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  • Can’t sleep? Turn off your iPad!

    Can’t sleep? Turn off your iPad!

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    You're an animal. You're a living creature not too dissimilar from a chimpanzee—well, I guess chimps don't wear sneakers—, and yet you constantly fight your natural instincts. Like, you're meant to be awake, alert and on the ready, during the daytime. The moment the sun begins to set you should be winding down your day. If the sun is down, you should be down, sleeping a deep sleep and giving your body's chemistry a chance to gear up for a new day of hunting and gathering. But no! You lie in bed late at night, staring into your band new iPad, destroying your circadian rhythm in the process. Look out, there's a lion behind you!

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  • Hands-on with MobileHelp, for when Dad has fallen and he can’t get up

    Hands-on with MobileHelp, for when Dad has fallen and he can’t get up

    Posted on May 15, 2010 | No Comments
    MobileHelp is a small device that works “beyond the home” allowing your loved one to call for help at a press of a button. The device also also tracks your loved one via GPS and, when they sound an alarm, MobileHelp’s staff will contact them directly and call the proper authorities. My mother tried this at [...]

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  • The robot doctor will see you now

    The robot doctor will see you now

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    It's a brave new world of health and technology, coming together to keep you as healthy as modern medicine allows. The Senate Committee on Aging was witness to a show-and-tell of sorts last week, getting a first-hand look at some of the hi-tech innovations that promise to annoy people who cringe at the idea of universal healthcare. Because keeping people healthy is pure, pure evil, apparently.

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  • Samsung warns pregnant women, the elderly, and drunks not to watch 3D TV

    Samsung warns pregnant women, the elderly, and drunks not to watch 3D TV

    Posted on April 14, 2010 | No Comments
    Are you pregnant? Don't watch 3D TV! Enjoy a beer or two (or more...) while watching the game? Don't watch 3D TV! Not sleeping well lately? Don't watch 3D TV! Such are the warnings Samsung provides on its site, designed to keep you safe and sound while watching 3D TV.

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  • It’s all well and good to demand secure electronic medical records, but when has your data ever been secure in the first place?

    It’s all well and good to demand secure electronic medical records, but when has your data ever been secure in the first place?

    Posted on March 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Pretty much spot-on, this. There's an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that argues that Americans should badger Congress and the president, asking them to hold off on doling out stimulus dollars to electronic medical record systems that don't have appropriate privacy safeguards in place. As it stands, electronic medial records aren't exactly sealed—insurance companies can peek at them, as can pharmaceutical companies. So, let's instead focus on creating an electronic medical record system that's as foolproof as possible. Slight issue: when is your data, medical or otherwise, ever truly secure?

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  • Pushup bar for Wii Fit Balance Board

    Pushup bar for Wii Fit Balance Board

    Posted on March 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Fun fact: If you took one of every available Wii accessory and laid them all end-to-end, they’d stretch around the world 17 times! Add this Balance Board pushup bar to the line.

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  • This hand sanitzer uses plasma, for cleaning

    This hand sanitzer uses plasma, for cleaning

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    The New York Times highlights the development of a new type of hand sanitizer, primarily developed for hospitals, that uses plasma to zap your hands clean. It's cheap, too, costing around $100 to build, so maybe they'll find their way into the crippled U.S. health-care system one day?

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  • Breath-based glucose sensor developed (and why it may never make it to market)

    Breath-based glucose sensor developed (and why it may never make it to market)

    Posted on January 22, 2010 | No Comments
    I guess since I’m the resident diabetic at CrunchGear that I should write all the diabetes-related stories. Good old diabetic Doug. He’s got the sweet blood, let’s pass this one on to him. Hope he doesn’t go into diabetic retardation while he’s writing it. That’s what it’s called, right? Coma? What is it? He said to help him if he starts acting weird but HE’S ALWAYS ACTING WEIRD. Thanks for the tip, jerk. Okay, I’m back. Eggheads at the University of Florida have developed a tiny sensor that can detect blood sugar levels based solely on breath. A guy like me would simply breathe into a little tube and five seconds later – boom, blood sugar levels. It’d theoretically replace finger-poking blood tests, and all at a one-time price of around $40.

