A new app called Buffet is tackling loneliness by matching users with a person and a place to meet up.

Users are matched based on their interests and a quick personality test, then prompted to decide on a time and place to hang out.

With nearly half of adults in the U.S. reporting feelings of isolation, new apps are taking relationships off screen and into the real world.

Edge: Connection Quest

Researchers have developed an affordable bandage that uses an electric field to promote faster healing in chronic wounds.

The water-powered, electronics-free bandage helped animals heal 30% faster in initial tests.

Advanced bandages can help prevent severe complications from wounds, reducing the need for costly and intensive treatments.

Edge: Optimized Anatomy

Alipay is gamifying its “Little Purse” money management platform to help users grow their savings account.

Users choose an AI-generated story to follow, then complete specific tasks to unlock subsequent chapters or story elements.

The game has garnered over 400,000 active users, proving the appetite for entertaining finance tools.

Edge: Money Out Loud