Quicken Online Mobile

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Finance, Videos, Free Apps

Probably the last place you would think about managing your money would be on the go, but you can now with Quicken Online Mobile. Passcode-protected, you create an online account and then download the application. QO gives you an overview of your bank accounts, credit cards, etc., as well as notifying you when your next paycheck is coming. In addition to showing balances, you can record purchases and seek out ATMs in your area. The free app is available for iPhone/iPod touch at the App Store.

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iShoe Detects Balance

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Clothing, Design, Science

Erez Lieberman, a Harvard-MIT graduate student, has devised the iShoe that will help physicians detect balance problems before falls occur. Given a $50,000.00 grant from the Lunar Ventures Competition to take it past the prototype stage, Lieberman originally developed the shoe for NASA to help them monitor balance problems incurred by astronauts after they return from space. While there he managed to come up with a new system for collecting data and an algorithm to analyze it.

Because his own grandmother had a bad fall a while back, Lieberman realized that the tech could help others. The iSole may also be equipped with an alarm that would let other family members know that a fall has occurred.

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Flame Walks Like a Human

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science

ASIMO eat your heart out. Flame is now the most advanced walking robot to date. Created by Dutch PhD student Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft, his bot is both stable and energy efficient. To accomplish his objective, he studied how people walked for the first time. He then gave Flame seven motors and a balance mechanism created with stability algorithms. Daan is hoping that the technology will be used to help treat those with walking disabilities.

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