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Ultrasonic Bath – Sanyo’s futuristic bath machine

In 1970, Sanyo’d already had the fancy idea of producing a futuristic bath machine. The machine so called Ultrasonic Bath was displayed at the Osaka world expo in that year.

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Pocket Purifier – portable UV germ-zapping device, protects you from cold and flu

You hate cold and flu seaon, you don’t wanna suffer from any one of these sicknesses. But during the cold and flu season, you’ll hardly be able to stay away from getting infected, unless you keep yourself isolated from others.

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Healing Laser used to seal up wounds

What we usually see in sci-fi movies seems to have come true in reality. Scientists at Tel Aviv University have successfully created laser technology that can be used to seal up wounds on the skin.

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Cell-CT, a 3D cell microscope detects cancer cells effectively

Scientists from University of Washington have helped researchers at VisionGate, a Seattle, WA company, to have developed a new kind of 3D microscope, Cell-CT, which is able to detect cancerous cells more effectively.

The Cell CT 3D microscope is able to visualize cancer cells in three dimensions, which shall bring great progress in early cancer cell detection in human body.

The Cell-CT uses visible light instead of X-ray to scan individual cells from all angles, which works pretty similarly to a CT scanner – In a CT scanner, a patient immobile while the X-ray machine rotates, whereas with the Cell-CT, each cell is embedded in a special gel inside a glass tube which then rotates in front of a fixed camera for taking many pictures per rotation.

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Wireless heart rate monitor watch with a chest strap-on for better precision

Heart rate monitoring gadget is what you need, when you go for heavy exercise, especially when you’re one on medication, which you need to be highly aware of your heart rate before it’s too late.

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Nokia launches N79 Active, a fitness phone with heart rate belt

Nokia has launched their new cellphone, N79 Active, which is specially designed to target fitness-aware geeks. The Nokia N97 N79 Active comes with a Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt, which is worn by the user to record heard rate, while he or she is on a treadmill or out for a run. The belt sends the heart rate to the Nokia phone wirelessly which you can then have a nice visual analysis for your heart rate.

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Nanotechnology to help build virtual nose – rescuer for celebrities who’ve had nose jobs

Celebrities who have been unsatisfied with their nose and had a couple of plastic surgeries to get the perfect nose might face the risk of “losing their nose”. But no worry, nanotechnology is here to help build virtual nose that will be as good as the human nose that could even sniff drugs out.

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Canine Treadmill for your dog

Apparently, your dogs need some work out in order to keep them not to be overweight. Here comes the Canine Treadmill which makes it so handy for the owner to get the dog some consistent exercise, regardless of weather condition.

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Weightbot – a weight tracking tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch

If the iPhone or iPod Touch is always with you, it’ll be the most handy gadget to help you track your weight if you’re on a slimming plan. Here comes the Weightbot, which is an application that is specially designed for both the iPhone and iPod Touch to track the weight of the users.

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OLEDs used for skin cancer treatment

Japanese believe that to shine some lights from LEDs on your face everyday is effective to keep your skin fresh and young. And today researchers have also found a way to make use of OLEDs (Organic LEDs) to treat skin cancer and they’ve made a good progress.

A new company called Lumicure has been incorporated which is stepping into developing the OLED technology. The company got a $5 million of venture capital funding in early this year and reportedly to have made excellent progress.

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