If you enjoy working out regularly, FitBit might be a nifty device to add to your fitness arsenal. It clips on your clothes and keeps track of your exercise routine for you.
With a built-in motion sensor, the device acts as a pedometer and so much more. FitBit doesn’t just count your steps. It tracks how many calories you’ve burned, how far you’ve travelled, the intensity of your exercise, how well you’re sleeping and more.
Seal Shield has announced their newest product, the Silver Seal Flex and it makes your health a priority. The silicone keyboard is flexible enough to be rolled up for transport, but that’s not the really cool part.
Scientific breakthroughs, especially those that pertain to the medical field never fail to amaze me. And this one is no different. Surgery might look a whole lot different in the future thanks to a tiny new technology called microgrippers.
Microgrippers could be swallowed by a patient and then would be activated by chemicals and magnets within the body. Incisions could become a thing of the past.
Gunnar Optiks are known for their specialty computer glasses but now it seems they’ve set their sights on the devoted gamer. Yes, that’s right game junkies: you may be able to get your very own pair of game tailored glasses soon.
Sometimes I’m just amazed by technology and this is one of those moments. ReWalk uses motorized leg supports to help people that do not have the use of their legs to walk again. Now that’s tech done right!
The Touch Sight camera approaches new territory, targeting the blind as the primary market and utilizing touch technology to enable those that are visually impaired to take photos and “view” them using senses other than sight. This digital camera has no LCD screen, but it does have several features specifically made for those with vision problems.
As a contact lens wearer, this one has me interested. Apparently, some researchers at UC Davis have developed a special sort of “smart” contact lens that can detect eye pressure, thus catching glaucoma in its earliest stages. These super contacts can even distribute medication on-site, if needed.
With the direction technology has gone we all use our hands a lot, be it for texting or typing. We may not use them for manual labor but we manage to injure ourselves anyway. Well Xtensor is here to help with those hand related injuries.
It will actually strengthen and rehabilitate your hand after you’ve been cracking away at that PSP for several hours. Making it so your hand encounters less stress from those injuries.
Mammograms are one thing that if you bring it up in a room full of women, you’re bound to here a bit of grumbling. They are uncomfortable and apparently not always that accurate. Well now there is a new method in the works that is more accurate and one that is hopefully less painful.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for ergonomics but I do wonder whether ErgoMotions‘ new Workstation design might remind potential buyers a little too much of a dentist’s chair to make them entirely comfortable. Featuring an industrial rack-mounted PC, twin 19-inch monitors on a custom, speaker-studded retractable arm, VoIP and fully adjustable chair with memory presets, the Phase 1 prototype is intended to make long-term computer use compatible with the requirements of both our bodies and health & safety legislation.
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