Added 15 August, 2013
Just as wearable heart monitors are starting to reach the market, Emotiv Insight is a new Kickstarter for a wireless headset that monitors your brain activity and translates it into meaningful data you can understand. The goal of tracking is to help wearers improve your attention, focus, and relaxation, by understanding when you are feeling...
Added 29 July, 2013
The rise of recognition technology is getting quite advanced, from apps like Shazam that identify music to face-recognition apps that are now being used in stores and hotels to identify incoming customers. Now similar technology is helping people who take a lot of pills and get confused about which is which. It's can be tough, especially if the...
Added 23 July, 2013
Regular readers of WikiTrend are well aware of the impending wearable computing trend, in which we will be continuously tracking our biometrics in hope for better mental and physical health. We've already seen a host of bracelets as well as smart socks and hats. Now OMsignal is producing shirts and other apparel with embedded sensors that monitor...
Added 19 July, 2013
The trends of crowdfunding and innovation prizes merged with a quixotic Kickstarter-funded project that has has won the Sikorsky Prize, one of the most elusive goals in aviation, by keeping a human powered helicopter aloft for more than a minute. The rules of the American Helicopter Society Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Challenge,...
Added 8 July, 2013
No longer just a special-diet staple, top chefs are using nut milk in dishes from breakfast to dinner. Almond milk, which is popular among the juice-cleanse crowd, is leading the charge of these concoctions, which are generally made by pureeing nuts with water and sometimes flavoring, such as vanilla, sugar or trendier sweeteners like agave nectar...
Added 8 July, 2013
While most college freshmen are busy buying books and stationery, a growing number of Chinese teens are opting for plastic surgery to get ahead when the new semester starts. Following the end of college entrance exams on June 8th, plastic surgeons reported a staggering rise in the number of youngsters going under the knife, Wuhan based Changjiang...
Added 1 July, 2013
From biofeedback bracelets to smart socks that help wearers run most effectively, wearable computing the all the rage. Now the technology is being used for diagnostics that may actually save the lives of wearers. The Oxitone armband continuously monitors heart rate and blood oxygen levels -- two of the core vital signs used to monitor patients...
Added 25 June, 2013
Regular readers know that wearable computing the Next Big Thing in trends. Watches, headbands, helmets and other accessories that pair with your mobile device to give you advanced biofeedback information are all on the market. Now add smart socks to that list. Attach the Sensoria to socks embedded with electronic fibers and start to track your...
Added 24 June, 2013
Thanks to an integration of computer software packages combined with strategies intended to reduce crime, American police departments are entering a new era of policing. Officers on the street will have access to real-time information they hope will allow them not simply to react to crime, but to predict where and when it is most likely to occur...
Added 22 June, 2013
Almost 7 in 10 Americans use at least one prescription drug and almost half take two, with antibiotics, antidepressants and opioid painkillers topping the list, finds a study from the Mayo Clinic. Women and older adults receive the most prescriptions while antibiotics, vaccines and anti-asthma drugs were most prescribed for people under 19. One...