The Waldo Health Home Monitor is a versatile, revolutionary telemedicine device that helps the elderly or those with chronic diseases manage their healthcare from home. Waldo Health features a simple touch screen interface, has built-in teleconferencing, collects data from other health monitoring devices, and provides instant transfer of vital health information to remote care providers.

In just a few short months, Metaform start-up client Waldo Networks raises most of its US$1 million dollar mixed securities offering, acquires US FDA 510(k) Class II Clearance for Market, and wins the IBM SMartCamp Austin's People's Vote Award. Waldo Health, featuring an industrial design created by Metaform Product Development, was one of five Finalists in the IBM SmartCamp Austin competition.

For start-ups ventures, Metaform's industrial designs play a critical role in helping investors and potential customers see the vision of the start-up company's founders in a tangible form. A high impact, well executed product design helps entice venture capital, elicit valuable feedback, generate buzz, and even compels early adopters to pre-order the product. It serves to validate a start-up and instantly makes them a legitimate contender in the market. After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback in focus group tests of the Waldo Health Home Monitor design, Waldo Network's CEO said in a phone conference that hiring Metaform to create the industrial design was "money well spent." Waldo is yet another example that investing in design pays dividends many times over and provides enormous ROI.