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The medical and health industries have seen amazing progress over the past few decades thanks to technology improvements. As good as modern med-tech is, a large part of our answer to human issues remains in the treatment of symptoms (usually with medication), rather than actually solving the core issue....
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Technology has a way of finding itself into all kinds of products and the latest one we’ve looked at is a new product by Waterpik called Sonic Fusion. This combines an electric toothbrush and Flossing into a single device. The Sonic-Fusion (SF-02A010-1) has been out for a while internationally...
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Yesterday, Victorian health officials changed their advice to now require face masks for everyone in Melbourne, given the recent spike in Coronavirus cases. Premiere Daniel Andrews confirmed the new requirement to wear a mask, would be enforced by Police and an on-the-spot fine for A$200 would be issued for...
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If you want to improve your lifestyle, then you need a smartwatch. While so many aspects of our lives are measured, often our sleep is something that’s measured the least, despite it being one of the most important aspects of staying healthy. Smartwatches today are incredible, they don’t look...
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24 hours is a long time at Tesla. Overnight Elon Musk has been on Twitter expressing his dissatisfaction in being told he can’t fire up production at their Freemont facility. As we know with the return to work programs across the globe, the situation differs dramatically based on the...
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This afternoon Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, along with the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Brendan Murphy’s repeated calls to download the CovidSafe app. Having a significant proportion of the population use the app is critical to easing some of the restrictions currently in place around the country. Want to go to...
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The Government’s coronavirus app, CovidSafe, has now been downloaded more than a million times. While any app developer would love to reach an impressive number in 24 hours, there’s still much work to be done. For the app to be really effective in automating contact tracing and ensuring that...
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The Australia Government right now is working on building a mobile app for iOS and Android that Australians will be asked to install on their phones. The privacy concerns are obvious, but I think it’s interesting to consider how the technology could be pieced together to make this work...
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You may not recognise that city, it’s Los Angeles. Last April, the Environment Protection Agency in America published a report that detailed how the air pollution was getting worse. The report found that around 43% of the population lived in locations that have unhealthy pollution. With the outbreak of...