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If you’re trying to lose weight or stay healthy and enjoy metrics and graphs, then you should check out the Withings WiFi Body Scale.  The scale’s built-in Wi-Fi automatically transmits your weight, lean and fat mass, and body mass index to your own Withings webpage.  You can also have the… Continue Reading »

With each passing day, many of us are checking ourselves for any flu-like symptoms as the media tells us about a potential pandemic: Swine Flu.  A common sneeze now merits a steady stare from passerbys, a cough now garners much more attention.  In times like this tech can help.  Enter… Continue Reading »

Today, Garmin announced a new addition to their fitness line of devices, the FR60.  The FR60 is a fitness watch that can be used to accurately record your workout data and then transfer it to a nearby computer for further analysis.  It can be rather annoying when you spend a… Continue Reading »

iGuard has signed up their one millionth customer and bringing their story to light.  The site is pretty ingenious, fill in the prescription medication you take and any adverse reactions with them known now or in the future will be emailed to you.  Thinking of folks that have multiple doctors… Continue Reading »

It would appear that the in word at the moment is ‘Blu’ as yet another product with the prefix of Blu emerges, this time in the genre of health.  The goLITE BLU is essentially advanced light therapy to fight against S.A.D. (seasonal defective disorder) as well as the general winter… Continue Reading »

It would appear the nature is slowly becoming obsolete. Who needs real plants when fake ones are easier to look after? Who needs real light when light bulbs, light balls and light walls are easily available? And who needs beautiful scenery when you can make it in Photoshop? It is… Continue Reading »

It could be the first 21st century plague. Or a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. In any event, a Santa Fe, New Mexico man is leading the charge to get wireless hotspots banned from public buildings in his city, claiming he and others are ultra-sensitive to Wi-Fi radio frequencies.… Continue Reading »

Both Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault are now offering their services - and servers - to consumers who want to store their personal health records (PHRs) online. Consumer advocates say they’ll be keeping a close eye on both technology giants to make sure they have a healthy respect for their… Continue Reading »

The Microsoft-Yahoo! game goes into extra innings, but the Kings of Search motor along as if they were, indeed, the only game in town. The Official Google Blog’s latest post from VP of Search Product Marissa Mayer lets slip a few R&D goodies stemming from an “informal gathering - a… Continue Reading »

A report was released today that’ll be good news for all the gamers out there that have significant others telling them to stop gaming. Besides past studies that have proven that gaming improves hand-eye coordination, a new study has come out saying that playing video games helps improve vision by… Continue Reading »