Intel has just rolled out a home health care device which enables patients to take charge of themselves by helping to manage chronic conditions while keeping them connected to their doctors. Known as the Intel Health Guide PHS6000, this somewhat resembles a small desktop computer, and it goes about collecting patient data including blood pressure, weight and blood-glucose levels. You will be able to hook up a myriad of medical devices to the PHS6000, including blood-pressure-measuring devices, weight scales, a spirometer, a pulse oximeter and blood-glucose monitors. It mainly targets elderly patients, and allows doctors to provide on-the-spot advice via a video conference call over a secured wired-broadband connection. (Read the full post about ‘Intel Launches Home Health Care Device’…)

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You have probably seen USB based dog tags before. This one is a little different, the purpose of the U-Tag ICE is to store your emergency medical information and to be easily identified as that. It was originally designed with the motorcyclist in mind but now it is marketed towards anyone adventurous. It’s imprinted with U-tag logo and the ICE “In Case of Emergency” acronym. It supports USB 1.1/2.0 standards and has 10 years or more data retention. Your information can be included in 7 languages. This all comes in a weatherproof aluminum alloy enclosure. However, if you are not keen on the dog tag military style, then they also have the same product in an ID card format. (Read the full post about ‘U-Tag ICE, Dog Tag Has Your Emergency Medical Info’…)

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Telus will be offering the Samsung m540 Slyde in a variety of packages as described below. You will find a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera, GPS navigation and a 2.1″ display inside. 3-year: $0.00 2-year: $49.99 1-year: $179.99 No Contract: $229.99 Choose from black or pink colors, depending on what floats your boat. Tags: games, wi-fi, audio, technology (Read the full post about ‘Telus Offers Samsung m540 Slyde’…)

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Vudu just announced that they have more than 1000 HD titles on their on-demand service. Although it’s pretty hard to track, they may be right: there’s less than 1000 Blu-Ray titles on the market as of late (non official stats). Vudu had been working its magic or maybe it’s just faster to compress and deliver online instead of manufacturing the discs… If you’re not familiar with what vudu is, check our vudu review. Note that vudu’s HDX movies are 1080p/24fps, while previous “HD” version might be in 1080i resolution. Vudu is one of the potential candidate for our People’s Choice by the way. Votes are still underway. Tags: game, wireless, speaker, design (Read the full post about ‘Vudu claims to have ‘the largest HD library in existence’’…)

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The pre-Black Friday deals keep pouring in.  Not satisfied with actually making all their money on the day after Thanksgiving, some companies have been cutting prices early.  If you’re in the market for an HDTV, 6th Avenue has the Panasonice Viera TH-42PZ80U 42” 1080P Plasma HDTV for just $807 and free shipping.  If you’re a NY or NJ resident, your price will be higher since you have to pay sales tax up front.  That’s a pretty good deal on this TV since it usually runs for about $900-$1300 at various stores.  To get the TV at that price, go to 6ave.com and make sure you use the coupon code AFL5 at checkout for 5% off.  Go get the TV at [6thAve] via [BFads.net] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Grab a 42” Panasonic 1080P HDTV for $807′…)

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Anybody who plays Rock Band is aware the bass-drum pedal is a plastic piece of crap, destined to one day snap in half and ruin a party. My Rock Band pedal met its ill fate over the weekend, and instead of ordering a new one for $40, I put on my "What Would MacGyver Do?" thinking cap and fashioned a fix that cost a mere $5. It only took a few simple steps, and now my pedal is stronger than it ever was before, which isn’t saying much, but I thought I’d share the process here: You’ll need: 1.) an electric drill (Don’t have one? Borrow one from a neighbor!); 2.) two metal mending brackets (3 1/2-inch by 1 3/8-inch, includes screws and comes in packs of four for $5 at your local hardware store); 3.) super glue. (Read the full post about ‘Gadget Lab’s $5 Fix for a Broken Rock Band Pedal’…)

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We all know that baby animals are much cuter than their adult counterparts, and Bandai aims to capitalize on this general human weakness with its range of BabyAnimal robots. You will be able to choose from four BabyAnimal variants, including the polar bear, white tiger, lion and panda. These toys sit at around 35cm and is powered by a quartet of AA batteries. There will be four sensors included in each toy, making it able to detect touches at its neck, chest and head area, causing it to correspond with animal sounds. Leave it alone for five minutes and it will go to sleep, while pulling its ear is the only way to wake it up. Each Bandai BabyAnimal robot will cost $80 a pop in Japan. (Read the full post about ‘Bandai BabyAnimal Robots For Christmas’…)

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If you’re looking for the perfect flashlight in the market that could virtually last you for years, this could possibly be it - the 5.11 Light For Life UC3.400 LED Flashlight. Able to achieve its full 23.5 hour charge within 90 seconds(!), this $170 flashlight is rated for 50,000 recharges, no matter what the current temperature and storage condition is. Whipping out our calculators, that roughly equals to a charge a day for 135 years, so that would make this flashlight last for at least one and a half generations. Suddenly, $170 sounds like a bargain on this side of the town. (Read the full post about ‘5.11 Light For Life UC3.400 LED Flashlight’…)

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Warning: This is not a joke. If you are one of the lucky few with the Android G1 Googlephone, try typing the word “reboot”. Sorry. I take it you managed to find your way back here after your phone restarted. This incredible “feature” is not any kind of malware you might have picked up, but a real life bug in the actual shipping version of the Android OS. Anything you type on the keyboard, in any application, is simultaneously sent to a command line shell and executed as the root user. A rough translation: Imagine you are running a terminal in Linux, the geeky text window into which you type commands for the computer to execute. (Read the full post about ‘Incredibly Dangerous Android Bug Executes Every Keystroke as Root User’…)

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In the West, we make a big deal about recycling, but what we really mean by “recycling” is melting down old crap to build yet more new crap. This is not the same everywhere. In some places, to recycle means to reuse, foregoing the energy-wasting reprocessing for a simple re-purposing of an old object. And if you thought I used the prefix “re-” too many times in that last sentence, then you’re just being extravagant. I was recycling it. Above you see an old, keyless computer keyboard, the kind of bland beige box to be found mouldering on any sidewalk. In Africa, though, it becomes a lap-desk for a shoeshiner, the rough surface of the stripped keyboard offering a platform which grips both shoes and polish while protecting the shoeshiner’s clothes. (Read the full post about ‘Old Keyboard Becomes Laptop Shoeshine Desk’…)

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