Amiigo Is a Smart Wearable Sensor That Knows What Activity You're Doing

Wearable sensors or fitness-tracking bracelets, such as the Nike+ FuelBand or Fitbit Flex, are starting to go mainstream. But now, there's a new competitor in town — the Amiigo.

The team of entrepreneurs behind this new wristband claims their product is better than the others because it can automatically tell what kind of exercise you're performing. Amiigo will also be able to differentiate more than 100 exercises, track your movements and collect a number of physiological metrics like heart rate and blood oxygen levels.

"Amiigo provides a more personalized fitness tracking experience because we can detect exactly what you are doing and how your body is responding," the group states in their Indiegogo campaign.

Amiigo offers two sensors, a wristband and a shoe clip. They both collect data independently and users won't need both to track their fitness activity, although using them together will increase accuracy. One collects data from upper body activity, while the other focuses on the lower body.

7 Superb Gadgets to Encourage You to Eat More Fruit

We all know we should eat more fruit, but sometimes it can be a struggle to consume the recommended five servings of fruit (or vegetables) per day.

To try and encourage us all to get more fructose in our faces, we have taken a look at cool kitchen gadgetry that makes eating fruit easier, quicker and more fun.

7 Superb Gadgets to Encourage You to Eat More Fruit

We all know we should eat more fruit, but sometimes it can be a struggle to consume the recommended five servings of fruit (or vegetables) per day.

To try and encourage us all to get more fructose in our faces, we have taken a look at cool kitchen gadgetry that makes eating fruit easier, quicker and more fun.

Infrascanner Detects Brain Trauma At the Scene of Accidents

A portable wand that uses Near-Infrared (NIR) technology can detect hemorrhaging in the brain and help medical professionals assess if a person needs a CT scan or surgery.

The Infrascanner Model 2000 looks like a large remote control and can be held against the head to determine if a person might have brain hemorrhaging. The device can spot the difference between normal brain tissue and hematomas using infrared light absorption. It doesn't take the place of CT scans, but can be used to monitor head trauma patients or assess people at the scene of an accident.

This Year, Apple Will Start Making Macs In America Again” – Obama

President Obama gave a huge shout-out to Apple during his State of the Union address tonight, using the company as an example of how manufacturers are once again seeing value in making things in America: “This year, Apple will start making Macs in America again.”

Reading on Tablets Easier for Older Eyes

People young and old prefer reading paper books to tablets and e-readers, but older individuals could find themselves reading faster and with less effort on a tablet. The news came from a small study released this week in PLOS ONE from researchers at the historic epicenter of the printed word — Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

Apple summoned to explain high prices in Australia

Broadening a row between the world's most valuable company and Australian lawmakers over corporate taxes paid on Apple's operations, Apple executives were formally summonsed on Monday to front a parliamentary committee in Canberra on March 22.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt Plans To Sell 3.2M Company Shares Over The Next Year, 42% Of His Stake In Google

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt, the company today reported in an SEC filing, plans to sell about 3.2 million of the Class A common stock he currently owns through a stock trading plan, which would reduce his share in the company by about 42%. At Google’s current stock price, this transaction would be worth about $2.5 billion.

TV app GetGlue gears up for Grammys

Social TV app GetGlue wants to become an even stickier second-screen destination. A new personalized TV guide, already on GetGlue's iPad and Web versions, is part of its updated iPhone app (just out in the App Store; it will hit the Google Play store for ...

Surface Pro Could Get External Battery, Microsoft Reveals

Microsoft will officially launch the Surface Pro — the larger, more powerful version of its Surface tablet — on Feb. 9. The reviews are already in, though, and if there's one consistent knock against the device it's battery life, which lasts only a few hours. However, Microsoft's engineering team has revealed that external batteries may be in the works.

The Surface engineering team hosted an AMA (ask me anything) about the Surface Pro onReddit Wednesday afternoon, and one redditor asked if any kind of keyboard accessory with a built-in battery — which is the norm for other companies' Windows tablets such as the Samsung Series 7 — was in the works.