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This next bit is a little personal for me, as I lost my grandfather to heart troubles, and this is the kind of thing that may well save some lives. It’s not every day that we get a look at actual life-or-death hardware, so when I saw the iPhonECG, I [...]

Chances are about fifty-fifty that there is a guy in your life somewhere. You might be wondering just what a guy is–Dave Barry partially managed to define guyness as being somewhat less serious than manliness. In fact, Barry actually defines one of the most crucial characteristics of guyness as this: [...]

HIV is a killer disease as there is no known cure so far. Doctors and scientists in Germany may have found a cure from a curious source, though. The treatment came upon the researchers through repeated stem cell transplants involving a patient who had Leukemia.

I’ve never been much of an athlete, really–my idea of a good workout is a mile walk–so I’ve never really understood the drive to measure performance and statistics involved with working out. But Reebok does, sure enough, and as such, they’re getting involved with a line of flexible hardware that [...]

Man, how did we ever survive as a species before technology? Used to be, you had to rely on your feelings to tell you when you needed a drink of water, but now, no sir! Now you’ve got things like the iDration water bottle–which will be making its debut at [...]

Robot news is entertaining by itself, but when you can throw in lines like “allows paraplegics to walk again”, well, now you’ve really got something to see. And that’s exactly what the folks out at one Israeli firm are set to do with their release of the ReWalk system.

Researchers from University College London might have just found the holy grail of prosthetics. This goes high in our medical research list, along with implants that give sight to the blind and targeted chemotherapy.

The thought of letting a robot give you a sponge bath might make some people happy over the thought of getting clean without any labor on their part, though for many, the idea leaves them cold and frightened. At least, that’s the experience most people have around the Cody robot…at [...]

Oh, sure, some of you will say: like I need a bracelet to know when I’m feeling stressed out?  Being stressed out is a way of life for me! And of course, you don’t need a bracelet to tell when you’re stressed out…but stress is a lot like thirst. By [...]

For anyone who has experienced chemotherapy, the effects can be devastating. Not only do the drugs kill cancer cells. They also affect healthy cells and organs in their path. And because drugs are usually administered through an IV drip, virtually your whole body can be affected from within. A new [...]