Interested in seeing your teeth up close and personal, but also don't really want to go to the dentist? Weird! Well, this wireless dental camera is shaped like a toothbrush, but in actuality it's a camera designed to go in your mouth. It sends the video to a 2.4GHz receiver for viewing and recording.

You know, it's the perfect way to create sure-to-be-popular YouTube videos of your receding gum line. Or to scare your kids into brushing your teeth by showing them close ups of your cavity-speckled molars. Other than that, I can't ever imagine buying this in a million years.

Via: dvice.com

For people vigilant about their caffeine intake comes a new product that can test their decafs on the go. The D+caf test strips from Silver Lake Research Corporation out of Monrovia, California, can tell whether a six ounce cup of joe has more than 20mg of caffeine.

Some notes from the product page:

• D+caf™ Test Strips enable you to test the caffeine concentration of coffee and tea.
• 20 single-use test strips
• 98% accurate for detecting “NON-DECAFFEINATED” beverages - above 20 mg caffeine per 6 oz. serving
• D+caf™ is a lateral flow immunoassay, similar to the technology used in home pregnancy tests
• D+caf™ Test Strips can be used on hot or cold beverages
• Produces a result in as little as 30 seconds
• Test beverage before adding milk, cream, powdered creamers, syrups or other additives

Yanko Design blog features an attractive new concept for a pill dispenser. With his device, the designer Steven Grech wants to improve patient compliance, by making medication taking a more regular and precise occurrence. Having multiple containers within each pill bottle, the system helps to take meds at proper times during the day. If not, the system would send an SMS message to the patient with a reminder.

From Yanko Design:

The device records when medication is taken, and shows the user the correct intervals programmed by the pharmacist. If not activated at the correct time, the device sends an alert to the users phone via text, or "SMS." Once in the grip of the user, it opens easily by turning round, revealing the opening corresponding with the time of day. This way of opening is helpful to the elderly, as it eliminates hard-to-open caps. Each days replacement tube is labeled clearly with text and with Braille numbering.

The temporarily named BioPad is a product being developed by an Israeli company of the same name. To be stuck onto a pregnant woman's abdomen, the device records fetal activity and saves the data for future download for physician's analysis. The company plans to make this an over-the-counter product.

From the product page:

The device is intended to augment a clinician’s care of the expectant mother by providing a reliable means of monitoring fetal activity at home. The device provides the expectant mother with peace of mind by indicating that (a) the baby's activity is within normal range, or (b) fetal movement has declined and that she should see her clinician. The expectant mother will use the disposable pads (up to three times a day) for a period of 20 minutes each time, starting in the relevant week of pregnancy. The straightforward user interface was developed based on usability studies conducted in the US and Israel.

NHS Hounslow, a Primary Care Trust (some sort of British bureaucracy) of the west London area, is trying to distribute at-home chlamydia tests to youngsters between 16 and 24 years old. The nifty feature of the tests is that the laboratory will send a text message back to the user with the results. Indeed this might be a preferred option for those that would rather not receive letters in the mail with this sort of information, since it may be opened by a family member or a terribly surprised live-in partner.

iTMP Technology, a small company out of Santa Barbara, California, is releasing a simple device that links data coming from compatible wireless health and fitness sensors to iPhones, computers, and mobile devices. On the iPhone, things like heart rate meters, pedometers, and bicycle speedometers can be incorporated together via one the company's iPhone fitness applications.

iPhone apps the new SMHEART LINK is compatible with:

iRPM+(TM) - Bike Computer/Heart Monitor v 2.0 is a cardio fitness system and cycling computer that works with SMHEART LINK to track any cardio exercise, anywhere. Upload your completed workouts to eNewLeaf.com or MapMyFitness to add key cardio training and cycling metrics to your online fitness diary.

iSPINNING(TM) is a cardio fitness system and cycling computer that enables Spinning(R) enthusiasts around the world to track and record their cardio exercise anywhere, whether riding on a Spinner(R) bike, road bike or mountain bike. It is currently available as a demo, while the live app (v 2.0) is in review and expected to be available soon.

iNewLeaf (TM) is a cardio fitness system and cycling computer that allows you to incorporate unique metabolic profile data from New Leaf to more precisely track and monitor the right exercise intensity for "real results." Upload your completed workouts to eNewLeaf.com to add key cardio training and cycling metrics to your online fitness diary. It is also currently available as a demo, with the live app (v 2.0) in review and expected to be available soon.

Via: medgadget.com

The easy, safe and comfortable way to stretch your back! Just lie down on the extender for 5 minutes, twice a day. This gentle stretch can help you to relieve tension, improve posture and increase flexibility. Recommended by health care and wellness professionals, the Lumbar Extender is adjustable, lightweight, compact and completely portable. The curved portion adjusts to 3 heights to fit a wide range of users, and the cut-out cradle in the center of the curve relieves pressure on your spine, for greater comfort.

LoJack, the company known for devices that help police find stolen cars, is extending its technology to finding wandering humans. With the release of SafetyNet, caretakers of people with Alzheimer's, Down syndrome, and other diseases, can be sure that no one will walk off into the sunset never to be seen again. LoJack says that it provides government agencies with specialized receivers and antennas that can be activated to locate a missing person wearing the company's ankle or wrist bracelet.

From LoJack's press release:

LoJack SafetyNet, designed to protect these people at risk, is a multi-faceted solution based on LoJack's April 2008 acquisition of the assets of Locator Systems. Locator Systems provided technology to Project Lifesaver International (PLI), a non-profit organization that since 1999 has developed a network of more than 900 law enforcement/public safety agencies nationwide, which have been trained and certified in the use of electronic search and rescue technology.

Since the acquisition, LoJack has enhanced the technology for greater durability, eliminated equipment costs for law enforcement and public safety agencies, and established a working relationship with Project Lifesaver International. Now, LoJack will leverage its considerable resources to take this solution to the next level: outfitting new law enforcement/public service agencies, ramping up manufacturing of the device and broadening the public's awareness of this valuable service.

Medtronic has announced the commercial availability of the new Reveal® XT subcutaneous cardiac monitor in the United States. Designed to hep diagnose heart arrhythmias, the device communicates wirelessly with a pager-like unit worn by the patient, which then routs the data to the physician's computer. For more information about the device, see our flashbacks below.

Physicians may choose the Reveal XT insertable cardiac monitor for their patients with suspected arrhythmias, and in difficult-to-diagnose patients for whom long-term cardiac rhythm trending data may aid in a more informed diagnosis. The Reveal XT device is also an option for physicians seeking to detect the presence of atrial arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms in the upper chambers), including asymptomatic episodes, or to monitor the amount of time a patient is in atrial fibrillation (AF) to assess whether medical treatment is necessary or should be adjusted.

Placed just under the skin of the chest area in a short outpatient procedure, the Reveal XT and DX devices capture an electrocardiogram (ECG) during the actual episode; to store an ECG, a patient places a hand-held, pager-sized assistant over the device, and presses a button. Later, a physician analyzes the stored information, transmitted via the Medtronic CareLink Network or during an in-office patient visit, and determines whether the episode was caused by an abnormal heart rhythm. Reveal device data has been accessible via the Medtronic CareLink Network since fall 2008, which allows patients to stay connected to their healthcare provider from home and offers physicians access to diagnostic data remotely, which may help them make timely, informed decisions.

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