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  • San Francisco considers displaying phone radiation levels next to price tag

    San Francisco considers displaying phone radiation levels next to price tag

    Posted on December 24, 2009 | No Comments
    If the San Francisco Department of the Environment gets its way, starting as soon as next month Bay Area residents might start noticing the radiation levels of cellphones displayed prominently next to their respective price at retail outlets. This is, of course, despite no definitive research that the handsets cause harm and the FCC's insistence that the devices sold to consumers are safe. The proposal is being endorsed by Mayor Gavin Newsom, who as it's noted is not about to stop using his iPhone anytime soon. Not to worry, Maine, you'll still keep the top spot for most ridiculous cellphone warning label.

    San Francisco considers displaying phone radiation levels next to price tag originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Maine may add warning labels to cellphones

    Maine may add warning labels to cellphones

    Posted on December 21, 2009 | No Comments
    Maine could well become the first state in the Union to require cellphone manufacturers to add a cigarette-like warning to cellphone packaging. The idea is to remind people that cellphones may be dangerous, and that you would do well to limit your exposure to them.

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  • Maine mulling cancer warning labels on cellphones, manufacturers mulling warning label on Maine

    Maine mulling cancer warning labels on cellphones, manufacturers mulling warning label on Maine

    Posted on December 20, 2009 | No Comments
    The debate on whether mobile phones are slowly turning us into a world of ailment-riddled weaklings rages on in the scientific community, but at least one state may be ready to step up the ominous, non-actionable warnings anyway. A representative in Maine has apparently persuaded her colleagues to let her bring up a proposal during January's session of the state legislature that would require warnings on devices about the alleged link between RF emissions and brain cancer, strongly advising users to keep the devices away from their heads and bodies. At best, this seems premature, and at worst, it runs a risk of breeding a nation of 24 / 7 Bluetooth headset users -- but the politician responsible for the movement seems to have it figured out: she holds her own phone away from her head while using it and turns it off unless she's expecting a call. Could someone in her district please let us know what kind of archaic voice-only device she's using?

    Maine mulling cancer warning labels on cellphones, manufacturers mulling warning label on Maine originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Retro: Monocles are making a comeback for some reason

    Retro: Monocles are making a comeback for some reason

    Posted on December 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Monocles are back, people! So says Fez from Ron and Fez, the Sirius XM radio program that spent a hot 10 minutes on this news story that says that monocles are back in fashion with young people. Time to get me some monocles!

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  • Science sez Wi-Fi is totally safe, not likely to cause people illness

    Science sez Wi-Fi is totally safe, not likely to cause people illness

    Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
    There's been a few stories over the years about people being overly sensitive to Wi-Fi. It makes them sick and whatnot. There's usually one reaction to such stories: bologna. (That's not my reaction, mind you. If you're sick, you're sick. Who am I to call you a liar?) Well now! A series of studies, carried out by the UK Department of Health, say “there is no consistent evidence to date that exposure to radio waves from wireless networks adversely affects the health of the general population and that there is no reason why schools and others should not use Wi-Fi equipment.”

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  • UV wand kills H1N1 dead — dead I tell you

    UV wand kills H1N1 dead — dead I tell you

    Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
    There's no shame in wanting to punch a medical epidemic right in its adam's apple. Punch sickness, not people. That's what I always say. If your white-hot hatred of Swine Flu still hasn't tapered off, though, it's gonna take a lot more than a little virus punching to get you the satisfaction you deserve. Might I suggest -- and hear me out – murder? Yes, murder.

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  • Philips DirectLife shows you exactly how much time you spend sitting

    Philips DirectLife shows you exactly how much time you spend sitting

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Think you're active because you walk around the office all the time on your way to meetings? Well, now there's a way to actually track that and know for sure if you're REALLY getting all that much exercise when you're strolling through the cubicles.

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