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  Posted on September 24th, 2014

  
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  Hacking for health

  Could you stay awake for 48 hours? That was the impressive feat managed by one participant in our first ever external hackathon, a two day event run by Tesco Labs to come up with innovative new apps or services related to consumer health.  A mix of coders, designers and marketers from outside Tesco took part, and the competitors ranged from mums to a 15 year old! Take a look

  https://www.ourtesco.com/2014/09/18/hacking-health/

  “Victory went to the ‘Barcode Monsters’, who developed a simple but clever app for children.  The app turns shopping into a game: children scan products in store, and depending on the nutritional content of the item they scan, the monster in the app gets happier or sadder and changes colour.”

   

   

  WEARABLES:

   

  The best Android Wear apps

  Interesting rundown of some of the current popular apps on the Android Wear Platform

  http://www.gizmag.com/best-android-wear-apps-2014/33873/

   

  Wearable Artificial Kidney gets green light for US trials

  Thought this was a comical one for wearable’s, not the topic, just the picture.

  http://www.gizmag.com/wearable-artificial-kidney-trials/33835/

   

   

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  Intel’s wireless charging bowl to power up this year

  Intel wireless charging bowl I described in earlier innovation sessions this year will be for sale soon.

  http://www.gizmag.com/intel-wireless-charging-bowl-2014/33886/

   

  Intel putting 3D scanners in consumer tablets next year, phones to follow

  Could this be the solution to recognising food visually?

  http://www.gizmag.com/intel-3d-realsense-scanners-tablets-phones/33882/

   

  SideSwipe lets phones read hand gestures using reflected wireless signals

  Really interesting new approach to gesture use on devices.

  http://www.gizmag.com/sideswipe-gesture-recognition-reflected-wireless-signals/33923/

   

   

  IOT (Internet of Things):

   

  Meet Green Bean, a module for hacking into appliances

  Check what’s in the fridge at the tap of a button?

  http://www.gizmag.com/ge-green-bean/33877/

   

   

  HEALTH AND WELLBEING:

   

  Non-calorie artificial sweeteners (NAS) can cause glucose intolerance (Journal NATURE) – Thanks CLAIRE K

  In a nutshell, NAS like in Pepsi Max causes adaptive changes in your gut healthy bacteria, which causes glucose intolerance, increase blood sugar levels & type 2 diabetes

  http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13793.html

   

  Blood test provides first objective diagnosis of depression in adults

  Amazing how far mental health services have moved into mainstream medicine

  http://www.gizmag.com/adult-depression-blood-test/33908/

   

  Newly-discovered on/off switch could hold the key to healthy aging

  Still looking for the fountain of youth.

  http://www.gizmag.com/on-off-switch-telomerase-aging-salk-institute/33931/

   

   

  EXPOSURE:

  Twitter’s Huge Mistake

  http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/13/twitters-huge-mistake/

   

   

  IRISH:

  Brewbot’s ‘Beer DNA’ may usher in a new age of delicious homemade brewing

  Something from our boys and girls at home.

  http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/13/brewbots-beer-dna-may-usher-in-a-new-age-of-delicious-homemade-brewing-scoop/

   

   

  
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