http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/game-motivates-well-being-through-financial-disincentives-future-of-gaming.html Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:05:49 +0000 StickK.com is a site that helps users commit to personal goals ranging from losing weight, to eating vegan, or becoming debt free. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/just-launched-automatic-tracking-for-your-health-pics.html Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:33:51 +0000 UP by Jawbone, released this morning, is the highly anticipated wristband that learns your daily habits to help you live better.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/fracture-cast-concept-lets-you-track-your-healing-process.html Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:47:42 +0000 An innovative concept case created by a graduate student from the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design helps monitor the healing progress of its user. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/second-life-authorities-can-i-see-your-i-d-please.html Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:43:47 +0000 Researches say the growing number of virtual characters in online communities has created a need to identify the real people behind aliases for marketing research and law enforcement purposes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/psfk-interviews-voyurl-founder-adam-leibsohn.html Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:12:02 +0000 PSFK interviews Adam Leibsohn, the founder of the online content recommendation platform, Voyurl, to discover how we can control and learn from our own data.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/app-turns-your-mobile-phone-into-a-stethoscope.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:23:34 +0000 The iStethoscope app allows users to easily monitor and share their heartbeat.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/flexible-sensors-map-real-time-cardiac-activities.html Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:03:06 +0000 Scientists have developed flexible sensors that can map real time cardiac activity of a beating heart.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/color-changing-contact-lenses-help-monitor-diabetes.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:37 +0000 A new kind of color changing contact lens could help wearers monitor their diabetes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/palm-reading-to-monitor-your-health.html Thu, 21 May 2009 13:46:32 +0000 The Body Check Ball is an intriguing personal health monitoring device that calculates your body fat, bone density, and muscle ratio by sending electrode currents through your hands as you hold it. Users can store up to 10 profiles to monitor their health and those of family members. [ CNET via OhGizmo ]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/paging-dr-iphone.html Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:20:17 +0000 You’ve probably visited WebMD to answer your health questions. And the iTunes App Store already offers over 200 medicine-related apps, like information on drugs and heart-rate monitoring devices. But two new devices for the new iPhone OS demonstrate just how the iPhone is going to make monitoring your health both more immediate and interactive. One app can control a blood-pressure cuff that plugs in to your iPhone, and Johnson & Johnson revealed a similar app and device that tests blood glucose levels. PCMag explains the far-reaching implications: Since an iPhone is always connected via the integrated 3G modem, it couldRead more...]]>