Until geneticists figure out how to fully grow a severed hand, we will still have to rely on technologies like electrodes that sense a person’s muscle patterns to control a bionic hand. Which is exactly what this Formula 1 racing fan received and with his new hand, Matthew James can do more things with it than he ever has with his older prosthetic hand.
Want to help Matthew? Donate to his bionic hand here.
For people in wheelchairs, shopping with a shopping cart can literally be a nightmare (unless the store provides you with mobile shopping carts). Here’s a great DIY Kinect shopping cart device that aims to solve that and follows the person in the wheelchair all over the store.
wi-GO is a project that seeks to unite the technological knowledge and liability in the construction of a common path toward integration and improved quality of life. With the aim of building a barrier-free society, the project wi-GO is a robot system based on sensor technology Kinect that enabl
Is my heart still beating? Build yourself a DIY heart pulsing pendant that shows you exactly when your heart beats via its LED lights.
I think they can make this even more advanced if it can display the actual heart beats per minute. That might be a helluva heart attack-sensing device.
While reading through Charles Platt’s excellent book Make: Electronics, I came across this nice little circuit for making a gentle pulsing LED. I built it for fun, and was struck by the “humanness” of the pulse, but couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Later I found a hear
New research shows that e-cigarettes have 1000 times less carcinogens than real cigarettes. Personally I have started smoking e-cigarettes since about a month ago and they are certainly good substitutes for indoor smoking although I still haven’t kick the habit.
In the first truly comprehensive study of the somewhat controversial nicotine replacement method, researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health has found that not only are e-cigarettes much safer to “smoke” than normal ones, they may also aid in kicking the addictive habit altoge
This is for guys who happen to have unprotected sex for some reason although I don’t recommend that unless you are trying to get your girl pregnant.
I don’t know why they don’t have a BIG POSTER for guys at the drug stores but this is a really simple fact.
There’s these pills called Plan B pills you can order on Amazon or at your local drug store, basically if your girl (who you had unprotected sex with) takes it within 3 days of intercourse, it will minimize the chances of pregna
I know one of my best friends dad is handicapped and uses a wheelchair. Of course, he can drive but he must wait and wait for the automatic reclining machine every time he gets on and off his van.
Well, there’s a solution for that, the Kenguru, car for wheelchairs. The downside is that it only fits one person but might be great way to get around town.
At Las Vegas Market 2010 couple days back, I had the chance to review hands-on with the world’s first iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad-controlled massage chair thanks to the folks at Human Touch. (Thanks Ralph, Michael, and Andrew!)
UPDATE: The AcuTouch 9500 is available NOW!
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One of the “coolest” products that I saw at this year’s Las Vegas Market was this cool Gelmat from Hirakawa Corporation.
Basically, it’s a cool gelmat that you can lay down on your mattress and it will naturally cool your body by absorbing your body heat with its super-dense water composition.
I was a bit skeptical to how this could work as th
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I have a personal friend who has paralysis since he was 18. Being around such a person makes me feel like I am so lucky to have both of my legs and I have always wished there was technology to help my friend walk again.
Well, it seems like paralysis isn’t going to be permanent in the near future, a New Zealand inventor has invented robotic exo-skeleton that can allow people with paralysis to walk again.
It isn’t exactly all that matured yet as the technology is still anew but if
