CES 2015: One Puck Reads All [video]

CES 2015: One Puck Reads All [video]

Blood pressure, blood oxygen, body temperature, heart rate: these are important physiological measures that are helpful in tracking your health. In most cases, you need multiple devices to take these readings, but Scanadu believes that they can do it all with a simple...
Bionic Bluetooth Binky for Babies

Bionic Bluetooth Binky for Babies

Is your baby running a fever? Is the medicine kicking in and helping bring his or her temperature back down? You don’t have to wake your child up to take a temperature reading if you use the new Pacifi electronic pacifier from Blue Maestro. This device has a...
Microsoft Band Sells Out

Microsoft Band Sells Out

It looks as though those predictions about wearable Health Tech products being the hot gift this holiday season were on target. If you try to buy a Microsoft Band on the product’s website, you will find a message asking you to “Check back in 2015, or visit...
The First Tricorder?

The First Tricorder?

On the classic Star Trek TV series, the Enterprise crew carried “tricorders” that were multipurpose scanner and analysis devices. Dr. McCoy had a special version that could diagnose injuries and disease. Now a Chinese company has released a multi-function...
Gone in 15 Seconds: New Fitness Watch [video]

Gone in 15 Seconds: New Fitness Watch [video]

Fitness bands continue to blur feature sets, and the Nabu from Razer is no exception. The company describes it as a “social smartband.” Yes, it counts your steps and estimates your calorie burn, and it sends your data to an Android or iOS smartphone via a...