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This self-illuminating jacket seeks to help keep you safe at night

The Fanight is a self-illuminating jacket designed to keep runners, cyclists, and other pedestrians stay safer outdoors after dark.
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Researchers train subjects' brains to experience less pain

Could listening to a piece of audio on your headphones, or popping on a head-up display, make you more tolerant of pain? New research suggests so.
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PWR: an Interchangeable battery system for cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts

Thanks to Knog and its new PWR battery system, outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy the convenience of an interchangeable battery system.
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Stealth fitness trainer promises ripped abs via smartphone games

Stealth is a home fitness device that promises to sculpt you some killer abs in exchange for playing games on your smartphone.
NuForce BE Sport 3 review

NuForce BE Sport 3 review

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Huawei takes on Fitbit with Fit, a $130 water-resistant fitness tracker

Huawei's latest wearable -- the Fit -- is a fitness tracker that looks like a smartwatch. It's also nothing like last year's Huawei Watch.
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New 3D-printing software allows surgeons to quickly design titanium facial implants

Experts in the U.K. have created software that lets surgeons quickly and easily design 3D-printable titanium implants for patients with facial injuries.
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Reverie’s tech-enhanced bed bases and mattresses give you comfort and control

Reverie's new Bluetooth-enabled, powered bed bases and customizable mattresses give two sleepers individual control for comfort and improved sleep.
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A robotic exoskeleton powered this disabled U.S. athlete to a prize in the ‘Robot Olympics’

A robotic exoskeleton helped disabled U.S. athlete to walk again. Here's what happened.
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StarVox is a sporty walkie-talkie disguised as a smartwatch

Launched on Kickstarter, the StarVox is a smartwatch that allows individuals and groups to communicate with one another walkie-talkie style.
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Nutrition startup will tell you what to eat based on your DNA

Habit is a personalized nutrition startup which will develop diet plans that cater to a person’s unique genetic makeup -- and will even deliver food to fit.
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Listen to your unborn baby’s heartbeat with Bellabeat’s Shell

You don't have to go to the doctor's office to hear your unborn baby's heartbeat with Bellabeat Shell.
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Control the Sense with Voice sleep device with, what else, your voice

Getting a better night's sleep now starts and ends with your voice. The newest product to emerge from Hello is the Sense with Voice
Garmin Vivoactive HR

Garmin Vivoactive HR review

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Cigarette-puffing robot simulates the effect of smoking on your lungs

Researchers have developed an artificial human lung on a chip and cigarette-puffing robot to carry out more accurate tests into the effects of smoking.
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Check out 6 whimsical projects from Samsung’s experimental C-Lab

Samsung's C-Lab, the company's internal product incubator, highlighted six new projects, including a smartwatch for kids, a social network, and more.
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Major appliance makers warn against counterfeit refrigerator water filters

Major appliance manufacturers are warning that deceptively labeled counterfeit refrigerator water filters for sale online may not filter sufficiently.
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Awesome tech you can’t buy yet: 4WD skateboards, robochess, a cheap CNC mill

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Weekly Rewind: New MacBooks, Twitter layoffs, and Airbnb’s NYC struggle

In the tech world, a lot happens in a week. So much news goes on that it's almost impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything.
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Self-healing thread changes from firm to flexible with just a bit of voltage

The threads versatility make it a promising new component for a number of applications, including healthcare and robotics.
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Breakthrough neuro chip can record brain activity for months at a time

Researchers have created a new bionic hybrid neuro chip, able to to record the activity in animal brain cells for a period of weeks or months at a time.
tomtom touch

TomTom Touch review

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Massive air-purifying vacuum cleaner sucks up particles, blows out clean air

Its inventors at the Envinity Group claim the air-purification system is the first of its kind and may help filter toxic particles from the atmosphere.
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New study shows why teens take more risks online than young adults

A recent study by the University of Plymouth's School of Psychology looked into why teens aged between 13 and 17 take more risks online than young adults.
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Harvard’s 3D-printed heart on a chip hopes to make drug testing safer

Scientists have developed the world’s first 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip, which could allow experiments on human hearts without requiring human testing.
TomTom Spark 3

TomTom Spark 3 review

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Lips like sugar: Everything can taste sweet with the Taste Buddy gadget

Taste Buddy uses a low-level electrical current to stimulate the tongue’s taste buds -- to fool people into thinking they are trying sweet or salty flavors.
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Smartwatch sales appear to have fallen off a cliff

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Hackers can use heart-rate monitors to send jolts to cardiac implants, experts say

Security firms have come forth to verify that hackers could gain access to St. Jude's Merlin@Home monitor to deliver deadly commands to specific implants.
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Doctor-on-demand house call service Heal poised for greater growth

Heal doctors-on-demand, a service that sends a physician direct to home, office, or hotel on your schedule, is expanding with new funding.
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Interactive images show what U.S. cities might look like without the Clean Air Act

Researchers have attempted to illustrate what major American cities might look like without these federal measures to control air pollution.
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Apple’s waterproof Watch Series 2 gets faster, brighter, and has GPS

Here's everything we know about the Apple Watch Series 2, including specs, design, and more.
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Washington State's smartphone spectrometer detects cancer with 99 percent accuracy

A research team from Washington State University developed a smartphone spectrometer that can measure up to eight samples at once to detect cancer.
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Go ahead and let your baby have a little FaceTime with grandma, pediatricians say

In an update to the pediatric rulebook that will make grandparents everywhere rejoice, the AAP has revised its previous stance on youngsters and screens.