Tag: disease
3 Times You Should Take Your Dog To The Vet Immediately
So you went and got yourself a dog. Congratulations for investing in a lifelong companion; one that won’t judge you for eating an entire bag of chips for dinner – provided you share a couple, of course. While you’ve likely seen your vet for your new pup’s initial checkup and shots and made a note to ...
Wi-Fi Enabled Tooth Sensor Knows If You Cheat On Your Diet
When you think about it, when it comes to addiction, many of our vices enter our bodies through our mouths (alcohol, food, smoking, etc.). Wouldn't it be nuts if your doctor could monitor whether or not you had a handle on your addiction by tracking data sent to him or her from a tooth sensor strate ...
The Star Trek Medical Tricorder Inches Closer To Becoming A Reality
If you are a trekkie, which a lot of our readers are, you probably know that in Star Trek there are three main types of tricorders. One is a standard tricorder used to scan unfamiliar places and collect data, one is an engineering tricorder used for engineering purposes on the ship, and the last one ...
iPhone Sensors That Can Smell Bad Breath & Illness
I've written about a few gadgets that supposedly help people with the embarrassing problem of bad breath. When you're talking to someone for the first time, there is really nothing that is more of a turn-off in every way than bad breath. Most of the gadgets that are designed help detect bad breath a ...
Designer Gas Masks: Disaster Fashion For Emergencies
This surprisingly stunning collection of designer gas masks is one of those lovely things that has been floating around the Internet here and there for a few years now, but I just saw them for the first time today. They are morbid and strange, yet beautifully designed, so I knew I had to share them ...
Creative Skull Crafted From Real Human Brains
This seems like a no brainer, doesn't it? What better material could an artist use to make a skull than human brains? In this particular case, skull artist Noah Scalin used pickled and preserved brain slices to be exact.
Before you immediately think this is morbid (which I also did at first), aft ...
Be Careful! | Your Television Can Kill You
Do you watch a lot of television? Do your children? I'm happy to say that because of my busy work and blogging schedule, I don't watch any television. However, I’m embarrassed to say that my son watches about two hours each day. After what I’ve learned this week, that is going to come to a scree ...
Watch Out For Flying Doctors!
Are mosquitoes becoming flying doctors? Mosquitoes are a huge problem where I live in Georgia. This time of year, it’s not uncommon for us to get several mosquito bites just walking from the front door to the car. I’ve always had a strong disdain for mosquitoes and have no problem swatting th ...
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