September means the end of summer, and with the coming of fall, it is a time when kids are headed back to school and starting up old routines like classes, homework, and hopefully some involvement in teams, sports and activities with friends. September is also Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
To help encourage activity, there’s plenty of ways to use technology to get kids excited.
There are activity monitors that turn walking and other movement into a game. Technology is improving sporting equipment. But sometimes the best tool is the simple one, such as a ball or a jump rope.
Several news stories are making the rounds this week following the successful 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. The question this week is “what events are missing?”
Memorial Day is just around the corner, which for most, signals the arrival of summer. For those of you who do not like to cook outside throughout the winter months, it is time to dust off those grills and get them fired up. It is so easy to throw a pack of hotdogs or burgers on the grill, but a quick read of the wrapper might make you rethink your meal of choice. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good burger and dog, just not for every cookout.
Trigger Point Performance, a company that makes products that regulate and stimulate the muscular movement of the body, just created its Cooling Division with the release of Cool Point. The concept is that athletes keep cooler by reducing mental and physical stress that heat places on the body. This is done by cooling certain points with a targeted ice pack.
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink. That’s an all too familiar problem for those off in the wilds. While there are numerous options for making water drinkable, most are not ideal. But we recently heard about the Platypus GravityWorks Filter, which is essentially a gravity-based or primal pull system that coaxes water through a filter with no actual pumping required.
Judging from all the “rugged” cases for portable electronics we have covered, we are going to confirm (unscientifically) there’s a really big market for people who want to take their smart phones and music players into the water or any place that is electronics unfriendly. The latest such product for the iPhone 4/4S is the Keystone ECO MarineCase from Concord Keystone, a fully submersible case – up to 20 feet – that lets you shoot video, take photos, send e-mail, or perform any smart phone-related activity while under water. It also protects against other elements like dust and sand, and is IP58 certified for dustproof and waterproof.
Today’s babies and toddlers are damn lucky. They get to ride in state-of-the-art strollers with high-quality metal and plastic construction, shock suspension, comfortable padding, and a bunch of features that are better than some cars we have driven. For those who don’t own such a luxury stroller, you’d think we are exaggerating, but strollers today are far more complex and expensive than those of the past, with features one would associate more with an automobile. The proliferation of these suped-up baby vehicles makes us question their necessity, but the technology in the Origami stroller ($849) from 4moms may be worth the cost for those who desire the convenience of an auto-folding stroller (and then some). 
Secret compartments are cool. Whether it’s the room behind a pivoting bookshelf, the flask inside a cane (a sword is even better), or an underground vault, the ability to stash away goods from the unsuspecting summons up fantasies of living as a mad scientist, James Bond or Batman.
There must be a demand for waterproof cases. Not long after we mentioned to you about the