Daily Digest Coolest Gadgets for 03/23/2013

The latest and coolest gadgets daily digest Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Mar 23, 2013 05:30 am | Edwin iPhone microscope helps out the naked eye "There's an app for that…", or so the saying goes, and we are quite sure that iPhone as well as Android owners have far more installed apps than stock apps on their respective handsets. While Apple might seem to be on the backpedal when it comes to their iPhone at this point in time in terms of market share compared to the expanding Android footprint, do bear in mind that Apple's App Store is a well respected cash cow for the Cupertino firm, so to speak, as the App Store still outsells Google's Play Store by a rather hefty ratio in comparison – and we all know that there is money at the end of the apps rainbow. What happens when you take into account hardware accessories as well? This is where this unique iPhone microscope accessory would come in handy for the medical field. An international team of researchers recently reported in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene that they managed to make use of a very simple microscope which was self-constructed, where thanks to a lens that costs just $8, it has been placed over the iPhone 4S's camera and held in place with some sticky tape, and it was successfully used to detect the eggs of soil-transmitted parasitic worms, otherwise known as helminths, if you want to get technical about it. When compared to the results shown by a proper microscope when diagnosing children in rural Tanzania, it was discovered that for some nematodes, the iPhone microscope is more than capable of detecting worm eggs. Well, what can we say about that? It would be nice if this makeshift solution was able to measure up to the kind of performance found in actual microscopes, but I guess that further refinements need to be made to ensure that this will happen sometime down the road. Source [ iPhone microscope helps out the naked eye copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More Mar 23, 2013 05:00 am | Edwin Soldier Doorstop ensures slamming doors are a thing of the past You know that soldiers are made out of tough stuff – if you were to get a bunch of geeks to defend the country's honor, or to send them out to war, you would most probably end up making plenty of widows in the process, with mourning families in tow. No sir, a country needs a strong army to ensure that one's sovereignty would not be trampled upon that easily, and churning out a tough batch of soldiers is easier said than done. Well, you might want to have some of these troopers around your home, too, where the £24.99 Soldier Doorstop will not stop advancing enemies, but rather, use their inherent toughness to prevent doors from slamming shut. We know that war is hell, but ensuring that everyone around the home has enough peace and quiet is also important, as slamming doors not only send a shock down the spine of some of the weaker hearts around the home, they are also not too good for the ears in the long run, not to mention you might just have an extremely painful finger or two in the event that your finger/toe is parked somewhere on the doorpost itself by accident when a sudden gust of wind arrives. Made from sturdy plastic polyresin, the Soldier Doorstop tips the scales at a solid 1.75kg, ensuring he remains firmly entrenched whenever you place him, without suffering from fatigue or fear round the clock. [ Soldier Doorstop ensures slamming doors are a thing of the past copyright by Coolest Gadgets ] Read More In This Issue iPhone microscope helps out the naked eye Soldier Doorstop ensures slamming doors are a thing of the past Recent Stories Defend Against the Rain with the Broad Sword Umbrella Horse Racing Game Rocker Headphone Splitter Philips DesignLine TVs livens up your living room Lego creation launches paper planes

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