We have seen our fair share of smartwatches and by now, I guess the only differentiating point competing models have is brand, or whether it loaded with diamonds or not. However, this smartwatch, called MPERSENS, from VEESAG is different. MPERSENS, which is the acronym for Mobile Personal Emergency Response System, works like most smartwatches, but […]
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Oticon Opn Is The First Hearing Aid To Enter The Era of Internet Of Things
Traditionally, people with hearing disability wears a hearing aid and while this may seem suffice, the current technology is rather limited. It’s directional, that is what we are saying. However, with the Oticon Opn (pronounced as ‘open’) Connected Hearing Aid, it not only set to change how a person with hearing disability hears, but also […]
Heart Monitoring Sportswear Aims To Prevent Cardiac-related Deaths
Imagine a future where the apparels you wear is able to provide you with your body metrics. Perhaps, even measuring blood sugar level and such. The Sensoria Artificial Intelligence Sportswear you see here is not that kind of future tech but it is pretty close with as far as active lifestyle is concerned. Billed as […]
Meet HEX, The World’s First Re-engineered Condom. Wait, What???
There are many things that need and has been re-engineered, reinvented, but condom, that latex stuff that goes on your manhood, hasn’t. The question is, is condom in dire need of re-engineering? Apparently yes, according to LELO, “world’s leading name in the pleasure industry” from Sweden. The outfit has decided to take on the seventy […]
This In-ear Headphones Is A Fitness Tracker That Can Read Mind Too
Music and body metrics measurement does not go hand-in-hand, but what if it could? Well, such is what the United Sciences The Aware Custom-fit Headphone proposed to do: providing users with a pair of custom-fit, wireless in-ear headphone that not only lets users listen to music, but also measure their body metrics, as well as […]
“Second Skin” Is Possibly The Closest Thing You Will Get To Elixir of Youth
These days photos lie. The advancement in imaging hardware and software allows us to beautify our photos even as we are taking the photo and as a result, photos may not be the most accurate representation of the real person. Just think of girls with skilfully applied makeup (which probably took hours to complete) and […]
Research Lab Develops Electric Fork That Adds Salty Tang To Salt-free Meals
It is well documented that over intake of salt is one of the main culprits of high blood pressure. According to Blood Pressure UK, “eating salt raises the amount of sodium in your bloodstream and wrecks the delicate balance, reducing the ability of your kidneys to remove the water.” Our body reacts by introducing more […]
Garmin Index Smart Scale Wants to Add More Metrics to Your Fitness Data
Among the connected gadgets, weighing scale is the less vied. Seriously, what else can you do besides providing the weight, which you can simply look down to pick up the digits? Apparently, a weighing scale can do more – even more if it is connected as Garmin Index Smart Scale claims to do. A weighing […]
REMzen Intelligent Sleep Mask Relies on R.E.M. to Enable a Better Sleep
I am sure we are all familiar with sleep tracker. We are told that we should wear it on our wrist, sleep on super thin sensor and even slip under our pillows, but nobody actually propose something that closely related to our sleep: Rapid Eye Movement, or REM for short. Well, that’s until now. Meet […]
The Evolution of a Medical Device From Design to Concept to Life Saver
WHEN paramedics or emergency personnel discover a patient who has suffered massive facial or airway trauma, often in situations like a car crash, they may have to perform a cricothyrotomy, which involves stabbing a tube into the patient’s throat so they can breath. It’s a procedure you want them to get right. But in these […]