Toothbrushes are one of those things we all use several times a day (I hope!) but don’t really give a lot of thought. If you’re like me, you buy a new one a few times a year from Walmart or Walgreens for a few bucks. But would you buy a toothbrush that costs $12 and uses $5 replaceable heads that you have to order online?
The Boie toothbrush comes in four colors and features a unique handle design and a replaceable bristle head that uses BPA and Phthalate-free rubber-like bristles that have been designed to last up to two times longer than the toothbrushes we find at our local big box store.
These toothbrushes also have silver embedded in the bristles and head that help kill bacteria.
What do you think? Are those extra features worth the extra price? For more info on the Boie toothbrush visit boieusa.com and Amazon to order one.
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I used to be addicted to Diet Coke and would drink a 12 oz bottle (or more) every day for years. I had a hard time kicking the habit and wish I would have had The Right Cup to help me. The Right Cup is a BPA free plastic cup that tricks your brain into thinking that you are drinking something sweet when all you’re really drinking is plain zero calorie, caffeine-free water.
When you drink from the 11-ounce cup, you breathe in the fruity aroma and even taste a slight flavor on the rim of the cup. How does it work?
use proprietary technology that enables FDA approved aromatic food grade flavors and ingredients to be added directly to the cup’s components at the time of manufacturing. During the process, the aroma and flavor become integral parts of the cup itself without having to change the plastic characteristics in any way. The Right Cup™ is made of BPA free plastic and is 100% safe!
The Right Cup is available in orange, berry, apple, grape, peach, and cola. The flavor is supposed to last for several months as long as you don’t use a dishwasher and only hand wash the cups.
You can read more about The Right Cup at www.therightcup.com and you can buy one cup for $29.95 from Amazon.
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Setting up a home gym can quickly become expensive when buying a variety of fitness equipment. All that workout gear can take up a lot of space as well. One way to cut down how much you spend and how much space you need for your equipment is to turn your existing free weights / dumbbells into kettle bells with a Kettle Gryp.
A Kettle Gryp is an adapter made of light weight ABS plastic that snaps around an ordinary dumbbell o provide a handle that allows the dumbbell to mimic a kettle bell.
Kettle Gryps are made in the USA, are portable, and are priced at $34.95 from www.kettlegryp.com. Get one and get sweaty.
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Yep, here it comes to save the day! Alec Momont, a graduate student at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands, created the Ambulance Drone project. Their intent was to develop a drone that would deliver life-saving equipment like an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), medicines, and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) aids to the scene of an emergency. The first drone prototype focused on delivering an AED. They created a compact, lightweight drone (using 3-D printed microstructures and a carbon fiber frame) that flies 100 kilometers per hour and reduces the average emergency response time from 10 minutes to one minute (in the European Union).
Immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation, with an automated external defibrillator (AED), can more than double a victim’s chance of survival. In fact, early defibrillation, along with CPR, is the only way to restore the victim’s heart rhythm to normal in a lot of cases of cardiac arrest. For every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation, however, the chances of survival decrease by 7–10%. A recent study sponsored in part by the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association shows that most cardiac arrests that occur in public places are “shockable” arrhythmias or those that respond to a shock from an AED, making AEDs in public places highly valuable. Yet, there are not enough AEDs and persons trained in using them and performing CPR to provide this lifesaving treatment, resulting in lost opportunities to save more lives.
Hopefully, drones like this one will turn those lost opportunities into life-saving events because the developers incorporated “a two-way, video supported, communication channel in the drone” that allows the 1-1-2 emergency operator and the person there at the scene to communicate. The emergency operator is then able to provide step-by-step instructions on how to use the AED.
Where are they at in development? According to TU Delft, “The complex nature of a systems innovation like this makes commercial exploitation, not an easy task. TU Delft is considering further steps in the development.”
Watch the video to see how it works:
You can read more about the Ambulance Drone project here
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The fitness tracker wars seem to be heating up again. Misfit is releasing a new fitness tracker this summer and now Fitbit is releasing the Ionic fitness tracker which is designed to cut into the Apple Watch market.
With a built in heart rate monitor, sleep tracking, built in GPS, and water resistance of up to 50 meters, the Ionic is setting itself up to be a top contender in the fitness tracker market. Powered by a Lithium-polymer battery, the Ionic has a 4+ day battery life with the ability to fully recharge in about two hours.
The Ionic will sync with Mac OS X 10.6 and up, Apple iPhone 4S and later, iPad 3 generation and later, and Windows 10 devices. Fitbit is taking pre-orders for the Ionic with the base model starting at $299.99. With the fitness tracker wars heating up let’s see if Fitbit can land the first decisive shot.
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