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‘Medical Gadgets’ Stories

RESPeRATE helps you lower your blood pressure

James Allan Brady, Feb 27th 2008 Discuss [1]

Essentially this device hooks up to you (probably around your chest) and monitors your breath. Then, if you are breathing faster than 10 breaths per minute (the therapeutic zone) it creates a custom melody that will help you slow your breathing rate. Read The Full Story

NDrive G400 is the first nav system with a breathalyzer built in

James Allan Brady, Feb 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

I’ve always wondered how many drunk driving accidents could have been stopped if people really knew how drunk they were, I guess with this nave system we’ll be one step closer. Sure, personal breathalyzers aren’t exactly new, but having one built into your directions home is. Read The Full Story

Breathalyzer for disease, probably won’t result in a ticket if you’re infected

James Allan Brady, Feb 18th 2008 Discuss [0]

The scientists at NIST have come up with a new breathalyzer that could be used to detect if you have certain diseases. The long of it is calling it the “cavity-enhanced direct optical frequency comb spectroscopy” I like breathalyzer for disease better though. Read The Full Story

23andMe Personal Genome Service

James Allan Brady, Feb 18th 2008 Discuss [0]

So this company sends you a kit, and you send it back with some saliva (drool) and a thousand dollars and they’ll genotype your ass. You they check about 600,000 data points in your DNA and can inform you of bad things to come, such as inherited defects, a predisposition to certain health conditions, things of that nature. Read The Full Story

Talking pill bottle patent describes mouthy meds

Chris Davies, Feb 13th 2008 Discuss [0]

iVoice have been crowing happily [pdf link] about their latest patent, which describes a new way of pestering those on medication to pop their pills. Titled "Methodology for Talking Consumer Products with Voice Instructions via Wireless Technology", it covers individual medication bottles that have a wireless chip, microprocessor and speaker built into them, and which are given unique instructions (dose, regularity, total number of pills) at the point of dispensing by a separate computer.

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SensDevice is a mouse therapist for you

Christina Crouch, Jan 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

A few years ago I was sharing a house with a friend and they became so enraged with their computer that they threw it across the room. I’ll admit I’ve been really upset and wanted to do that but never enough that I actually did it. My friend could have used the SensDevice therapist in a mouse. Read The Full Story

Conceptual Fire Extinguisher puts out flames by throwing balls at it

Christina Crouch, Jan 29th 2008 Discuss [1]

Last year there was a huge fire in my town that did some damage to my place of work. It was the first time “devastating fire” ever really hit home with me and I’m not ashamed to admit I have a slight fear of another fire being started to finish what the first one didn’t. I like to be safe and feel safe and I actually keep a fire resistant body shield in my vehicle. You can never be too safe. I’d really like to the Capsule fire extinguisher brought to life, I’d feel a lot safer with one around. Read The Full Story

Baby Quasar – Age Reducing Technology?

Christina Crouch, Jan 28th 2008 Discuss [0]

People will do anything to look younger, especially women. It’s kind of ridiculous but people will be buy snake oil in any form. Baby Quasar claims to be the best all around skin care tool. Read The Full Story

Eye Implantable Camera being developed

Christina Crouch, Jan 25th 2008 Discuss [3]

There are not a lot of things that creep me out, but the short list of things that do are usually strange and improbable. The implantable bionic eye however, makes the list. I know it would be helpful but the thought just gives me the willies for some strange reason. Read The Full Story

10 Minute DECTECt test for Alzheimers

Christina Crouch, Jan 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

Alzheimer’s effects many people whether it’s those who have it or those who have loved ones who do. Georgia Tech and Emory have developed a new and quicker way to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s and aside from being useful it looks like fun virtual toy! Read The Full Story

AlarMe watch helps notify the hearing impaired

Christina Crouch, Jan 15th 2008 Discuss [1]

I really like this concept watch from Nikita Golovlev. It’s a watch for the hearing impaired which can alert it’s wearer through vibrations of an alarm going off. This is a great way for those who live alone to remain safe. Read The Full Story

Carina Implantable Hearing Aid

Christina Crouch, Dec 21st 2007 Discuss [1]

Hearing is something some of us take for granted. My sister has some hearing problems due to birth complications so we’ve dealt with all sorts of different solutions and hearing aids for her. The Carina sounds promising even though it’s only in “phase II” of its study. It uses four separate implants in the skull, including a fingernail sized microphone. It has a fully rechargeable lithium-ion battery which recharges via magnets you wear a couple hours a day. That kind of seems odd to me but since it promises a “natural feeling of sound” who am I to complain? Read The Full Story