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    Technology 2020: Personal Worlds

    Technology 2020: Personal Worlds is the second report in a series from The Futures Company which seeks to explore how digital technology will remake our world over the next decade. In the first, main, report in the series, we outlined ...
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    This sensor-embedded t-shirt corrects your body posture to banish back pain

    Incorrect body posture can be a bad thing and the biggest side effect is back pain which over the period of time can lead to much serious problems. People around the globe suffer from back pain due to bad posture, ...
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    This Intelligent Mirror Can Diagnose Everything Wrong With You From Your Reflection

    This mirror has sensors that go beyond skin deep to find out how healthy you really are. The Wize Mirror knows if you’ve been drinking too much or eating foods you shouldn’t. It can sense if you’ve got high cholesterol or ...
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    Smart Bandage helps detect bedsores before they happen

    Pressure sensitive sensors can sense cellular changes. UC Berkeley researchers are hoping to enhance the scope of use for this technology. Bedsores are more than a pain in the backside for bedridden folk, they can develop into dangerous infections and heighten ...
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    Why use a razor when you could have a laser?

    Shavers frustrated with traditional razors may soon be able to shave using a “laser razor”, which promises to benefit users’ skin and wallets, and the environment. While traditional razors blades make contact with the user’s skin as well as their ...
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    An invisibility cloak – bending light

    Scientists at UC Berkeley have developed a foldable, incredibly thin invisibility cloak that can wrap around microscopic objects of any shape and make them undetectable in the visible spectrum. In its current form, the technology could be useful in optical ...
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    Robotic arm restores a paralyzed man’s sense of touch

    In the last few years, experimental robotic limbs have made great advances, promising people who are paralyzed or have lost a limb the return of some sorely missed freedom. In 2012, a man with one leg took the stairs all ...
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    4 Wearables That Give You Superpowers

    More wearable technology that can help enhance or control muscles or reflexes Helps researchers accumulate data on human reflexes and how to battle deterioration So, it finally happened — Apple created something straight out of a Dick Tracy comic. Apple is ...
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    Energy-Boosting Eyewear

    These Spectacles Improve Sleep and Reduce Jet Lag with Blue Light Therapy These smart glasses are a wearable blue light therapy device designed by AYO to improve sleep, boost energy and reduce jet lag. The extremely thin pair of spectacles ...