Zeo: The Personal Sleep Coach
If you've ever suffered from insomnia, you know how debilitating it can be to spend a night tossing and turning in your bed. You go to bed tired and you wake up tired. Zeo has thought of a way of help...
Posts tagged “personal health”
LapBoard Keeps Computing Laps Cool
click for more pics Earlier today, while working on our laptop from the couch, our legs (poking out of some shorts) were practically burned by our charging Macbook battery. Good lord that thing can g...
A Treadmill Powered by Your Heartrate
The only reason we make it to the gym is because the machines have cable (and now iPod video connectivity). Working out is a lot less painful when given the excuse to watch some bad cable TV. But we'...
Digital Soaps: Handmade Gaming Control-shaped Soaps
click for more pics Years ago when we worked in the field of video game publications we used to half-jokingly mention some of our coworkers regularly exuded a "ripe" bouquet thanks to their aversion t...
Ultrasound Cell Phone App Lets You Check in on Your Embryo While Waiting for the Bus
From the WTF?!? files.
Remember when Tom Cruise bought an ultrasound machine to check in on little Suri in womb? Well, now you can copy TomKat without having to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Department of Com...
Breathing Bud Measures Interior Air Quality
Most people think their home's air is much cleaner than the air outdoors. But the truth is most home air is filled with pollutants and allergens; we discovered how much only after we used a profession...
A Colorado Home Built for the Ages
The New York Times
When Cynthia Leibrock designed her house she not only kept beautiful architecture, furniture, and décor in mind, she kept her and her husband's aging bodies in mind as well. Her glass-and-steel home...
Wii Fit to Offer Medical Advice
Sorry, It Can't Dole Out Rx
No one likes going to the doctors. From the long waits, the expensive insurance, and the fear that the burning sensation you feel when you pee really is what you think it is, why does anyone ever mak...
D+Caf Caffeine Test Strips
Technology is a wondrous thing. Sometimes it gives us answers to questions we wouldn't even think were possible to answer. Here's one: Is this drink really decaf, or will I be staring at the ceiling a...
The Relationship Saver: Lower That Toilet Seat Automatically
It seems we have a bit of a thing for toilets here. Self cleaning ones, add on bidets and for the burrito and chili lovers out there, deodorizing toilet seats. The thing with all of these toilets seat...
Gunnar Optiks: Eyewear Combats Computer Eye Strain
...and Makes You Look Like a Stand-in for Tom Cruise
We must average at least 10 hours of our day staring at our computer. That's enough time to seriously risk eye strain (and the reason we take breaks away from the computer on the weekend). San Diego c...
CES 2009: Panasonic EP30005 Real Pro Ultra Deep Massage Chair Brings the Pain
Despite not being a completely brand new product (updated in 2008 with additional features), the Panasonic EP30005U massage chair found itself to be a popular product amongst the thousands attending C...
Look! Flat Screen Hideaway
Found in the pages of the UK's Easy Living, this bedroom TV set-up is mighty cute. The LG flat screen is covered by tailored fabric that ties at each side. We love it. Other tech hiding ideas the mag...
The Sawstop: Put Your Finger Where Your Mouth Is
Does that title make sense? Maybe put you money where your finger is? Anyways, woodworking is a bit of a hobby over here at unplggd and with that comes power tools and sharp, spinning discs of steel...
Cell Phones Causing Cancer
No more landline at home? Sleep with your PDA? Yesterday we were at a meeting with a fellow who was just recovering from chemotherapy. His cancer was foiled, he was totally bald, with his hair just ...
Touchscreen Friendly Gloves Keep You Warm and in Control
We like to bike to and from our destinations, even in the bitter cold. Zipped up in our long, puffy Brooklyn Industries jacket, a scarf wrapped around our heads, and some thick gloves on and we're re...
iPod Friendly Elliptical Machine Helps Keep Us Working
We've discovered a new incentive to going to the gym. For a while it was cable. Since we refuse to pay for TV that still have commercials, we'd force ourselves to get our booties on the treadmill in ...
Re(al)view: iZap Toothbrush, Clean UV Revolution
Most sheeple don't realize that their toothbrushes are not immune to germs and filth. They wax on to waiters and waitresses about the little spots on their flatware and never think twice about sticki...
Juice Up Your Gadgets While Burning Calories
The other day we were ranting and raving about the wasted energy opportunity gyms have. All those people working away on treadmills, stationary bikes, and elliptical machines could be generating powe...
X-Biking: Like Wii Fit, But Xtreme
Having the willpower to exercise is not always easy, otherwise everybody would be perfectly toned and tight and Krispy Kreme doughnuts would sell through the roof. But playing video games? Well any ha...
Ecotones Ambient Adaptive Sound Therapy System
We live on a street corner which seems to be the nexus of every loud sound conceivable. Whether it be rumbling motorcycles, backfiring junkers, a myriad of barking, shouting, yelling and occasionally ...
Re(al)view: Oral-B Pulsonic Power Toothbrush
When it comes to dental hygiene, we've become big proponents of electric toothbrushes for a variety of reasons. Though there have been studies showing that when used properly, both traditional manual ...
It's a Changing Station -- No Wait, It's a Media Center!
Yes, at $1650 it's a bit pricey (especially considering the inexpensive options we posted about earlier), but just think, once you're little tyke is old enough to use the potty all by herself you can...
Re(al)view: Brondell Swash Ecoseat Bidet Has Got Our Back(side)
Okay, for those of you who are sensitive about topics involving bathroom hygiene, we politely ask you to skip this post as we intend to go into a bit of detail about our experience with a sensitive su...
Wii and Google Maps: Run on the Street From the Comfort of Your Home
The Nintendo Wii has been an absolute success due to the fact that pretty much anyone can walk into a room and play. From young children to senior citizens it seems to have something for everyon...
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