Biosensors attached to Everest climbers to help
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Members of an expedition sponsored by National Geographic and The North Face are climbing the summit of Mount Everest with body sensors attached to their bodies. The said sensors will monitor the climbers day and night, collecting data to help researchers understand chronic illnesses such as heart disease. ?What we?re doing is looking at an environment that?s almost perfect to highlight human frailty,? said Bryan Taylor, a Mayo Clinic physiologist. The researchers from Mayo Clinic used sensors normally used by obsessive fitness trackers and a new heart monitor to collect data 75 to 100 times per second. They also brought an ultrasound machine to study fluid buildup in the climbers? lungs. Check out the video after the break.

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Project Glass used by Larry Page in U.K.

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We’ve seen Sergey Brin wearing the famous Project Glass last month when the Google co-founder attended a charity event in San Francisco. A few weeks after that, Sebastian Thrun of Google’s Project X was also spotted wearing Project Glass in an interview with Charlie Rose. Earlier this month, Google?s Senior Vice President, Vic Gundotra, was also caught wearing the glasses during a recent interview with CNET. So, if you’re wondering who’s going to be next, today’s the day that we?ll find out. Adding to the frenzy is Larry Page, who was recently spotted wearing Project Glass at Google?s Zeitgeist event in the U.K. Check out Larry Page’s talk entitled ?Beyond Today? at the Zeitgeist 2012 after the break.

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Dragon Drive is like Siri for your car

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Nuance Communications, a provider of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around the globe, has just unveiled Dragon Drive, the company’s latest voice platform created and designed specifically for cars. Dragon Drive promises to give car owners the capability to send and read text messages by voice, thanks to the company?s voice recognition technology used in applications like Dragon Dictation. Nuance said that Dragon Drive?s messaging service will be followed by other services soon, which will include controls for listening to music, web browsing, directions and more. (more…)

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Verizon Jetpack 890L mobile router shipping on
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At the CES in January this year, Verizon introduced two Jetpack mobile hotspots from ZTE and Novatel Wireless. We even wrote to you about the Verizon Jetpack manufactured by ZTE that promised to give Verizon users access to the Internet in and out of the country. Today, Verizon has announced that its Jetpack 890L will be available this coming May 24. (more…)

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VIA launches $49 Android PC System

Last week, we reported about the AllWinner A10 Android 4.0 PC that was a Lilliputian and was sold for $74. Of course, there were other cool miniature PCs too such as the Raspberry Pi and the FXI Cotton Candy. And just as we thought that the frenzy will end, the Taiwanese hardware manufacturer VIA has announced a new product called the Android PC System (APC), a 7-inch ARM board that is powered by Android. (more…)

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