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Tokyoflash breathalyzer watch says “blow here”

, Jun 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Bizarre watch manufacturer Tokyoflash has revealed its latest concept, and it wants to use its cryptic LEDs for good. Coupling the company's usual, distinctive style and a breathalyzer, by blowing into the side of the watch and tapping "Alcohol Test Function" you can check your blood alcohol content. Read The Full Story

NEC Avio Thermo Mirror tells you you’re hot

, Jan 17th 2011 Discuss [0]

"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the hottest of them all?" Brothers Grimm style questions will soon be answerable by NEC Avio's Thermo Mirror SX-01, which bundles a contact-free digital thermometer inside a mirror so as to make checking for flu symptoms more straightforward for businesses and public venues. Read The Full Story

Withings WiFi scales now put your fat on Panasonic’s VIERA HDTVs

, Jan 6th 2011 Discuss [0]

Withings seems obsessed with shaming us into sharing our weight with whoever might be interested; their WiFi scales tweeted out our chubby readings last year, and now you can bypass the latest sports game and put your weight on the big screen instead. If you've a Panasonic VIERA Connect HDTV, you can now access the Withings health dashboard as a widget. Read The Full Story

Witlings Blood Pressure monitors plugs into your iPhone

, Jan 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

You might recognize the Withings name as the company that introduced that cool scale back in late 2009 that works with an iPhone app to track your weight and can tweet your weight if you want. Withings is back with another new health related gadget for the iPhone called the Withings Blood Pressure Monitor. Read The Full Story

Gaiam Strap-Free Touch Trainer Making Tracking Heart Rate Less of a Pain

, Jan 4th 2011 Discuss [0]

Heart rate monitors have always been a helpful tool for working out. In a plan to move heart rate monitors forward, Oregon Scientific has developed a new pair of monitors that offer new intuitive touch controls and pack everything into the slimmest design monitor on the market. Read The Full Story

iPhonECG turns your iPhone 4 into an ECG machine [Video]

, Dec 31st 2010 Discuss [0]

A new iPhone 4 accessory promises to turn the Apple smartphone into a clinic-quality ECG machine. The iPhonECG is a clip-on case for the handset with a pair of electrodes on the back; paired with the handset via Bluetooth, it sends ECG readings to the custom app. According to the developers, the case and app are expected to come in at under $100 when the iPhonECG reaches the market. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Why I Find Time for Gaming (and Why You Should Too)

, Dec 23rd 2010 Discuss [13]

Whenever gaming comes into a discussion on health, it gets attacked. A large group of critics from all over the globe say that playing video games causes children to be violent, older players to withdraw from the world, and can cause physical health issues from the supposed sedentary lifestyle.

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Self-Sterilizing Door Handle Wins Concept Design Award, Needs to be Real

, Dec 16th 2010 Discuss [1]

Door handles are dirty, dirty things. Especially ones that you find in public places, where hundreds, if not thousands of hands touch it on a daily basis. And while these door handles may get cleaned every night (hopefully), it's just not enough to make sure that germs aren't being spread about everywhere, getting people sick. That's why we need a door handle that sterilizes itself. And why it's not surprising that when someone designs a concept for one, they win a concept design award. Read The Full Story

Fruitspensor with Energy Efficient Ways

, Nov 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Remember not that long ago, as in just a few days ago, when I posted a story about the wackiness of a Banana Dispensing Machine? That ain't as wacky as some (I) may have thought. Turns out the folks over at Healthy Vending have developed a machine that not uses 35-50% less energy than your average pop-dispensing machine, it's ready to dispense anything from granola bars to orange juice to fruit. It's cheap, it's efficient, and it's aimed at offices. Read The Full Story

Trainer Video Game Replaces Child-Only Healthcare

, Oct 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

So you're strolling along, thinking about how you can barely afford healthcare for yourself, much less your kids, when you see a headline that reads something like "Obamacare Promises Child-Only Health Insurance Option" and you're totally pumped up! You love your kids so much you'd definitely rather just cover them than yourself. Right? Not if you're trying to get covered by Humana. They've opted out of this particular form of health insurance coverage. To skirt around requirements presented in the recent health care reform, Humana gratefully offer the use of the video game "Trainer" to those "uninsurable" children with pre-existing health conditions. Read The Full Story

Toasted Skin Syndrome is Real, Caused by Heat from Laptop

, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [1]

If you have a laptop, there's a chance that you use it, say, on your lap. And, as you've probably learned on your own over the years, is that doing that for any extended period of time, usually means that your thighs get pretty hot. The heat from the bottom of a laptop, no matter how well ventilated it is, can be pretty intense, and now it seems that those who have been affected by its heat, permanently, have a name to call their altered skin: toasted skin syndrome. Read The Full Story

Webcam Created by MIT Grad Student Can Tell if Your Heart is Healthy

, Oct 4th 2010 Discuss [1]

Finding out if your healthy or not usually entails a doctor's visit, or two, but thanks to a grad student at MIT, the process could get a lot easier. Ming-Zher Poh, the grad student, has made it possible for an every-day webcam, with some slight modifications, to tell how healthy you, and your heart are, just by looking at you. There's no need to hook yourself up to any machine, or test your blood. Just look at the webcam, and you'll have your result displayed to you. Read The Full Story
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