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Mobile Medical Monitor Developer Scanadu Plans To Launch Three New Products Within Year
0By: Kevin Green | December 4th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Health, Living, Mobile Apps, News
Scanadu got its start in January 2011 with seed funding of $2 million to revolutionize health monitoring. Their idea was a health monitoring device that connected to smartphones to transmit and analyze health related data constantly. The body’s vital signs are an essential indicator of how well everything is working and up until now, peop...
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Enhanced Ability to Solve Math Problems With the Help of Collaborative Touch Desks
By: Jeff Stewart | December 1st, 2012 | Gadgets, Living, News
No matter where you go in the world, the majority of students will always say that math is one of the most difficult subjects to master. Although numerous methods have been introduced over the years to help students develop mathematical fluency including designing activities and continual practice, none of them have proven to be as effective as hoped. In an effort to buck the trend,
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Popular Kickstarter Project Twine Ready For Sale
By: Kevin Green | November 30th, 2012 | Business, Gadgets, Living, News
Twine got its start two years ago thanks to the imagination of two MIT Media Lab graduates, John Kestner and David Carr. The duo were able to raise $500,000 on crowdsourcing site Kickstarter for their device which promised to make any item in the house an inte...
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Cambridge Creates Centre for the Study of Existential Risk to Study Risk of Machines Taking Over the World
By: Talha Bhatti | November 29th, 2012 | Living, News
Science fiction is full of stories that show robots with artificial intelligence going rogue and harming humans. Some writers have even shown the entire human race being controlled or overcome by intelligent machine. This all seemed like a childish day dream several decades ago but with today’s advancements in robotics, artificial intelligence and the inclusion of electronics in more day to day ...
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Bayer Acquires Toronto Based Healthcare Software Developer Company, Radimetrics Inc.
By: Ali Raza | November 28th, 2012 | Business, Health, Living, News, O Canada
Bayer HealthCare had made up their mind about pursuing Toronto based Radimetrics Inc. in order to sign an acquisition deal with this healthcare software development company. The efforts of Bayer finally bore fruit,...
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Startup FreshDish Gives Busy Families the Resources and Ingredients to Cook Fresh Healthy Foods at Home
By: Kevin Green | November 28th, 2012 | Business, Health, Living, News
FreshDish is a startup backed by Los Angeles based technology incubator, Science whose mission is tonhelp families eat better by cooking fresh and healthy foods that are prepared in the least time consuming methods Possible. FreshDish offers users a chance to sign up for differe...
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Lacquerous Offers Premium Nail Colours In Netflix Like Service
By: Kevin Green | November 26th, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Beauty startup, Lacquerous, has figured out that most women buy a lot of nail polish but never end up using the entire bottle. In most cases the colour of nail polish falls out of fashion and the bottle is left half full until it is either thrown away or the colour comes back in style. Lacquerous wants to get rid of all that waste and offer...
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New Medical Bandages Inspired by Spider Webs, Do Not Hurt When Peeled Off
By: Ali Raza | November 23rd, 2012 | Health, Living, News
Ripping a bandage that is fastened to a sensitive area or wound can be one of the most painful and irritating things even the boldest among us can tolerate. Although most adults simply grin and bear through the pain caused by removing a bandage, the same cannot be said for infants and toddlers. Due to their very sensitive skin removing an adhesive bandage can either open up a soft wound or cause...
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New York City Swaps Traditional Phone Booths with Gigantic Smart Screens
By: Jeff Stewart | November 23rd, 2012 | Business, Living, News, Tablets
Phone booths came in handy for New Yorkers after super storm Hurricane Sandy struck the city and damaged buildings, residential colonies and wireless networks with little in the way of discrimination. As a result of that, people in New York not only had to spend nights out in the open, but they also lost touch with their friends and relatives due to the lack of wireless connections. These people w...
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Airbnb Moves Into Asia With Plans For Regional Headquarters And Local Customer Service
By: Kevin Green | November 22nd, 2012 | Business, Living, News
Airbnb, a leading peer-to-peer rental service provider, made public their plans to develop local customer support branches in Asia. Co-founder and CTO of the startup, Nathan Blecharczyk, also stated that his firm could easily get 2 million properties in Asia for their portfolio. Currently, Airbnb has a total of 250,000 properties in...
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