Breathe easy: Atmotube is a pocket-sized personal air quality detector
Atmotube is crowdfunding on Indiegogo to create a pocket-sized personal air quality detector. The app delivers an air quality score and particle breakdown.
A dangerous habit: e-cigarette explosions prompt a string of California lawsuits
A string of disastrous incidents involving e-cigarettes has prompted three lawsuits in California.
There are now robotic cats that serve as companion animals
For $99, you can buy your lonely grandparent a fake feline, one that can "vibra-purr," meow, and roll over.
Stepping up its game, New Balance just 3D-printed running shoe components
New Balance has just launched its first ever 3D-printed running shoe because if your competitors are doing it, you've gotta do it too.
With the ShareTheMeal app, your 50-cent donation can help end world hunger
Thanks to the ShareTheMeal app from the United Nations World Food Program, you can use your smartphone to help feed a child, one 50-cent donation at a time.
Google Fit updates to give you real-time stats and track your strength training
The new Google Fit update is rolling out and can track strength training with pushups, situps, and squats.
Social media used to track harmful side effects of narcotics medication
A recent study tracking social media platforms revealed harmful side effects when patients were prescribed narcotics for pain.
MIT's ingestible tracker works like a high-tech stethoscope to measure vital signs from inside the body
MIT has developed an ingestible tracker that monitors vital signs from inside the digestive tract. It records heart rate, breathing rates, and temperature.
The ShareRoller detachable e-bike motor fits rideshares and charges your phone
The ShareRoller is a detachable, easily portable friction drive that can e-motorize any bike or kick scooter.
These smartglasses don’t make you look like a cyborg, while giving you pilot-level stats
Smartglasses can do just as much while disguising the fact that you're wearing a $500 piece of tech.
This phone case contains an entire glucose testing kit for people with diabetes
Today saw the Indiegogo launch of GluCase, a smartphone case that holds an entire glucose testing kit built into a phone case.
New blood drawing technique could mean less needle pokes at the hospital
Fear of needles? Intermountain Healthcare and Velano Vascular are exploring new tech that could keep people from feeling like pin-cushions.
Callisto is a new sexual assault reporting system for the 21st century
Callisto intends to "provide a more empowering, transparent, and confidential reporting experience for college sexual assault survivors."
We need a bedtime mode for our phones to stop that bright blue light
Our love of our smartphones is now getting in the way of our need for sleep.
Withings’ Activité Steel looks as gorgeous as the original, but for a fraction of the price
Activité Steel combines the high-end luxury feel of the original Swiss-made Activité with the fun, versatility, and value price point of the Activité Pop.
Exercise for a cause with Fitbit’s FitForGood
Until November 20, you can take part in FitForGood, described as "a charitable platform inviting Fitbit fans to get fit for a good cause."
Russia’s track and field doping scandal makes Lance Armstrong’s look tame
The results of a World Anti Doping Association report found a "deeply rooted culture of cheating," in Russian Athletics that may result in an Olympic bar.
No more CTs? This new blood test can detect concussions
A recently completed study has confirmed a blood test can diagnose concussions in children with 94 percent accuracy.
Be Like Nye, geek icon, releases signature bow ties
Bill Nye, "the Science Guy" loves bow ties. If you admire his eclectic style, you're in luck, because he has released a selection for purchase.
This wearable device uses active noise cancellation to dampen the sound of snoring
Rather than treating breathing issues, the Silent Partner quiets snoring noise using active noise cancelation technology.
Social media data may help detect and prevent food illness outbreaks
Social media data helps the FSA in the UK track and monitor food illnesses.
The self-drying jacket is finally here, but a little late for Back to the Future Day
The self-drying jacket is called the Faylon SDJ-01, and the special edition's color scheme is an obvious Back to the Future nod.
Studies suggest zero gravity environments have negative effects on the human brain
Before you get too excited about going into space, you might want to consider the effects space missions have on the human brain.
Healthy neurologist pays for brain electrode implant in controversial self experiment
Neurologist Phil Kennedy kickstarted his struggling brain research by implanting electrodes into his own brain in a controversial self experiment.
The new, $200 Polar A360 fitness band may provide best-in-class heart rate monitoring
Polar's A360 is a high-end fitness tracker that doesn't compromise on hardware, but delivers on price.
Want to keep your memory? Drink champagne
Drinking three glasses of champagne a week could help prevent memory loss and protect your brain from diseases like Alzheimers and dementia.
Social media to blame for an increase in chlamydia among all age groups
A Nebraska newspaper reports that social media might be the cause of an increase in chlamydia cases.
This wacky smartwatch band makes it easier to check your stats — even in winter
Shift moves your watch face to a better viewing angle, and with the straps, you could position it over your gloves for workouts in the winter.
Helmets crack in the new trailer for Concussion
Late last week, Columbia Pictures released a second trailer for Concussion, a film primed to bring the destructive effects of repeated head trauma to light
Panasonic’s new ToughBook 20 2-in-1 is a hardy little 10 incher
Keeping your hardware safe while out and about can be somewhat difficult, especially if you're often in dusty or dirty places - not so with the ToughBook 20
Get rid of cataracts with eye drops, thanks to new research
New eye drops that promise to "shrink down and dissolve" the protein build-ups known as cataracts that affect millions worldwide.
