Tori Newby

Eye On The Ball: Durham’s Ver Coaching Trains Athletes’ Vision With VR

February 6, 2025 Tori Newby

Athletic training is often thought of mostly as a matter of physical fitness. But entrepreneur Mike Halpert felt that there was a missing piece: vision training. Halpert said he understands […]

Cary Startup’s Fusion Sensors Turn Fire Detection Into Fire Prevention

February 4, 2025 Tori Newby

When you smell something burning in your kitchen, you know to take the bread out of the toaster or the pie out of the oven before anything catches fire. But […]

“Keurig for Pills”: Wilmington Startup Builds Automatic Medication Dispenser

January 29, 2025 Tori Newby

After his 97-year-old grandmother was hospitalized from accidentally taking too much of her prescribed medication, Wilmington resident AJ Trelease came up with an idea for an automatic medication dispenser. The […]

Look Like You: Charlotte-Based Fashivly Curates Personalized Style Shopping

January 28, 2025 Tori Newby

After 10 years in the fashion industry, Ashlyn Greer started her own styling company to help customers feel their best. A few months into the Covid-19 pandemic, a friend of […]

Want Better Sleep? Wilmington’s Nuream And Its Tech-Enabled Fabric Can Help

January 22, 2025 Tori Newby

After 37 years serving in the U.S. Army, Wilmington resident Rob Cooley has trouble sleeping at night—and he said he’s tried every remedy there is, to no avail. But retiring […]

New Quest! Melissa DeRosier’s Fresh Startup Gives Children A Voice In Research

January 21, 2025 Tori Newby

In the 1990s, clinical psychologist Melissa DeRosier stood in front of elementary school classrooms reading questions aloud to children to get survey responses for research. To no one’s surprise, this […]

NC State Alum Co-Founds Modi To Provide Accurate Sizing for Online Shoppers

September 5, 2024 Tori Newby

When shopping online, many of us tend to purchase multiple sizes of the same item, eventually returning all but the one perfect match. But this method has unintended consequences. Not […]