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There Will Be (A) Blood App, O, B & AB As Well

by Ron Callari

Could eating a diet based on your blood type -- O, A, B, or AB -- help you shed some LBs while improving your overall health. That's the idea behind the Blood Type Diet spawned by naturopath Peter J. D'Adamo.

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Valve Creates A Holo Deck; Gives The Technology To Oculus

Valve To Collaborate With Oculus On VR Technology

by Nicholas.Greene

Today at Steam Developer Days, Valve reportedly unleashed a 'holodeck-level' virtual reality demo on attendees. The bad news is that this demo won't be made available to the general public. Instead, Valve will be providing the tech to Oculus, with whom the studio collaborate on future VR hardware.

Former Google Exec Pierre Lebeau Designs Robot Servant Keecker

by Tech Light

Good news, everyone: robots are now invading our homes!

Well, sort of. Say hello to Keecker- a robotic entertainment center, butler, and security guard. Developed by former Google Product Manager Pierre Lebeau, this little robot puts Roombas right to shame.

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LG Life Band Will Help You Keep Your New Year Resolutions

by Josiah Motley

Health and fitness is still going strong in 2014. As waistlines continue to expand, so does the fitness market. LG wants to enter the foray and solidify their place in the market, and looks to be doing so with their Life Band Touch smart watch and fitness tracker. The Life Band utilizes Bluetooth LE and is compatible with Android operating systems and Apple iOS. But with so many of these activity trackers on the market, can LG differenieate themselves enough to stand out from the crowd?

What Nest Is Google Feathering - The Internet Of Things', Apple's or Nest Labs'?

by Ron Callari

OK, so a $3.2 billion acquisition is nothing to sneeze at! However, when your current stock price on the Nasdaq exchange is trading at $1148 per share, and your coffers are overflowing in excess of $57 billion in cash and marketable securities - $3.2 is more or less chump change. . .

Suitable Technologies Makes Its Beam + Robot Available To Consumers

by Tech Light

When Suitable Technologies CEO Scott Hassan talked about the Beam at CES 2014, he mentioned that he has one of his own at home which he uses with his kids while away. Not such a bad idea, is it? He thought so too - which is why the Beam + is now available to the general public.

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Your Own Video Game Cloud: Steam Home Streaming Service Now In Beta

Valve's In-Home Streaming Service Now In Beta

by Nicholas.Greene

As Valve's Steam Developer Days conference kicks into full gear in Seattle, the studio began sending out the first invites for Steam's in-home streaming beta. Pretty soon, Steam gamers will be able to play games in their library on other systems, even if said games aren't installed.

Innovators Gather In Abu Dhabi To Address Sustainability

by Cindi Brown

In what will be the largest gathering on sustainability ever to be held in the Middle East, innovators from many sectors will gather in Abu Dhabi on January 18 - 25. Abu Dabai Sustainability Week features the World Future Energy Summit and brings together leaders from the worlds of politics, science, business, and academia to discuss and address the energy challenges of the future. Read on to learn more about the event.

Valve's SteamVR Beta Shows Why 2014 Is A Big Year For Virtual Reality

by Nicholas.Greene

Although Valve's Developer Days conference doesn't kick into full swing until tomorrow, the studio's already given us a glimpse into one of the innovations they're going to debut there - SteamVR. It's pretty much just what it sounds like: you can now use Steam with the Oculus Rift.

Scientists Are Now Testing An Internet Made For Robots: RoboEarth

by Tech Light

I've got three words for you, ladies and gentlemen: robotic hive mind. That's what scientists at Eindhoven University have spent the last four years creating; an invention they refer to as "RoboEarth," a "world wide web for robots."

Chinese Tourists May Soon Set Out For The Final Frontier

China May Soon Allow Rich Tourists Into Space

by Tech Light

When you have all the money in the world, what is there left to do? Go into space, apparently. A Netherlands-based tourism firm by the name of Space Exploration Corporation today signed a deal with Dexo Travel which will see it taking rich tourists into space at a premium.

EA Finally Admits That Always-On DRM Doesn't Work With SimCity

by Nicholas.Greene

When SimCity first launched, it came with DRM that effectively crippled the game. Things only got worse when it came to light that this wasn't even necessary - and now EA is finally admitting as much. Today, they announced that they're finally bringing offline single-player to SimCity.

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Meet Your New Home Medical Laboratory: Scanadu

by Must Love Gadgets

The ease of access to medical information has increased our health IQs greatly from pre-Internet days. But if doctors aren't exasperated with their know-it-all patients just yet, a Silicon Valley startup called Scanadu is about to change the practice of medicine altogether with smart gadgets that give you the tools to test and analyze your own vitals and body fluids. And you don't need a prescription, or a fortune, to buy them!

