Scientists produce stronger T-rays, bring Tricorders closer to reality



A group of scientists from Imperial College London and Singapore’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) have developed a new technique that could have far reaching impacts for Star Trek fans everywhere. It all involves something kno…

Oregon Scientific’s App In Sports watches sync with your phone, grab apps from it



One of the many new products we spotted at Oregon Scientific’s CES booth was the App In Sports range of watches. As the name suggests, these wearables can link up to your Android phone (via ANT+ wireless connection) to grab up to three app profiles, a…

Google Health’s New Year’s Resolution is to cease to exist, countdown begins to save your data



Back in June, Google announced that it would be ‘retiring’ Health effective January 1, 2012. Now, everything appears to be on-track for the shutdown, with Google sending out a final reminder to Health customers earlier today. You have until the stro…

IBM wins diet monitoring and reward patent, celebrates with sip of Spirulina



Does your employer offer a “wellness rebate program?” No? Then you can’t be working for IBM, which has been bribing its staff to eat healthier since 2004. It’s a Watson-worthy idea, because what the company pays out in incentives it recoups in lower…

Researcher brings modified Touchpad into the MRI room, breakthrough ensues



Yes, the Touchpad is officially dead, but that hasn’t stopped Stanford researcher Andrew B. Holbrook from using HP’s tablet in a somewhat unexpected setting: the MRI lab. Holbrook, it turns out, has been developing a new, webOS-based system that c…