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In the year 2154, biometrics might be so advanced that they will be able to tell us how long we have left to live based on data retrieved from our bodies. Or at least that’s the type of technological advancement that the creator of the Life Index is hoping for in the future.

Envisioned by One & Co for the Timex 2154 competition, the Life Index is worn like a nicotine patch that acquires biometric feedback from the skin, including fitness level, stress, nutrition level and the environment. It then uses this information to make an educated guess on how long you have left to live.

I guess the real question is whether you’d want a gadget that could put a number on your life or a guesstimate from one of those stupid online surveys. And more importantly, would the ever decreasing number convince you to quit smoking, drinking and having unprotected sex while simultaneously shooting intravenous drugs with dirty needles?

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How did we manage before the advent of mobile phones and the Internet. Seriously. I mean, I can’t think of a day that has passed in years where I haven’t relied on my cellphone or computer for some major aspect of my life. In a few years we might be asking a very different question. How did we live without the ProsperPC?

The ProsperPC concept, in entrant for the NextGen PC Design Competition, is basically a family and home management system which monitors everything from power usage, to your gas, water pipes, and climate control, notifying you of any problems, helping you to optimize power usage. But wait, there’s MORE! The ProsperPC, with its biometric touchscreen, also takes it upon itself to send SMS reminders to family members for scheduled appointments, while integrating almost every form of household media, including TV, into one PC based system. (more…)

Control Your Debt might not be the best post title for a series gadget blog (us? serious? psh). This is no spam post. In fact, this gadget is a pretty cool digital wallet which allows for multiple ways to control and moderate your budget, while resembling the sleek design of the credit card of the future.

You can monitor your accounts and track your investments while having an all-in-one internal card which allows debit and credit purchases, meaning no more cards needed. The wallet uses biometric finger print security to make sure the only person to access your account info is you. — Andrew Dobrow

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