Monthly Archives: January 2015

The Mint Breathalyzer Can Detect Both Dehydration and Bad Breath

By Andrew Liszewski

The Mint Breathalyzer Can Detect Both Dehydration and Bad Breath

The term breathalyzer is most commonly associated with a device used by law enforcement to measure someone’s blood alcohol content after they’ve been pulled over. But with a few tweaks made to the chemicals used in a breathalyzer’s sensor, the device can also be used for detecting other problems. Instead of measuring BAC, …

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Garmin’s Slim vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers

By Andrew Liszewski

Garmin's Slim vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers

At one time we all carried separate cellphones and MP3 players because there just wasn’t a single device that did both well—and then the iPhone arrived. The same problem exists between fitness trackers and smartwatches. Neither does the other one’s job particularly well, but it doesn’t have to be that way. At least according to Garmin, who’s crammed both a smartwatch and a fitness tracker into its …

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Garmin’s Slim vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers

By Andrew Liszewski

Garmin's Slim vívoactive Bridges Smartwatches and Fitness Trackers

At one time we all carried separate cellphones and MP3 players because there just wasn’t a single device that did both well—and then the iPhone arrived. The same problem exists between fitness trackers and smartwatches. Neither does the other one’s job particularly well, but it doesn’t have to be that way. At least according to Garmin, who’s crammed both a smartwatch and a fitness tracker into its …

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ex4ogqA-RdQ/garmins-slim-vi-voactive-bridges-smartwatches-and-fitne-1676966440

      

This Coat Lets You Signal Your Turn With Flashing LEDs

By Gary Cutlack – Gizmodo UK

This Coat Lets You Signal Your Turn With Flashing LEDs

This is the Visijax wearable, or, to put it another way: a coat. But it’s got a trick quite literally up it’s sleeve, in the form of embedded LEDs that flash when the rider raises his arm to signal a turn.

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Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It’s as Adorable as It Sounds)

By Jamie Condliffe

Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It's as Adorable as It Sounds)

Watching animals use gadgets is always fun. So amid the hubbub of CES announcements and the drudgery that is the first working Monday of 2015, why not settle back and watch some penguins play with an iPad?

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Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It’s as Adorable as It Sounds)

By Jamie Condliffe

Watch Some Penguins Use an iPad (It's as Adorable as It Sounds)

Watching animals use gadgets is always fun. So amid the hubbub of CES announcements and the drudgery that is the first working Monday of 2015, why not settle back and watch some penguins play with an iPad?

…read more

Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/WqQVM7xAIcc/watch-some-penguins-use-an-ipad-its-as-adorable-as-it-1677483492

      

Paraglide rope swinging looks as insanely crazy as it sounds

By Omar Kardoudi

Paraglide rope swinging looks as insanely crazy as it sounds

French BASE jumper Matthias Giraud had the “ridiculously dumb idea” of making a paraglide rope swing. Everyone probably told him that it was also a bad, absolutely crazy idea but, after a couple of years of preparation, he went with some friends to the Columbia River Gorge and did it. This is what happened:

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