Bibliotech: World's First Bookless Library

by Beth Graddon-Hodgson

When you think about paying a visit to a library, you think about shelves upon shelves of books, a library catalog, and sometimes even a male or female librarian dressed in tweed and glasses so nerdy that they're the coolest fashion statements ever. What you do not expect to find is a business that is chock full of emptiness. But that's exactly what the world's newest library offers to patrons.

Meet ColorADD, A Revolutionary Code To Help Colorblind People

by Diogo Costa

Color blindness is an inability or decreased ability to see and/or perceive colors. It mostly affects males, which is easily explained by Genetics, and around 10% of males are somehow affected by it. While color blindness is not a disease or a life-threatening problem, it can sometimes play a major role in one's life. Portuguese designer Miguel Neiva developed a truly revolutionary visual code to help these people surpass their deficiency and deal with colors in the most normal way as possible.

Christie's Scapegoat [Bridget Anne Kelly] Faced Light Traffic On Twitter Trail

by Ron Callari

It's been said that in today's socially connected world, it's almost impossible to completely remove your digital footprint from the Web. As hard as you try, traces of your bon mots, bio clips and tweets seem to remain sticky enough for others to find.

Southern Hemisphere's Largest Windpod System Has Been Installed In The City Of Cockburn

by Diogo Costa

Today's society is turning more and more to renewable sources of energy, due to an improved awareness about the environmental problems surrounding the other energy sources. Also, we try to utilize and not waste as much energy as possible. Following this line of thought, the Australian city of Cockburn has installed a system of windpods in order to generate power from wind - that is the biggest system in the Southern Hemisphere.

How Many Times Have You Checked Your Phone Today?

by Ellen Dudley

Mother is a device by Sen.se launched at 2014 International CES, that turns objects into smart and understanding things that enrich your life. She comes with Motion Cookie sensors to attach to your toothbrush, your keys, your shoes, your pill bottle, or your child - anything that you want to monitor throughout the day using temperature, geolocation and accelerometer capabilities, even your phone. How many times do you check yours per day?

Video Game Consoles Are Now Legal In China; That Doesn't Mean Much Yet

China Has Finally Lifted Its Ban On Video Game Consoles

by Nicholas.Greene

Last September, the Chinese government announced plans to lift a long-standing ban on foreign video game consoles. Good news, everyone: today, they've finally realized those plans. Well...at least for a little while. And there are a few strings attached.

CES 2014: Say Hello To The World's First Working Security Robot

CES 2014: The Knightscope K5 Robot Is The Future Of Security

by Tech Light

At this year's Consumer Electronics show, the science fiction concept of robot security guards has just blasted its way into the real world. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to the Knightscope K5: the world's first true security drone.

Wearable Tech Goes To The Dogs: The VOYCE Dog Health & Fitness Monitoring Collar

Voyce, a dog's continuous health monitor

by Lady Bee

Radar and wi-fi have been a part of wearable technology for dogs for some years now; you might even say that dogs have had a 'paw up' on wearable technology. Of the new dog tech products being introduced at the 2014 Computer Electronics Show (CES), I particularly like prospects for the Voyce dog-wearable collar that monitors and reports your dog's health and fitness levels 24/7.

Never Forget To Take Your Meds: Cell Phone In Your Pill Bottle

by Ellen Dudley

AdhereTech have released a patented pill bottle with an embedded sensor to detect when you've removed a pill, instead of simply monitoring if you have opened or closed the bottle, like GlowCaps. Their sensor hooked up to 3G means better adherence to medication, but more exciting than that - their pill bottles can integrate with other data tracking devices, like glucose monitors, so you can see how your medication is interacting with your body.

At CES 2014, Even The Journalists Are Robots

Forbes Journalist Attends CES 2014 Using Telepresence Robot

by Tech Light

In the future, we might be able to start attending conferences through robots. A company known as Suitable Technologies has recently made their telepresence robot, Beam, available to the general public. Using Beam, a Forbes journalist attended CES 2014 without ever leaving her kitchen.

The Oculus Crystal Cove Prototype Makes VR Better Than Reality

New Rift Prototype Features Positional Tracking And An OLED Display

by Nicholas.Greene

At today's Consumer Electronics Show, Oculus unveiled a new prototype of its Rift virtual reality headset. The new device, dubbed "Crystal Cove," adds positional tracking and a new OLED display. What that basically means is that Crystal Cove blows the old Rift out of the water.

Freshness Burger's Peanut Butter Burger Is Jammed With Asparagus

by Steve Levenstein

Freshness Burger's limited edition Peanut Butter Burger picks up where Elvis Presley's favorite sandwich left off. Unfortunately, the Japanese fast food chain left off the bananas and added onions, bacon, lettuce and (shudder) asparagus.

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