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Already there are a number of wearable devices available – such as the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/lumo-back-accessory/25519/" target="_blank">Lumoback</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/the-us100-iposture-pendant-improves-posture/9816/" target="_blank">iPosture pendant</a> – that detect when the user’s posture is improper, and alert them to the situation so they can correct it. The new Lumbia is one other product that performs this service, although it also provides data to therapists to assist in the treatment of back problems.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/lumbia-back-pain-belt/27226/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="27178"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/med-vault-painkiller-overdose/27178/">Med Vault aims to eliminate painkiller abuse</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">April 19, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/med-vault-painkiller-overdose/27178/#comments">16 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/med-vault-painkiller-overdose/27178/pictures">6 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/med-vault-painkiller-overdose/27178/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/medvault.jpg" title="Brigham Young University's Team Med Vault, with their painkiller-dispensing device " alt="Brigham Young University's Team Med Vault, with their painkiller-dispensing device "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It’s an unfortunate fact that prescription painkiller abuse is on the rise. In some cases people are taking the drugs to get high, while in others, patients simply want more relief than their prescription allows. In either scenario, the results are often fatal. That’s why a group of engineering students from Brigham Young University have created a lockable medication-dispensing device known as the Med Vault.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/med-vault-painkiller-overdose/27178/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27156"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork-kickstarter/27156/">HAPIfork smart fork hits Kickstarter</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dave-parrack/">Dave Parrack</a></div> <div class="date">April 18, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork-kickstarter/27156/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork-kickstarter/27156/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork-kickstarter/27156/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/hapifork-smart-fork-5.jpg" title="HAPIfork is a smart fork designed to help you stop eating so much and so quickly" alt="HAPIfork is a smart fork designed to help you stop eating so much and so quickly"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork/25728/" target="_blank">HAPIfork</a> is a "smart fork" designed to monitor your eating habits that gained a great deal of press attention at the beginning of the year when it was one of the stars of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/ces-2013/" target="_blank">CES 2013</a>. Now it's arrived on Kickstarter in an effort to raise US$100,000 to fund the initial product launch.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/hapifork-smart-fork-kickstarter/27156/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="26967"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="article_label" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/features/">FEATURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dengue-research-wolbachia-clove/26967/">Why bacteria are being recruited in the fight against dengue fever</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/antonio-pasolini/">Antonio Pasolini</a></div> <div class="date">April 16, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dengue-research-wolbachia-clove/26967/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dengue-research-wolbachia-clove/26967/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dengue-research-wolbachia-clove/26967/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/wolbachia-3.jpg" title="Dengue is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and 2.5 billion are exposed to it acro..." alt="Dengue is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito and 2.5 billion are exposed to it acro..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> It can be lethal, it makes patients ill for weeks and there’s no vaccine against it. Cases of dengue fever, whose symptoms usually include high temperature, body ache and fatigue, have increased 30-fold in the last 50 years. The World Health Organization estimates that around 50 to 100 million people are infected yearly and 2.5 billion people live in risk areas. After a successful trial run in Australia, a promising development that uses a common bacteria to fight dengue is about to be tried in one of the most affected countries in the world – Brazil.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dengue-research-wolbachia-clove/26967/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27082"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dimove-wavepro-works-your-body/27082/">DIMOVE WAVEpro works your body – if you can manage to stand on it</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/cc-weiss/">C.C. Weiss</a></div> <div class="date">April 16, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dimove-wavepro-works-your-body/27082/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dimove-wavepro-works-your-body/27082/pictures">7 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dimove-wavepro-works-your-body/27082/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/dimovewavepro-7.jpg" title="The DIMOVE WAVEpro" alt="The DIMOVE WAVEpro"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Bored of run-of-the-mill home exercise options like the stationary bike and treadmill? Austrian manufacturer DIMOVE recently introduced a full-body workout contraption called the WAVEpro. This challenging piece of equipment will hone your balance, endurance, muscle tone ... and will to survive.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/dimove-wavepro-works-your-body/27082/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27086"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/readingmate-treadmill/27086/">Head-tracking ReadingMate system lets users read while they run</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">April 16, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/readingmate-treadmill/27086/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/readingmate-treadmill/27086/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/readingmate.jpg" title="Purdue industrial engineering doctoral candidate Bum chul Kwon demonstrates the ReadingMat..." alt="Purdue industrial engineering doctoral candidate Bum chul Kwon demonstrates the ReadingMat..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Attachable stands or (less affordable) devices like the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/webike-pedal-power-seating-solution/22305/" target="_blank">WeBike</a> make it possible to exercise both body and mind while pedaling on the spot, but those pounding away on a treadmill are pretty much limited to listening to music or zoning out in front of a TV screen to keep their minds occupied. That could change with a new system developed by researchers at Purdue University. Called ReadingMate, the system uses head-tracking technology to keep onscreen text bobbing along in unison with the runner’s eyes.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/readingmate-treadmill/27086/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27078"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/toxin-bloodstream-nanosponges/27078/">Nanosponges used to soak up toxins in the bloodstream</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">April 15, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/toxin-bloodstream-nanosponges/27078/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/toxin-bloodstream-nanosponges/27078/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/toxin-bloodstream-nanosponges/27078/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nanosponges.jpg" title="A rendering of the nanosponges attracting bloodstream-borne toxins " alt="A rendering of the nanosponges attracting bloodstream-borne toxins "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> If you’ve seen many old westerns, then you’ll likely have watched a few scenes where one cowboy has to suck rattlesnake venom out of another one’s leg. Things would have been much easier for those cowboys if nanosponges had been around at the time. 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They try to move their hand in a certain way, for instance, but it just won’t do it – <em>why not?</em> That’s where a new system known as the Synergistic Physio-Neuro Platform (SynPhNe) comes into the picture. It guides patients through exercises, monitors their performance, and lets them know why they’re unable to perform certain tasks. They can then use that knowledge to self-correct their actions, instead of just getting exasperated.  <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/synphne-stroke-rehabilitation-feedback/27034/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="27024"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/clarity-transparent-brain/27024/">Researchers turn gray matter transparent to shed light on the brain’s secrets</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">April 11, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/clarity-transparent-brain/27024/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/clarity-transparent-brain/27024/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20130430013110/http://www.gizmag.com/clarity-transparent-brain/27024/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130430013110im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/clarity.jpg" title="Now you see it, now you don't – an intact adult mouse brain before and after the two-day C..." alt="Now you see it, now you don't – an intact adult mouse brain before and after the two-day C..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Many will remember the colorless colas that came and went in the early 90s. 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