Category: Health
The Body Battery Calculator will stop you from frequenting Starbucks, guaranteed
Great. Just what I always wanted, another reason to lay off the Krispy Kreme Fridays at Shiny Towers. Bah!
For crazy health-conscious freaks who like nothing better to do that to work out how fat they are etc, take a look at The Body Battery Calculator. If you measure your heart rate, and can manage to shield your computer monitor from prying eyes, so you can enter in TOP SECRET information such as your weight (gasp!), height, body type (thank goodness the first option is average, you can claim you didn’t see the ‘obese’ option underneath) and age (cast furtive glances around you again), the calculator will work out just how much energy your body creates…
The Ergo Bike Premium 8i exercise bike better be worth the cash
This Ergo Bike Premium 8i exercise bike is all well and good in theory, but we all know that after a week’s enthusiastic cycling in front of The Family Guy and Scrubs reruns, it’ll start to gather dust in the corner, until it’s relocated to the back garden when it’ll be glanced at, considered, and then passed over for a plate of pasta…
Opinion: Why we should all smile as stars of CCTV
Yep, you’re right, that is an album by Hard-Fi but it’s a serious point, because a funny thing happened to me today – I went to the dentist! Nothing particular humorous in that, no you are right, but seriously I am telling the tooth! Ok, enough with the bad jokes already.
As I sat in the dentist chair, he said there was something he wanted to show me and quickly thrust it towards my mouth. I was a bit shocked but suddenly it all became clear – he’s had a techno-makeover in the surgery. And boy, what an exciting 10 minutes it was…
Virtual reality games help patients forget about the bits that hurt
Boffins at the University of Washington’s HITLab have built a virtual snowball fighting game, designed to help recovering burn victims forget the pain of their wounds.
The virtual reality headset kit draws the wearer into the pretend world, leaving the poor, overwhelmed human brain with less resources to worry about the pains of the real world…
Speed brush bonus! Multiplier engaged! Oral-B Triumphs in geek toothbrush war!
The new Oral-B Triumph comes with a display system called ‘SmartGuide – a monitoring system that tracks your brushing habits and compiles statistics. Even if you’re holding out on buying an electric toothbrush as you’re a bit old and traditional and would rather carry on using a ‘manual’…
Ring Alarm may save your marriage
One of the perpetual problems of relationships occurs when the couple has to get up at different times. (As a writer, I know this problem well since I never have to get up, ever, so any time anybody wants to get up is at odds with my schedule.) Designer Meng Fandi has come up with a possible solution. The Ring Alarm has two vibrating rings and a computerized charging cradle. The cradle is used to program each ring to vibrate at a certain time. Voila: a buzz for him, and a buzz for her. (Or him and him or her and her; it’s not prejudiced.) A more detailed diagram of this follows the jump. [GT]
Ring Alarm [via SciFi Tech]
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USB is taking over the world: now we have the Nandemo microscope
I’m not quite sure if some of the photos above are NSFW or not, but nonetheless, this article and the accompanying picture are sure to put you off your lunch.
The other USB creators (y’know, not Brando, but the similar-sounding Thanko), are planning on releasing a – get this, geeks – USB-powered microscope. Dubbed the ‘Nandemo Microscope’, it’ll allow you to get your perve on and provide you with close-up views of all those parts of your body you always wanted to check out. There’s four different attachments to the microscope, which allow you to perform oral exams, look inside ears, and focus in on your skin and hair…
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Electronic wave hypersensitivity in Japan
Similar to electrosensitivity to electromagnetic radiation, Japanese have begun reporting cases of electronic wave hypersensitivity, where exposure to electronic waves result in intense internal pain which can only be controlled with prescription medications, and is aggravated by proximity to electrical towers, appliances, computers and mobiles. My personal experience with this has generally been that the doctors are dismissive, but the engineers think it entirely possible. [GT]
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This is the last thing modern society needs. We already have no problems whatsoever getting to sleep. Most of our problems in fact come from wanting to stay asleep, rather than doing productive work for the benefit of society.
