All the stories tagged with health
ECA introduces the Gamers for Health program
01/06/2011, It might be a stereotype, but folks tend to think of gamers as an unhealthy bunch that don’t get enough exercise, though Nintendo would probably disagree with that. Now the Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA) wants to help out too as [...]
Pulsar earphones can detect your heart rate
12/22/2010, Think that your headphones should do more than just deliver music to your ears? Well, the Pulsar headphones are a result of collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Swiss tech company CSEM. Using existing ESA technology, the earphones [...]
GymyGym helps keep you fit and trim in your collectible
12/13/2010, In today’s frenzied working environment, not many of us can find the time to get enough exercise. The GymyGym is here to help you out, where this fitness gadget will merge with office furniture capability, letting you experience a full [...]
WheeMe Massage Robot with Fingerettes
12/03/2010, We have recently looked at massage chairs and although they work well, they are bulky and expensive. WheeMe from Dreambots on the contrary is a small robot that steers itself on your back at a speed of 4.5 cm per second, [...]
MIT Grad Student Comes Up With Webcam System That Can See If Your Heart Is Healthy
10/04/2010, Here’s a scary development for webcams, a MIT grad student has figured out how to determine if your heart is healthy just by looking at you via a webcam. The system uses an open-source face-tracking program and will study someone’s [...]
Oregon Scientific Partners with Gaiam to Release Fitness Watches Geared at Women
09/22/2010, Oregon Scientific revealed some new watches and a pedometer that was created in partnership with Gaiam that targets health-conscious women. The two watches have heart rate monitoring systems and the pedometer features an accelerometer for accurate measurements along with tracking [...]
Android Finger Race App Gives Your Fingers A Treadmill Workout
09/10/2010, With so many apps out there, you often bump into a really strange one, and the Finger Race would probably fall into that category. This app is designed to be a mini-treadmill to give your fingers a workout, letting your [...]
LED Goggles Make You Trippy
08/27/2010, This probably isn’t the kind of thing that mothers would encourage you to do, but some folks have decided to entertain themselves by coming up with some homemade hallucination goggles. These goggles are available in two flavors, which are the [...]
H’andy Sana 210 Phone Offers A Built-in ECG Monitor
08/18/2010, Manufacturers seem to be keen to integrate all sorts of features into mobile phones, and now the H’andy sana 210 by a German company sports a built-in ECG monitor that allows the user to just press two fingers against the edge [...]
HealthPals Wearable Health Monitoring System Concept
08/15/2010, If all hospitals nowadays were using this concept wearable health monitoring system, dubbed HealthPals, doctors would probably have a much easier time monitoring their patients. This system consists of several devices used together to provide distant monitoring of patients with [...]
Arctic Gym Offers You A Wii Fit Workout Without The Wii
08/03/2010, Are you getting bored of using Wii Fit as your exercise regimen? If you’re bored of it, or perhaps don’t even own a Nintendo Wii, you might want to check out the Arctic Gym, which is a plug-n-play exercise mat [...]
Healthier Pool Purifier For Your Swimming Pool
04/04/2010, Do you feel uncomfortable about the amount of chlorine that you need to keep your swimming pool clean? If you’re looking to reduce the amount of chlorine used, you could always check out the Healthier Pool Purifier, which claims to [...]
Germ Guardian EV-9-102 UV-C Air Sanitizer
02/12/2010, Are you fussy about the quality of air that you breathe? If you’re always worried about airborne germs and viruses, it’s probably worth checking out the Germ Guardian EV-9-102 UV-C Air Sanitizer. The Germ Guardian EV-9-102 is claiming to be [...]
