Health and Hygiene Category - Page 7

The people who say that, if there isn’t already an app for everything, there probably will be in just a matter of time got a little more support for their theory as the first ever app that could give you a back rub emerged, thanks to the Human Touch AcuTouch [...]

Seems that Intel and GE have been reading their copies of Business Week for the last few months and discovered that the health care market is going through the roof. As the graying of America (and most of your other big-market countries) continues unabated, the market for home health care [...]

For those of you thinking that this is a story about a game controller, no–this is a story about the Haier Power Pad, a system that promises to reduce the amount of energy you use to take a shower.

As a person who 1. loves robots and 2. hates cleaning, I’m always happy to hear about the advances in the robotic sciences that will allow me to both be a lazy schmuck and yet avoid living in squalor. Thus I’m happy to hear about the Roboscooper from the folks [...]

General Electric may be working on a collection of smart appliances, but the Italian appliance maker Indesit just might end up beating them to market with their ZigBee-compatible washer.

It used to be that the toilet was strictly a waste disposal operation–but now thanks to a British advance, hitting the restroom can produce power for the rest of the building with the HighDro Power toilet system.

I was starting to wonder what was happening with my robot news lately–it seemed like, briefly, stories about those charming little automatons had fallen into the horse latitudes. Then Autom hit the ether, and my whole outlook improved.

Steam cleaning of clothes isn’t really anything new, but with this exciting concept, it’s about to get a whole lot easier. It’s called the Washing Box, and it’ll make short work out of your clothes.

Inception has just hit theaters today, folks, and seeing as how it revolves all around the nature of sleep and dreaming, and of course, stealing information out of that dream, it seemed like a great time to hit you up with a list. Today we’re going to give you the [...]

For those out there concerned about declining visual capability, or those who just wonder about the idea of having bionic eyes, well, we’ve got something here you’ll definitely want to see–the implantable telescope.