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- Human power. Yoky Matsuoka has long believed in the power of technology to help human beings. As a University of Washington neurorobotics professor, she spent years researching and developing more life-like robotic prosthetics for people with disabilities. And in 2009, she launched a nonprofit, Yokyworks, which aims to develop all sorts of tech tools for children with learning challenges. (Matsuoka, who worked at Apple and Google, where she cofounded the company's "moonshot factory," X, funded her charitable organization after winning a MacArthur "genius" award in 2007.)
Now, the roboticist is doubling down on her efforts to harness all sorts of tools to help people. As the just-announced CEO of a newly-formed organization inside Panasonic, called PanasonicWELL, Matsuoka will work toward incubating and developing health and wellness-focused services for families and caretakers, in particular.
