Biometrics

FINIS Announces the “AquaPulse” Heart Rate Monitor

The other day FINIS announced the immediate availability of their new AquaPulse Heart Rate Monitor, an audible heart rate monitor designed to help swimmers with staying fit. Being an avid swimmer, and someone who’s on a [...]

Pioneer Cyclocomputer Runs Android

Cyclocomputer running on Android. That sounds like some sort of doomsday machine, which would be nice for a change, I guess. Instead, it’s a humble bike computer/meter, though – when you take into account that not [...]

Nike SportWatch GPS Keeps Government Eye On You

I’ve never been one for Nike+, the previously iPod-specific application that tracks running and exercise statistics. That may be because I’m not a runner, never have been, and probably will never be. It could also be [...]

Fingerprint Car Starter

If you wanna be the envy of all the dads on the block, you need the Biometric Car Starter. It’s an aftermarket part that costs $700 and ships from none other than Skymall. In terms of [...]

Time Card Recorder With Fingerprint Reader

The days of having your fellow coworker ‘clock you in’ are over thanks to the Attendance Time Card Recorder with Fingerprint Verification. That’s right. When you punch in you gotta lay down some biometric credentials if [...]

Mandometer Is A Speedometer For Your Dinner Plate

Childhood obesity is a big problem, no matter who you ask–but there may be a new gadget to help stop it. It’s called a mandometer, and it weighs a plate of food at the beginning of [...]

Pentagon Plans Zombie Pig Project: Night of the Living Swine?

Now, you might look at the above title, and conclude that I’ve finally gone whistling fruitcrackers clear round the bend. Or maybe just thoroughly insane for those who don’t like colorful metaphors. But I assure you [...]

The Tele Scouter Translates Language on Demand, Provides Anime Jokes

Oh Japan…have I told you lately that I love you? You’ve given me some of the coolest, strangest, and most downright preposterous topics to write about of all time. And today, you’ve given me a topic [...]

Remote Heart Monitoring Powered By Bluetooth

If you or someone you love has chronic heart problems, like the kind that took my grandfather, then you might well be interested to hear about the results of the three month test that’s currently in [...]

Punjabi Police Discover Newest Law Enforcement Gadget, The Taser

The Punjab police, ladies and gentlemen, have stepped boldly into twenty-first century law enforcement technology by receiving a consignment of Tasers, the first of their kind in India. They’ve become both ubiquitous and infamous in the [...]

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