行長Olivia Lin。Olivia是在加拿大長大的台灣人，不但是認知心理學博士、也是引領國際新興紡織技術發展的重要推手，最近也榮獲Girls in Tech Taiwan 40 under 40 (2019年四十位傑出科技女性)的肯定，Oliva會跟我們聊聊他是如何看到國際長期照護市場的需求、分享他們的產品「智慧床單」對於長照與醫療品質的影響、為什麼她會選擇拓展服務到台灣、以及她身為一個女性創業家的優勢與挑戰。

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製作人/Producers：Tai Tsao, Yiying Chen, Jane Shih

主持人/Host：Tai Tsao

同訪成員/Co-host：Rafeni Lee, Julia Liu

剪接/Editor：Elisa Chang

文字紀錄/Transcript：Rene Wang, Lily Hsu, Yiying Chen, Jean Wang, Yen-ting Chang

社群經營/ Marketing：Julia Liu, Rafeni Lee, Vanessa Leung, Rae Chen