Healthy Life Spot

Smart T-shirt Monitors Your Workout Activity

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:54:40 +0100

Many fitness products developed nowadays can considerably improve your health and well-being and replace a fitness instructor.

One of such health gadgets is Squid, a T-shirt equipped with electromyography sensors that help you track your workouts. The sensors monitor your muscle activity, then sends all the data on internet portal with the help of smartphone app. The app records the number of repetitions of exercises and watches over your heart rate.

Resperate Device Lowers Blood Pressure with Relaxing Music

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:03:08 +0100

Having high blood pressure often means that you need to take blood pressure drugs regularly. But the makers of a new health gadget claim that their device can help control your blood pressure without medications.

The gadget called Resperate works by slowing down user's breathing, playing soothing music.

E.chromi Bacteria to Diagnose Disease By Coloring Your Feces

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:35:30 +0100

Synthetic biology has a great potential to change the way we live, including our environment and health. E.chromi is a new ambitious project that is a result of collaboration of synthetic biology scientists and designers that promises to make such difference. Cambridge University undergraduates decided to create genetically engineered bacteria that will produce colored pigments.

This has a huge variety of applications.

EatDifferent App Improves Your Eating Habits

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:17:20 +0100

hether you want to lose weight or improve your lifestyle by eating healthier, you may need a motivational tool to stick to your promises.

EatDifferent is a new app that helps you set goals and track your progress on a daily basis. The app allows you to stay aware of your eating habits, such as "avoid processed food" or "added sugar" or "eat more grains", reminding you about your promises every day.

Babyloid Robot for Depression Treatment

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:40:50 +0100

he new robot developed by Japanese inventors is meant to cure the feelings of loneliness and depression in older people.

Babyloid was designed to look like a baby that requires your attention, reacting to movement, temperature, pressure and light. The cute robot interacts with you by crying or laughing, depending on the environment with the help of sensors.

Gympact App Charges You for Skipping Workouts

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:54:12 +0100

What if you can't make yourself workout on a daily basis? There are many ways to motivate us being more active, but the new iPhone app has probably one of the most powerful ones.

The system rewards you with money when your exercise and charges you when you don't.

The Basis Band: New Health Monitoring Device

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:52:54 +0100

Fitbit and Jawbone Up help us stay fit and become a great motivational tool. The new Basis Band is a watch-like device that tracks a variety of metrics, including heart rate, calories burned, temperature, sleep quality and other useful data.

It features five body sensors: one that tracks your motions, an optical sensor that watches over the changes in blood flow to tell you everything about your heart rate

New Sex Toy That Uses Electric Toothbrush Technology

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +0100

Sonic technology has been already used in some health gadgets, such as Clarisonic skin system and Philips Sonicare toothbrush and now the patented technology is behind an innovative sex toy.

The Orb by Revel Body is the first sex toy device that uses this technology to develop high-performance vibration motor.

Goggles that Relieve Dry Eyes Syndrome

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:44:11 +0100

Dry eyes syndrome is a lack of proper lubrication and can be quite irritating. Ageing, some medications, chronic diseases and contact lenses may all lead to dry eyes.

The Dry Eye Relief Kit was designed to alleviate dryness and stimulate tears production. The kit comes in a form of googles with gel packs that can be heated or cooled off for the desired effect.

Fitbit Introduced Its Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:26:48 +0100

Fitbit, a company that is known for its wireless sleep and activity tracker has introduced the new health gadget that helps you follow healthy lifestyle.

Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale is a tool that is designed to track your weight, percentage of your body fat and BMI easily. The scale's glass surface has small electrodes that evaluate your body impedance to give you more detailed information about your body fat and lean mass.

Whithings Introduces Smart Baby Scale

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:28:56 +0100

Whithings, a well-known technology company, has launched an innovative baby scale for keeping track of your baby's weight.

The Withings Smart Baby Scale that was awarded the CES Innovation Award works in connection with Internet via Bluetooth and WiFi to manage all the data about your child's weight so that you can view and share it with others.

Wake up Work Out Alarm Clock is Your Best Motivation

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:40:27 +0100

While waking up in the morning may seem like a hard task for many people, bringing yourself to workout is nearly impossible for lazybones. Even if you've decided to start exercising every single day, it's difficult to keep to your promises. And what if your alarm clock could become your best motivation in healthy lifestyle?

Snore Stopper Reduces Snoring

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:14:23 +0100

Snoring makes your life miserable? Now, there is no reason to ruin your relationships just because of this health problem.

The new health gadget Snore Stopper by Hivox promises to make night more peaceful and silent.

The device that is worn on the wrist during sleep uses gentle electrical current to stimulate users to change sleeping position that can induce snoring and interfere with other people's sleep.

Vitadock App Works with iPhone, Measures your Health Data

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:47:39 +0100

Vitadock, the new iPhone app that works in sync with docking devices, is meant to monitor and check your health.

The Vitadock app is developed by German company Medisana and is available on Apple's App Store. The app works with docking monitors that visualize vital health signs and can be purchased. For example, GlucoDock is designed for diabetics to check blood sugar, Thermodock is a monitor that takes body temperature immediately using infrared technology, CardioDock is meant to check blood pressure, while TargetScale is developed for weight management. The docking devices are connected to your iPhone, iPad or iPod.

Lark Alarm System Wakes You Up Gently

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:32:58 +0100

Nothing can be more annoying than a sound of alarm clock early in the morning, when you can hardly open your eyes. LARK is a sleep system that works with your iPad or iPhone to help you sleep and wake up better.

The system uses silent alarm technology waking you up gently and naturally using soothing vibrations.

Sunglasses That Let You Look On the Bright Side of Life

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:37:23 +0100

We wear sunglasses to protect our eyes from UV light that may damage our eye health. But innovative sunglasses that let the light shine into your eyes are meant for a different purpose. Sequinetic sunglasses is a useful gadget for those who suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) or winter blues that makes us feel depressed during certain seasons.

TheyFit Offers 95 Sizes of Condoms

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:45:28 +0100

Do you hate condoms? May be they just do not fit right. The recent research showed that poor-fitting condoms can not only cause sexual dissatisfaction, but may also lead to increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. All these may be a result of wearing wrong-sized condoms, which tend to slip and break when you do not expect it.

Stealth Toothbrush Sanitizer Kills Bacteria on Your Toothbrush

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:53:43 +0100

Do you know that your toothbrush is a place full of germs and even if you change your toothbrush once in three months, it does not mean the thing is clean enough for dental care?

That's why the Stealth UV Toothbrush Sanitizer probably will be useful for those, who care about true cleaning. The sanitizer uses UV light that kills up to 99,9 percent of bacteria and germs on your toothbrush after cleaning your teeth.

Portable Breast Cancer Scanner for Home Check-ups

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:25:33 +0100

Finding a suspicious lump can be scary for every woman, but going to the doctor for a check-up is even greater stress. The scientists at Nihon University have come up with the portable breast cancer detection device that can help you find out about your risk of having breast cancer. This tool can be especially useful for those, who live in remote areas.

Innovative Machine that Eases Asthma Symptoms

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:59:36 +0100

The new machine that cleans the air, make asthma sufferers feel better without drugs.

The device called the Protexo machine, produced by Swedish company Airsonett, is used during sleep, delivering flow of pure filtered air to remove common allergens that cause inflammation of the lungs. The machine uses technology that is often applied to maintain sterile conditions.