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iPhone Doctor: Your Phone Can Check Your Temperature & Call Doctor
If you are like most people I know, when you feel sick, you don't take time out of your schedule to go to the doctor unless it's serious. Most of us just keep right on working through the sickness. It's probably not the best way to stay healthy and live our lives, but at the same time, a doctor's vi ...
Are Google Alerts The Canary In The Big Data Mineshaft?
I remember the first time I actually got a Google Alert in my inbox. It was around 2008, and I had started my blog a while before. I signed up to get Google Alerts on my name mainly so I could see how fast Google indexed information. At the time, I noticed I got an alert within 3 hours of posting. I ...
Hold A Life-Size Model Of Your Unborn Baby With This 3D Sonogram
A sonogram (obstetric ultrasonography) allows pregnancy to become more real for the expectant parents. Its intended purpose is to inform patients and doctors about the health of the baby and mother at the beginning of prenatal care. The sonogram is also known to many people as an ultrasound, and its ...
3D Printed Mini Human Livers Accelerate Medical Research & Discovery
There are people who wake up each day hoping it will be the day when they get the news about a liver transplant. Many thousands of people are approved for a transplant, but they waiting for a donor. The waiting list grows longer each year. Once again, 3D printing technology can offer some assistance ...
Researchers Hope To Treat Addiction With A Virtual Reality Experience
This is a fascinating twist to the traditional virtual reality applications we are used to seeing. We know that virtual reality, if done well, will make the virtual world seem as realistic as the real world. For example, you can walk through a realistic maze that goes on forever in a virtual world, ...
Researchers Find Walking In A Forest Really Can Ease Creative Block
We all get brain fatigue, creative block, writer's block or brain fuzziness every once in a while. Whatever you want to call it, sometimes our brains get stumped for new ideas, and it doesn't seem to be able to keep up with the rest of our bodies. You've probably read posts in the past that have sug ...
3D Ultrasound Imaging Creates 3D Color Photo Of Your Unborn Baby
We all know what the standard black and white ultrasound photo looks like, and the quality is terrible. Usually nobody except the expectant parents can figure out anything from those photos. It seems like with all the modern technology we have in the world, someone would be able to take a clear, rea ...
Refurbished iPhones With Special Apps Designed To Help Senior Citizens
Earlier today, Richard wrote about a GPS cane that was designed to assist senior citizens by helping them get around in unfamiliar places. It has tons of features packed into what looks like a walking cane, and it even transmits information to doctors when necessary. I thought I'd share with you ano ...
GPS Cane Makes Growing Older A Digital Endeavor
If you worry about growing old because you think your physical and mental health might end up getting you into trouble in the real world, you should stop worrying. Technology is on the way to secure even the simplest tasks so that when we grow old, we won't have to worry about anything. The great th ...
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Virtual Therapist Knows Exactly How You Feel [Video]
Do you remember the virtual reality boom back in the early '90s? People said we would all be working in a virtual reality world in the near future, but something happened and the technology was abandoned. The virtual worlds we were said to inhabit never materialized, and we were left with a differen ...
BioAid App: Transforms Your iOS Device Into A Free Working Hearing Aid
As a hearing impaired adult who wears hearing aids in both ears, I can confirm one thing - hearing aids are expensive. They are rarely covered by health insurance and frequently cost over $2,000 apiece. Many hearing impaired individuals, myself included, require two hearing aids to assist with their ...
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Don’t Let Career Stress Kill You…Because It Can [Infographic]
We've written about the effects of stress many times. The thing is, most people underestimate the toll stress takes on their bodies. If you are an entrepreneur, you probably understand this more than anyone. I know from personal experience, when I'm feeling stressed it snowballs into several other p ...
Wireless Levitating Mouse Helps People With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
If you or anyone you know has ever had Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you know it's a very painful. It can keep people from doing the things they love, like typing on a keyboard. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome causes numbness and pain in the hand and wrist. I know of an up-and-coming comic illustrator who had to s ...
![Internet Addiction: Is This Online Disorder Real? [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/internet-addiction-study-facts-infographic-optimized.jpg "Internet Addiction: Is This Online Disorder Real? [Infographic]")
Internet Addiction: Is This Online Disorder Real? [Infographic]
With all the really good services online, Internet addiction is becoming ever more severe. Some say Internet addiction doesn't exist, while other people clearly suffer from the effects. What's interesting is that the addiction itself has more branches than any other addiction known. We have online g ...
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Apple iWatch: A First Conceptual Look [Video]
Do I even need to ask if you have heard the rumors about an iWatch from Apple being in the works? It's pretty much everywhere and everyone seems to be excited about it. I can totally understand why. Having a curved iPhone on your wrist would be even more optimized. The security would be increased as ...