How much can a few gadgets do to improve your health? Vendors at CES are selling gizmos that will track your vital physical data and nag you to lead a fitter, happier, more productive life. Health-related gadgets have long been a quirky mainstay of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with exhibitors hocking high-tech pedometers, treadmills [...]

For those of you waiting for the real-deal collection of Star Trek gadgets and gizmos, you’ll find that today is a great day – the tricorder has arrived. The folks at Scanadu have been developing a handheld device that, while not exactly service the same function as the 60′s series tech, is certainly Star Trek-worthy [...]

Goodness gracious, has technology advanced to such a stage where the humble plastic pillbox is now electronically inclined, so much so that you no longer have any more excuse not to pop those pills as prescribed by your doctor? I guess so, especially when you have the $249.95 Audio/Visual Alerting Pillbox that not only delivers [...]

Its obvious that things are becoming more chaotic these days. People are working harder, sleeping less, and pushing themselves to the limit. Ask your average guy on the street if they feel stressed out, and the answer is almost always a resounding yes. Stress certainly takes its toll on a body, almost all studies confirm [...]

Researchers at MIT’s Spectroscopy Laboratory are working on a noninvasive way to measure blood glucose levels using light. First envisioned by Michael Feld, the late MIT professor of physics and former director of the Spectroscopy Laboratory, the technique uses Raman spectroscopy, a method that identifies chemical compounds based on the frequency of vibrations of the [...]

Hammacher Schlemmer’s new portable EKG monitor lets you know if your heart is still beating, and how well. Many people suffer from severe heart disorders, and a hospital is not always a stone’s-throw away. The good news is, now, they don’t have to. Using a quartet of integrated sensors, the portable EKG monitor provides instant heart [...]