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LightSleeper: The drug-free solution for geek insomniacs

LightSleeper: The drug-free solution for geek insomniacs

One the common perils of gaming and cola-fueled geekdom is the ever-present specter of insomnia. Now a UK-based company has...
 
This creepy robot wants to be your personal trainer

This creepy robot wants to be your personal trainer

Bandit, a robotic personal trainer developed by students at USC's Viterbi School of Engineering, is designed to walk humans through...
 
SteadyStair doesn't baby the elderly on a staircase

SteadyStair doesn't baby the elderly on a staircase

Ruth Amos is making me feel old. Why? When she was 16 years old, she founded StairSteady and invented a...
 
Ged Galvin, the man with the bionic bum

Ged Galvin, the man with the bionic bum

Ged Galvin has a bionic bum and he uses a remote control to operate it. The 55-year-old IT project manager...
 
NeuroStar TMS therapy system cures depression with magnetic field pulses

NeuroStar TMS therapy system cures depression with magnetic field pulses

Sure, this might look exactly like a dentist chair, but it's designed to provide you with the exact opposite of...
 
Want your iPhone to detect deadly chemicals? There's an app for that (sorta)

Want your iPhone to detect deadly chemicals? There's an app for that (sorta)

Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, working with the Department of Homeland Security, have created a...
 
Renault Zoe, the electric car that's good for your skin

Renault Zoe, the electric car that's good for your skin

Renault sure does come up with some out-there concepts. Remember the Twizy Z.E.? It had hexagonal wheels. Now Renault is...
 
Senior Mobile Phone actually <i>is</i> your grandma's phone

Senior Mobile Phone actually is your grandma's phone

Big buttons. A simple display. Rounded corners. Yep, with a design like that, it's definitely for grandma. It's even named...
 
R1 radio has a control method you've never seen before

R1 radio has a control method you've never seen before

Here's a new way to control a radio: by rolling it. The design is simple, with the direction you roll...
 
Plastic surgery iPhone app: medical aid or just plain creepy?

Plastic surgery iPhone app: medical aid or just plain creepy?

Tons of iPhone apps come out every day. Most are helpful, cool, and fun, but there is a new one...
 
Bonkers $900 motorized keyboard disinfects itself

Bonkers $900 motorized keyboard disinfects itself

A company called Vioguard has created a motorized keyboard that lives in its own little sterilizing-UV-light-shinin' box that kills germs...
 
Automatic stilts make walking more complicated

Automatic stilts make walking more complicated

Nissan's new concept design for a personal mobility device sure is, well, interesting. It looks like a pair of roller...
 
Anti-Gravity Treadmill, almost like exercising on Mars

Anti-Gravity Treadmill, almost like exercising on Mars

Want to get some exercise done in microgravity? Unless you travel to the International Space Station, exercise in a pool,...
 
This is no phone; it's an ultrasound machine

This is no phone; it's an ultrasound machine

This is the GE VScan portable ultrasound machine. Yes, it looks almost exactly like a flip phone, but you can't...
 
Keep track of wanderers with the Ekahau Wi-Fi wristband

Keep track of wanderers with the Ekahau Wi-Fi wristband

Do you have a wanderer in your family, be it a little kid, a rebelling teenager or a fading grandparent?...
 

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