In a bid to aid the elderly and forgetful patients, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering have invented a technology that monitors what pills you take and when. Their invention is called MagneTrace, and it requires you to place small amounts of "passable" magnets inside pills. You team it up with either a special necklace or a skin patch, which have sensors that can detect when the medicine goes down your throat,...

ASUS announced its wireless portable stereo speaker 'SP-BT23' during CeBIT 2008. The speakers allow you to listen to music from any device with Bluetooth audio output (A2DP) and analogue line-in profile (ex. NB, mobile phone, MP3). Light and compact, the speakers weigh only 400gms and are powered with 4xAA batteries. The design boasts of Super Dimension Horn and twin port double bass reflex. Tha's about the specs available right now....

At Cebit 2008 Gigabyte showcased 'Cool Rain' a liquid based memory cooling solution. The water based cooling system supports memory in dual channel and has an ultra slim pump and water tank. The radiator is based on a flip open design and has a 5cm fan for keeping the temperatures down. The system features two heat spreader units with allow the liquid inside the system to move the heat away as quickly as possible. 'Cool Rain' is pretty stylish...

Samsung has announced its full HD (1080p) LCD TV 'PAVV Bordeaux 650 Series'. Specs include TOC (Touch of Color) design with a hint of rose-red color blended into its traditional piano black bezel frame. The response time has been cut to 4ms thanks to the new high-speed liquid crystal used. And due to the fast response time, along with Samsung's Auto Motion Plus 120Hz motion blur reduction technology, motion blur and judder has been reduced dramatically. Thus this makes...

Why use redundant methods when latest technology is there to aid you. Give the old car alarms a miss and adopt the GPS Snitch instead. The device uses GPS, cellular technology, and the Web to help you locate your car. All you need to do is attach it to a 12 volt power point in your car and with its motion detector and cell connection; it can send you a text message when it feels your car being moved....

All of a sudden I get this feeling that the focus has shifted to packing everything into a wristwatch size device. The GM500 from General Mobile is a wristwatch-type GSM mobile phone which was showcased during CeBIT 2008. It measures only 58.1 x 44.2 x 16.4 mm and weighs 142g (battery and metal wristband included). It probably is the smallest GSM mobile phones ever created. Specs include hands-free, touchscreen technology with a 1.5 inch OLED display, Phone calls, SMS...

Greenhouse Japan is launching the GH-JEF223SH-LB a 22 inch wide LCD monitor. Targeted at gamers it features a super quick response time of 2ms has a contrast ratio of 1000:1, brightness of 300 cd and a viewing angle of 160 degrees. The onboard speakers deliver an output of 2W x 2Ch. The Evergreen GH-JEF223SH-LB measures 517×216×410mm, expected price is approximately 45,800 Yen or $450....

My very first brush with Gmail was back in 2004 when I was invited into the beta version of it. Gmail has single handedly changed how we get our email and how much we can keep of it. In the entire four years that I've used it, I've only had maybe a dozen pieces of spam make it to my inbox, and not a single legit email in my spam box. I've even set up another account which I'll...

No matter how big the internal memory of your mp3 player is, after a while the songs that you want to hear are always the last you hear of. Well Yamaha seems to have thought of a unique solution, the Bodibeat it is an MP3 player designed to make exercise a little bit more palatable by automatically playing music that matches the pace of your movement. You can load it with 512mb of music, and using an internal accelerometer,...

Cashing in on the energy conservation rage that is growing these days, Husqvarna's Solar-powered Lawn Mower tries to fit the conservation bill! This electric solar-powered hybrid robotic lawn mower is said to be the first of its kind in the world. It delivers a professionally cut lawn every time the sun is shining. Apparently it can clear 2,300 square meters of grass and is programmable to work only at certain times or days of the week. The battery lasts...

Nothing special about the Evergreen DN-T50 earphones, they offer decent playback quality and come in five different colors. The playback frequency is 20Hz - 22kHz with an output of 20mw. The earplugs are housed in aluminum encasing, a Japan only product the earphones sell for 999 Yen ($ 10)....

New York-based Ziff Davis said in a court filing that it had about $500 million in liabilities and $313 million worth of assets, as of the end of December. Ziff Davis is the publisher of PC Magazine, PC Mag, Electronic Gaming Monthly and web versions of those magazines including 1UP.com, Filefront.com and Extremetech.com. The company reaches 26 million consumers through 16 Web sites, three magazines and direct marketing. It is a remnant of a publishing empire established in the 1920s...

One more showstopper from Geneva Motor Show is this Bugatti Veyron Fbg par Hermès. Bugatti and Hermès gave birth to this magnificent car by associating Bugatti's technical performance with the expertise of Hermès and its craftsmen. Designer Gabriele Pezzini has expertly combined the characteristic Hermès style to the legendary Bugatti Veyron 16.4, magnifying the car's personality. Sine nothing has changed with the engine, it still packs the 1001 hp that propels the car from 0-62 mph in 2.5 seconds....

Designer Jin Woo Han has crafted a Wand for the Blind, that makes the classic white stick redundant. Although still a concept, the wand efficiently deters the user from banging into obstacles. The wand has the ability to sense objects around from a distance via the embedded sensors. It can help the impaired person develop their tactile senses. It raises an alert beforehand so that the person can avoid the obstacle....

One of Charles and Marie's claim to fame is the OnOff mug that they launched, but carrying on the tradition is the HotCold mug. Unlike the OnOff that indicated whether there was any drink in the mug, the HotCold tells you if your choice of beverage is very hot or not. White on black when the drink is COLD and Black on white when the drink is HOT!...