by Janet Cloninger on February 1, 2012 · 0 comments
Diabetes management is a game of numbers. How many carbs eaten, insulin injected, blood glucose numbers. Blood glucose meters usually come with a little booklet to track some of these numbers in, but they’re always small, quickly filled up, and easily lost. Digital Altitudes, LLC has software products that help you track everything you need [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on January 10, 2012 · 0 comments
Withings already has a WiFi Body Scale for adults that sends your weight to an app for easy tracking. Now they are introducing the world’s first internet-connected baby and toddler scale. The Withings Smart Baby Scale won the 2012 CES Innovations Award. It has a weighing basket for babies that removes and packs compactly for [...]
Tagged as: Health
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by Karen Nelson on January 8, 2012 · 3 comments
EmPower! is the largest optical advance in the last 50 years. It is the first electronic-focusing eyewear. A tilt of the head or touch to the temple activates a layer of liquid crystals in each lens that focus as fast as you can blink an eye. The mastermind behind EmPower! is PixelOptics, a Virginia-based company.
Tagged as: electronic eyewear, empower, pixeloptics
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by Andy Chen on January 6, 2012 · 4 comments
How do you add a little flash to brushing your teeth? Why, with a Firefly Toothbrush, that’s how! Getting kids to brush for the dentist-recommended two minutes has always been a challenge. The Firefly Toothbrush lights up and blinks for one minute, making teeth brushing fun so kids will do it longer.
Tagged as: Kids, toothbrush
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by Julie on December 30, 2011 · 4 comments
Ok, I don’t know if this is really the razor that Oprah uses, but if I had eleventy trillion dollars like she does, I might just buy one. The Zafirro Iridium razor has a handle that is made from very rare 99.95% pure iridium, which is the strongest and densest metal on the planet. Hexagonal [...]
Tagged as: Beauty
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by Julie on December 28, 2011 · 12 comments
AEROSHOTS are portable inhalers that puff a 12-20mg dose of caffeine and B vitamins into your mouth with each application. The zero calorie powder is swallowed and does not go into your lungs and according to their information, it is not absorbed any quicker into your system than the caffeine in a soft drink or [...]
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by Janet Cloninger on December 6, 2011 · 2 comments
If you suffer from the winter blues or just the winter blahs, you may be interested in this Kickstarter project from SEQINETIC. These new “sun” glasses were developed in Denmark, and they are designed give you a means of increasing your light exposure without having to sit in front of one of those special light [...]
Tagged as: light, Personal Care
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by Bill Henderson on December 1, 2011 · 1 comment
Let me begin this review by saying that I am not in construction or a business that requires hearing protection. However, I do live on 1.5 heavily treed acres, so I spend a good amount of time with electric and gas chain saws, gas weed-wackers, and lawn mowers. They are all obnoxiously loud. I used [...]
Tagged as: Headphones, hearing protection
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by Brett Cooper on November 21, 2011 · 6 comments
You may want to reconsider using your friend’s cell phone to make a call or send a text. According to KeepingItKleen.com, 16% of all cell phones have poop on them. And when you use a computer keyboard at the office or in the school’s computer lab you may want to bring a disinfecting wipe with [...]
Tagged as: Health
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by Janet Cloninger on November 17, 2011 · 1 comment
This personal safety device from GreatCall gives you immediate access to trained personnel who can summon emergency services and notify your family. The 5Star Urgent Response device fits on your keychain or can be clipped to a bag or backpack. A single button push will connect you with highly-trained certified response agents who have access [...]
Tagged as: Portable GPS accessory, Security
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by Janet Cloninger on October 29, 2011 · 4 comments
Every few weeks, I’ll see a Silver Alert news story about an Alzheimers patient or otherwise vulnerable adult who has wandered away. That’s just in my area, so imagine how many of these at-risk people there are in the country and how many of them could be missing at any given time. GTX has developed [...]
Tagged as: Portable GPS accessory, Security
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by Julie on October 28, 2011 · 3 comments
I’m starting to notice a trend lately… In the last few months, there have been 4 similar $100 fitness gadgets announced. We reviewed the Fitbit (link below in the related posts list), then there was the NewYu, then the Striiv and now the MYTRAK. They all have some type of display that shows your daily [...]
Tagged as: Fitness
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by Julie on October 27, 2011 · 5 comments
Do you find it difficult to tear yourself away from the great reviews and news here on The Gadgeteer to perform your daily workout? It’s understandable, but I might have a product that can solve that problem. The FitDesk is a stationary exercise bike that has a built-in platform that holds your laptop so that [...]
Tagged as: Fitness
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by Julie on October 24, 2011 · 4 comments
There are only 7 days till Halloween, one of our most celebrated holidays, where we have an excuse to act like a kid again by eating our weight in chocolate and candies. I personally don’t indulge since I am a diabetic, but for those of you that have a mouth full of sweet teeth and [...]
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by Morgan Bornstein on October 16, 2011 · 0 comments
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Over the last six months or so, I’ve been in training for an upcoming Tough Mudder event. I’ve had to bring myself from literal couch potato to gym rat capable of living through a 12 mile run through mud, water, fire, and electricity. In doing so, I’ve learned the importance of keeping track of my [...]
Tagged as: Headphones, heart rate monitor, pedometer, Workout
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by Julie on October 7, 2011 · 3 comments
Does it make me weird if I’ve never been drunk and I’m 47 yrs old? I’ve just never seen the appeal of getting inebriated. But that’s just me. If you often find yourself a little tipsy and blurry eyed, you might want to order the Talking Breathalyzer. This device can be customized to play different [...]
Tagged as: Safety
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by Janet Cloninger on October 6, 2011 · 3 comments
Have you ever been to a concert and then spent the next day listening to the ringing in your ears? That sound indicates that your ears were exposed to possibly damaging sound levels. ”The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders states that about 15% (26 million) of Americans between the ages of 20-69 [...]
Tagged as: hearing, protection
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by Janet Cloninger on September 16, 2011 · 0 comments
When I was in college, everybody had these bed pillows that looked like the back of a chair with arms. We called these pillows “husbands”, and they were great back support while we sat on our beds doing assignments for hours. I had seen a few husbands in stores over the years, but none were [...]
Tagged as: Health
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The Striiv pedometer is a very cool idea. It’s a pedometer not unlike the Fitbit which I just reviewed, as it counts your steps. But the comparison stops there because the Striiv has the potential to motivate you more than similar products. How? First of all, it’s a bit snazzier with the large color touch [...]
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by Julie on August 26, 2011 · 4 comments
We all know that we should exercise regularly to stay fit and healthy, but doing so can be a real chore. Using gadgets to keep us excited about our workouts is just one way to stay inspired to keep up good habits. One such gadget that can help you keep track of your fitness activities [...]
Tagged as: Exercise, Health, Walking
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