Japanese cafeteria offers diners in-depth advice on health and nutritionTokyo canteen Tanita Shokudo provides nutritional advice and dietary equipment to help diners eat healthily.
In San Francisco, the world’s first airport yoga roomSan Francisco International Airport last month opened a yoga room in its recently refurbished Terminal 2.
Adapter connects smartphones to microscopes for scientific photographyThe SkyLight device holds the user’s smartphone camera steady over the eyepiece of a microscope so as to enable the user to take pictures with the phone of the images seen through the microscope.
Pedometer wristband motivates schoolchildren to be activeMOVband is a wristband pedometer designed to motivate and reward exercise.
Interactive, motion-sensing walls to motivate gym-goersBally Total Fitness have launched motion-sensing interactive walls that give gym-goers nutritional and workout advice.
In Japan, a hotel for dead peopleIn Japan, Lastel is a hotel that stores dead bodies in refrigerated coffins.
Crowdfunded rewards for achieving fitness goalsHealthRally enables users to contribute money towards a reward for someone else, in an effort to motivate that person into achieving a particular fitness goal.
Portable electronic device to reduce blood clotsGeko is a wristwatch-sized, self-adhesive band that stimulates blood flow and reduces the risk of blood clots.
At Boston hospital, robots monitor patients’ recovery at homeAt Children’s Hospital in Boston, doctors are now in the midst of a pilot project in which patients take robots home with them after their stay, for help with post-operative consultations and care.
Gamified data collection for healthcare clinicsTonic Health hope to make patient data collection more engaging and reliable by using a game-like iPad-based platform.