Tag: HEALTHTECH

Watches that monitor your heart rate may be commonplace these days (because, you know, they're actually useful), but a mouse that keep watch on your ticker -- well, that's something you don't see everyday. ASUS seems to think that's a shame, however, and it's set out to rectify things somewhat with its new heart-monitoring Vito W1 wireless mouse. Apart from an apparently really simple ...

The Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) announced earlier this month that it is taking to the Web in an effort to broaden its reach to Web savvy teens who are more comfortable with chat-rooms than traditional hotlines. RAINN, the largest anti-sexual-assault organization in the nation, has run its popular hotline for more than 14 years, but the concept of a phone-in hotline is alien ...

Chances are these days you don't go far without your cell phone in your pocket, purse, or pack. We've become so dependent on the things that the thought of meeting friends for dinner without having the option of calling them en-rouge to change the venue seems horribly risky. However, for a small but growing number of people, going out without their cell phone could be seriously detrimental to ...

Retinitis pigmentosa is a debilitating genetic condition indicating severe retina deterioration. Those affected by it with suffer from reduced vision or, in many cases, total blindness. There is no known cure, so a diagnosis (often made during childhood) usually means inevitable loss of vision years or even decades later. That may be changing, though, with a prototype eye implant that may provide ...

It is well established that we are a culture driven by connectivity. And its not just Americans that check E-mail on the john. or text while driving -- it turns out hat even the Italians and British are choosing TV over sex. But some out there are choosing fight back against their (our) addiction. Sharon Sarmiento realized she had a problem when she started blogging in her dreams and hearing ...

Those fancy nano-silver containing key fobs we showed you the other day are great for keeping out of contact with germ-covered door handles or faucets, but hardly useful for touch typing, which is unfortunate, because according to the marketing material released by Seal Shield, your keyboard contains up to 400 times more bacteria then a toilet seat. Throw up a little in the back of you mouth ...

It has many names -- misophobia, spermatophobia, verminophobia -- and the apparently blog-coined germophobia. They all mean one thing, a fear of germs or contaminants. But thanks to some crafty (read smarter and better funded) people, you'll no longer need to rely on paper towels, hand sanitizer, and latex gloves to get your spermatophic self through the day. The Handler is a retractable hook ...

Might want to sit down and cross the legs for this one, fellas. A new vasectomy procedure has been developed by a team of researchers from Australia's University of Adelaide. Essentially, it consists of a silicone polymer valve that fits snugly inside the vas deferens, thereby blocking the passage of sperm. The valve is inserted through a hypodermic needle, so there's no need for surgery. The ...