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Gadgets

HeartMath Inner Balance Review: Like Meditation Training Wheels

The benefits of consistant meditation are too well told. Lower stress, better focus, easier sleep. But despite its inherent simplicity, it can be really tough to learn and practice, especially if relaxation doesn’t come naturally.

5 January 2013

Geek Out

Portable Shipping Container Sauna Is The Ultimate Stress Toy

Sometimes squeezing a foam ball just isn’t an effective way to deal with stress. So if you’re the head of a giant corporation, or even the president of a large country, consider having this self-contained portable sauna at your disposal.

10 September 2012

Computing

How Much Does Your Computer Stress You Out?

A recent survey commissioned by computer hardware company Crucial has turned up a few interesting statistics on computer stress: 94 per cent of respondents said they have had computer problems drive them up the wall, and a little over half aren’t happy with how their little internet box behaves in general. 18 per cent even said computer problems are more stressful than taxes.

29 June 2012

Cars

Future Fords Adapt And React To Driver Anxiety

Cars are cutting you off on the highway. Your pulse quickens. You need to concentrate. What you really need is absolute silence — no phone calls, no music. In this kind of situation, a new stress-sensing system developed by Ford would shut down the distractions the moment driving becomes tense.

27 June 2012

Science

Stress-Induced Depression Is Real

Stress breeds depression. Anecdotally, we all know that’s the case, but scientifically speaking it’s been a hypothesis that has until now remained unproven. A new study, however, reveals that chronic stress affects us at the genetic level, in turn creating very real brain changes associated with depression.

2 May 2012

Science

Oxford Doctors Can Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder With… Tetris?

In recent years, the military’s top brass have funded some truly bizarre approaches — from neck injections to Reiki — in an effort to treat symptoms of post-traumatic stress afflicting today’s soldiers. It turns out they could’ve just equipped troops with Game Boys.

3 August 2011

Science

Stress During Pregnancy Could Age Your Offspring

Here’s yet another reason to pamper those pregnant ladies in your life. A new study from UC Irvine suggests stress during pregnancy may prematurely age the baby’s cells.

1 February 2011

Gadgets

Is Tech OCD Consuming Your Life?

We’re “constantly confronting the onslaught of information, and our brains are trying to make patterns out of the randomness,” says TIME’s Joel Stein. Obsessively tagged MP3s, meticulous photo folders, whitewashed inboxes – are you too struggling to stay digitally neat?

19 November 2010

Science

Facebook Stalking Can Actually Kill You If You’re Not Careful

A new article in the medical journal Lancet details the story of an 18-year-old kid who consistently found himself with “difficult and laboured breathing” after using Facebook. The problem? He was using Facebook to stalk his ex-girlfriend.

9 December 2009

The 2010 Bubble Wrap Calendar Has An Irresistible Model Every Month

Oh yeah, month after month of squeezable balloons. No need to change models, the bubble wrap calendar is just as irresistible as last year. [Perpetual Kid]

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