556 Shares A big day.Image: Shutterstock / Angyalosi Beata By Emma Hinchliffe2017-07-29 21:42:43 UTC A doctor in Kentucky and her patient will always remember their babies’ birthdays. Amanda Hess, an OB/GYN in Frankfort, Kentucky, was in the hospital as she prepared to give birth to her daughter. While she waited,…
Fitbit desperately needs its upcoming smartwatch to be a success, so the company is planning to prop it up with a brand-new app platform at launch. James Park, Fitbit’s CEO, confirmed that a new app ecosystem is in the works for the unnamed smartwatch’s long-awaited debut in a conversation with…
Fitbit has been hit with a lawsuit from Immersion, a developer of haptic feedback technology, claiming that the Alta HR and Charge 2 maker has infringed on its patents. Immersion asks for Fitbit to cease manufacturing of all infringing devices, which, we suspect, includes all fitness trackers currently on the…
A group of Japanese scientists have created an “inflammation-free, lightweight, stretchable” e-skin sensor capable of lasting for up to a week, published in Nature Nanotechnology this week. The new development could open the way for medical wearables that track heart-rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar throughout the week, without being…
173 Shares Image: Mode/REX/Shutterstock By Kelly Kline2017-07-16 15:31:06 UTC As a person with nearly perfect vision (not trying to brag, I swear), the thought of a morning routine that includes touching your eyeballs sounds pretty horrifying. One woman seems to have the routine nailed down to a tee… she just…
Spoiler alert: This review contains detailed information about the plot of To the Bone. To the Bone, a Netflix film about one woman’s life-threatening experience with anorexia, begins at an unnecessarily awkward moment. Our sarcastic protagonist, Ellen (Lily Collins), has just left a Los Angeles treatment center after being cruel…
Paul Ryan ally Rep. Mike Conaway [R-TX, @ConawayTX11, +1 (202) 225-3605] is the proud owner of $30,000 worth of stock in UnitedHealth, who stand to benefit enormously from Rep Conaway’s efforts to destroy Obamacare and replace it with a system that allows insurers to charge more and kick more…
After four years of investing, incubating, discovering, gathering and researching the field, we believe that the Internet Of Things, commonly referred to as IoT or the industrial Internet, will represent the most powerful force for business transformation since the birth of the Internet itself. But what exactly is IoT? What…
Higher education has always been fertile ground for the creation of new, boundary-pushing technology. While VR software and hardware innovation have been, to date, largely the domain of startups and large tech companies, it’s colleges and universities that are using the technology in some of the most interesting ways. Professors…
After disappointing first quarter sales, Fitbit is making a move for the wearable health market. The company said it has a device in development that will be able to detect sleep apnea, a disorder that affects around 18 million American adults. Symptoms of sleep apnea include pauses in breathing, shallow…
