Philips Blood Pressure-Sensing Underpants

Blood pressure is not hard to measure, but the necessary equipment for clinically accurate measurements – a cuff, a pump, and stethoscope or electronics – is bulky and heavy.

Philips, the electronics giant has recently filed a patent for blood-pressure sensing underpants which can be calibrated to give accurate readings whenever they are worn. The technology makes use of “pulse wave velocity” - pulse waves generated when the heart pumps which then moves through the blood circulatory system. The researchers have found pulse wave speeds correlate to blood pressure.

Favourite is an urban style bag that features Philips’ Lumalive textiles which have tiny arrays of LED lights integrated into the fabric. The front of the leather bag features a large piece of crystal mesh able to hold a flexible Lumalive background that can be used to display personalized luminous messages or patterns that are programmed by the user.

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Philips is to redefine the home entertainment experience with the launch at IFA 2007 as the centerpiece of Philips’ 2007 consumer electronics lineup, a totally unique television – Aurea.

The Aurea experience is like stepping through a window into a different world, as scenes radiate an aura of light and color beyond the frame. The result creates an immersive, ambient viewing experience.

Aurea builds on Philips’ 11-year leadership in flat television technology and represents the next generation of Philips Ambilight FlatTV. It applies the latest advances in Philips TV technology – including a new, LED-based Ambilight system, discreet speakers and the Perfect Pixel HD Engine picture quality platform – into an ultra-modern, minimalist design.

Product Features

* Flex & Pivot Action–Three independently flexing rotary heads with a 360 degree range of motion to shave perfectly close, even on the neck
* Triple Track shaving heads offer 50% more shaving surface for a faster and closer shave
* Dual stainless steel blade system gently lifts hair to cut it comfortably below skin level, for an ultra close shave
* Premium carbon fiber exterior, numeric shaving time display, battery capacity indicator, battery low indicator, full charge indicator
* Rinses clean in seconds

There have been plenty of options out there for people who want surround sound but not surround speakers, but we have to admit that Philips’s SoundBar HTS8100 looks like a pretty slick new entry to the category. Using proprietary Ambisound technology and Smart Surround processing, it’s meant to replace an entire home theater speaker system with one speaker that’s about 3 feet long with an aluminum cabinet and glass front panel. It comes with a separate subwoofer for the deep bass.

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