In an effort to curtail the global spread of AIDS, Johns Hopkins recently conducted an in-hospital trail that offered self-administered HIV tests to Emergency Room visitors.

China’s Central South University has set up a new facility to help students deal with emotional stress.

An interesting article over on Divine Caroline displays a side by side comparison of how food portions have changed over the past twenty years.

Marc Koska has created a low-cost syringe that can’t be used twice which prevents infections, saving lives.

Scientists at UCLA have discovered that older adults with limited Internet experience were able to boost brain functions after a week of interacting with the web.

Timothy Young, founder of Socialcast has written a thoughtful essay in which he compares information consumption habits to food consumption habits.

PSFK asks Marc Alt, one of our panel members at the upcoming Good Ideas Salon Tokyo, what pure living means to him.

The Expressen newspaper reports that a school nurse in Gothenburg, Sweden has stopped giving pain killers to students. Instead, she puts them to bed and let them listen to a relaxation CD.

Philips has created a concept device named the Rationalizer – a biofeedback system for online stock traders.

Cosmetics company 2 Love My Lips has created a line of lip glosses which include a card within the packaging that detects GHB and ketamine.

“Can we get more people to choose the stairs by making it fun to do?” This is the question posed by a group in Stockholm, Sweden who converted the stairs of a subway exit into a giant piano.

Haruyama Trading Co. of Okayama, Japan has developed a suit for men which promises to guard the wearer against swine flu.

Iglo light café offers light therapy as a cure to sun deprived Stockholmers throughout the dark months of October to March.

Native Trails uses 100% recycled copper to make handmade sinks for kitchen, bathroom and commercial use. Besides looking good, these sinks have the added benefit of being able to kill 99% of bacteria within two hours.

“Van Gogh is Bipolar” takes healthy eating to a new level by only serving natural foods which help produce “happy hormones.”