Category Archives: Article
Jun
MINNETONKA — Dolly Lowery has a passion for helping students with autism, dyslexia and ADHD overcome their learning disabilities by playing a video game. She and her company, Minnetonka-based Kinuu, launched BrainyAct in 2018, and in May 2019, the company began offering an in-home version of the therapeutic video game. BrainyAct uses Kinect technology — […]
May
Dolly Lowery couldn’t take it anymore. The Excelsior mom had spent 10 years taking her son to more than 1,200 appointments to treat his severe dyslexia — and nothing was really working. So she made it her mission to find her own solution. During her research, she met a Florida-based physician, Dr. Nelson Mane, who […]
Mar
Wyatt Vogland, 9, of Bloomington, stared intently at a computer screen in Minnetonka last week, balancing an imaginary red ball in his right hand. The exercise was part of a brain training program called Kinuu created by Dolly Steichen Lowery, of Excelsior, in 2014. Through the program, she developed BrainyAct, an interactive game that helps strengthen weak […]
Mar
With the U.S. Commerce Department reporting that GDP growth slowed to 2.6% in the fourth quarter of 2018, and economists predicting less than 2% growth in the first quarter of 2019, I reached out to a half-dozen entrepreneurs to get their frontline read on what these trends mean for them and the major issues they’re […]
Aug
Dolly Lowery, Excelsior mother and CEO of the Minnetonka company Kinuu, developed BrainyAct after seeing a need for an affordable treatment for children who have an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, sensory issues or emotional behavior disorders. “I have a son with severe dyslexia and I spent about 10 years in clinics […]
