Jawbone, the company behind the Icon HD and Jambox, has a new device to help you live a healthier life. The Jawbone Up is the first product from Jawbone that isn’t sound-related, and it looks to be pretty exciting. The Jawbone UP is a bracelet that links to an app on your iPhone to help more »

Jawbone has long been known for it’s Bluetooth speakers. There’s the company’s line of Bluetooth headsets and the Bluetooth stereo, the Jambox. Well Jawbone’s next product doesn’t have much to with either of those. Jawbone’s next thing is called UP, and it’s a bracelet that keeps track of everything you do. The idea of the more »

A mad scientist has officially successfully infected himself with a computer virus. The mad scientist, who goes by the name of Dr. Mark Gasson, did this mostly as a proof of concept but has managed to stun most of the medical and technological world. How? You might ask. Essentially the doc implanted an RFID chip more »

If you’re trying to lose weight or stay healthy and enjoy metrics and graphs, then you should check out the Withings WiFi Body Scale. The scale’s built-in Wi-Fi automatically transmits your weight, lean and fat mass, and body mass index to your own Withings webpage. You can also have the data transmitted to the free more »

With each passing day, many of us are checking ourselves for any flu-like symptoms as the media tells us about a potential pandemic: Swine Flu. A common sneeze now merits a steady stare from passerbys, a cough now garners much more attention. In times like this tech can help. Enter Google Maps.

This user-created Google Map shows a lot of information based on location. The map uses a color coded system to identify suspect cases of H1N1, Swine Flu (in pink), confirmed or probable cases (in Purple) and suspected but negative test results (in yellow). Deaths attributed to the Swine Flu are shown lacking a dot in the marker.

Today, Garmin announced a new addition to their fitness line of devices, the FR60. The FR60 is a fitness watch that can be used to accurately record your workout data and then transfer it to a nearby computer for further analysis. It can be rather annoying when you spend a whole lot of time exercising, but are not exactly sure how high your heart rate is, your average speed and distance if running, or how many calories you are burning.

The FR60 uses the ANT+ interface to record data from other ANT+ compatible devices and stores that information on the watch. The FR60 is available in both men’s and women’s versions, and comes with a wireless USB ANT + stick that you can put into your PC or Mac to transfer the data. Whenever you are in close enough range to a computer, the data will wirelessly transfer from your watch to the computer. The heart monitor and foot pod even turn on themselves when movement is detected, so just in case you forget to turn the device on, it will automatically start recording. In addition, the watch itself can store up to 15 hours and 100 laps of workout information, so no need to constantly delete previous workouts.

iGuard has signed up their one millionth customer and bringing their story to light. The site is pretty ingenious, fill in the prescription medication you take and any adverse reactions with them known now or in the future will be emailed to you. Thinking of folks that have multiple doctors prescribing all kinds of things, many are choosing not to leave their drug reactions up to fate. The site allows patients to feel like they have some kind of control over some knowledge.

It would appear that the in word at the moment is ‘Blu’ as yet another product with the prefix of Blu emerges, this time in the genre of health. The goLITE BLU is essentially advanced light therapy to fight against S.A.D. (seasonal defective disorder) as well as the general winter depression.

Surprisingly, though this is not made by Sony, rather by Phillips who appear to have hijacked the poorly spelled color in their product name. Beneath the fancy wording and scientific explanations is the fact the device is an alarm clock that uses new light technology (yes you guessed it, blue light) to sight against S.A.D. Continued after the break.

It would appear the nature is slowly becoming obsolete. Who needs real plants when fake ones are easier to look after? Who needs real light when light bulbs, light balls and light walls are easily available? And who needs beautiful scenery when you can make it in Photoshop? It is becoming more common for people more »

It could be the first 21st century plague. Or a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. In any event, a Santa Fe, New Mexico man is leading the charge to get wireless hotspots banned from public buildings in his city, claiming he and others are ultra-sensitive to Wi-Fi radio frequencies.

No medical or scientific groups have come out yet to substantiate claims like these, which have been making the media rounds for the last couple of years; a British woman who is trying to raise awareness about what some are calling electro-sensitivity received some press last year. Her story (and even the photo of her in protective headgear, which looks like a beekeeper’s helmet) may remind you of a Todd Haynes film from 1995, “Safe,” starring Julianne Moore as a woman who was having unhealthy reactions to toxins in air, water and food – “environmental pollution.” Are we now on the cusp of spectrum sickness?