Added 3 October, 2013
Just as mobile phones are slowly incorporating all manner of other personal electronics into their software to become all-in-one devices, wearable computers are headed in that same direction. The first devices, like the Nike Fuel Band, are concerned with monitoring a single aspect of wearers' lives, like activity levels. Now we're starting to see...
Added 29 September, 2013
According to a recent report in the Daily Time, one of Pakistan's leading newspapers, some 96 percent of students in Karachi, the country's largest and most populous metropolitan city, are now habitual chewers of betel nut. The paper reports on a survey by that country's National Institute of Child Health which claims that up to 73 percent of...
Added 19 September, 2013
Wearable computing and biometrics are huge trends and we are seeing lots of products, like watches and helmets that help wearers track their activity. Several apps already purport to track sleep, but none are as technically advanced as the Zizz sleep mask, a technology-packed eye shade that aims to help wearers sleep less and more effectively....
Added 18 September, 2013
The hard science of life-extension has long lingered at the fringes of medicine. Sure, the goal of most doctors is to keep you healthy, and a by-product has been longer lives. But the Fountain of Youth has remained a mirage. That is, until the past few years when genetics and gene manipulation has come to the forefront of the scientific...
Added 17 September, 2013
Doctors at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada have begun a new experimental treatment using a heart attack victim's own cells in an effort to repair their damaged heart. The method involves drawing blood from the patient from between five and thirty days after they've suffered a major heart attack, and genetically enhancing stem...
Added 16 September, 2013
Even casual readers of WikiTrends know that wearable technology is the Next Big Thing. Regular readers know that biometric identification is also coming down the pike, what with the iPhone's fingerprint unlock now becoming mainstream. Currently, we are seeing lots of gadgets that are taking advantage of both these trends, meaning that we can...
Added 15 September, 2013
Now that rooftop farming is firmly entrenched in contemporary culture, people are getting even more creative about the possibilities of what can be done up there. We've seen beekeeping operations and even goats on roofs. Now in Bangkok they are farming spirulina, an edible algae super food with a high protein content and a complete compliment of...
Added 11 September, 2013
Apple is setting itself up for its next revolution in personal health. In its recent launch, Apple made big deal of its new powerful chip and motion coprocessor that the company said would run sensors, a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass and GPS. The result is that this coprocessor will track your every move. Based on new hires by Apple it seems...
Added 11 September, 2013
The Japanese car company Nissan has jumped into the wearable tech race announcing a smartwatch concept that connects drivers with their cars. The watch will provide drivers with real-time biometric data and monitor the efficiency of their vehicles, to offer overall performance data while on track (or highway). And the car company says this is just...
Added 10 September, 2013
The mountain kingdom of Bhutan is famous for measuring Gross National Happiness as a quotient more important than Gross National Product. Now the Himalayan nation is looking to become the world leader in organic farming. "We are nearly all Buddhists. Being kind to the environment and the planet has a central meaning for us," says Kesang Tshomo,...