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Esby talks with Nic the Intern from BodyMedia about their range of products all designed to get people back into shape. The BodyMedia Armband is a Bluetooth-equipped monitor that measures, records and transmits your activity and sleep pattern, which is an important factor in weight loss. The armband measures galvanic skin response (how sweaty you are area), temperature, heat loss
Andy McCaskey interviews Ariel Garten, CEO of InteraXon - Thought Controlled Computing. It's no longer sci-fi, you can now interact with technology using the power of your mind (rather than your thoughts being controlled by computers.) The system consists of a lightweight headset with two electrodes that detects brainwaves such as alpha and beta waves. Different patterns are associated with
Just before Christmas, Qmadix launched this very neat portfolio case for the Apple iPad that includes a slim bluetooth keyboard. The case doubles as a stand and the keyboard can be removed from the portfolio if it's not going to be used. Comes in a range of colours, too. Available now from Fry's for a penny under $130. Also on
Jonathan Conelias of iDevices, Inc. (www.idevicesinc.com) presents the iGrill Bluetooth-enabled wireless temperature probe device that is designed to synch up with an iPod, iPhone or iPad and remotely display temperatures of cooking meats. It is able to monitor two temperatures at once and runs on four "AA" batteries. The iOS application features alarms that can be set to notify the
This week's unofficial style and design award goes to Native Union and their beautiful Moshi Moshi range of handsets for mobile phones, USB VoIP and Bluetooth. There's four in the range, the first three created by designer David Turpin and the last by Michael Young. They're a stylish mix of retro and modern and I think they're reasonably priced for a well-designed
This last week has been a pretty good one for me, for I got to review more than just a computer, printer or network. I got to review a car. Well, mostly the computer in the car, but still a very tricked out Ford Taurus SHO. A $37,000 vehicle with the Microsoft SYNC system inside. Ford delivered the Taurus last
Have you ever had the need to read email, tweet or text while you are driving? With the news Bluetrek Bluetooth headset you can now do so.The technology behind the Concerto Headset is a proprietary hands-free, voice-activated messaging platform by Dial2Do that is accessed by dialing a network access number. For the person that is on the go and largely