Although there will never be a substitute for parents’ watchful eyes while their children are swimming, eyes can sometimes miss things. That’s where the Wave system is designed to come in, by sounding an alarm if kids stay underwater too long. The Wave setup consists of a Hub device that sits beside the pool (or lake, river or ocean), along […]

When someone is suffering from a deep stab wound, it’s important to apply pressure withinthat wound, not just down onto it. A new student-designed device is intended to let first responders do just that, potentially saving lives that might otherwise be lost. Police officers are often the first people to arrive at the scene of a stabbing. If the knife […]

Most of us can’t afford homes with fire-extinguishing sprinklers built into the ceiling … and that’s where FACE is designed to come in. It’s a self-contained, heat-activated fire suppression device that’s mounted in the user’s home, wherever it’s most likely to be needed. Its name an acronym for Fire Activated Canister Extinguisher, FACE was invented by San Francisco high school […]

If you’re looking for a wearable to track your workouts, runs, sleep and plenty more besides, then there’s no shortage of fitness trackers and smartwatches to pick from – and after a couple of weeks of testing we can tell you that the Coros PACE 2 has a few features that might make you choose it over its competitors. At-a-glance: […]

A large percentage of bike-versus-car accidents occur when automobiles pass too closely to cyclists. The Dashbike tail light was designed with that in mind, as it automatically records video of any too-close drive-bys. Manufactured by German startup Dashfactory, the water-resistant, GPS-equipped Dashbike functions first and foremost as a tail light. It can be mounted either under the saddle or on […]

Although most compact multitools are also known as everyday carry (EDC) tools, it can often be difficult to everyday-carry them in your pocket. That isn’t the case with the SlideKick, however, which is designed to be sleek and pocketable. Created by North Carolina-based startup Novel Carry, the SlideKick’s flat steel body measures just 0.4 inch thick by 1 inch wide […]

Visitors to the Galapagos Islands learn about the island’s fragile ecosystem and the need to protect the lives of its endemic animals. But not every animal life is sacrosanct on these islands just 600 miles off Ecuador’s west coast. Certain rodents that start with pointy snouts and end with skinny, sparsely-haired tails are not welcome. Now, thanks to drone technology, rats have […]

For folks who work and play online, Chromebooks generally offer pretty good bang for buck. While most come in laptop form, the Chromebook Detachable CM3 from Asus offers a laptop, digital sketchpad and a tablet experience in one device. Google’s Chrome operating platform first came to tablet form with Acer’s Chromebook Tab 10in 2018, which was aimed mostly at students. […]

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has demonstrated a new Hypercharge system that can charge phones at a monstrous 200 W through a wire, and 120 W wirelessly. Just three minutes on the charge cable is enough to get a large phone battery to 50 percent. In a short time lapse video, Xiaomi demonstrated the wired and wireless charge systems, with a […]

Everyone responds to general anesthetics differently, which can make administering the correct dose tricky. A new device is designed to help, by continuously monitoring anesthetic levels in patients’ bloodstreams during surgical procedures. Ordinarily, anesthesiologists base initial dosages on factors such as age, weight and gender. One thing that they don’t know ahead of time, however, is how much of the […]