Technological advancement has brought about plenty of timesavers for an easier life. The list is long. It can start with cars, washing machines, airplanes and several instant communication gadgets. All these gadgets have also brought a possibility of injuries.

You may have heard of repetitive strain injury which is caused by an action that is done repeatedly over long periods of time. This condition was common in factory workers earlier at places like assembly lines. It was prevalent also with typists.

Many resolutions for the New Year involve eating habits of people. One of the most common is to eat healthier and lose weight. This kind of resolution requires you to look at food differently. You have to take into account the nutritional value in addition to the good taste. It is possible to eat a healthy diet without sacrificing taste. Here are ten tips on how to do it:

You can recycle from home and contribute to global efforts by making recycling an important part of your lifestyle. On an average, a household generates about two kilograms of waste per day. That is about sixty kilograms in a month. It becomes quite easy for us to turn a blind eye to the amount that is consumed or thrown away in large cities. Once we dump our garbage down the chute, it does not disappear. It has to be dealt with. To go green does not mean that you toss a can or some plastic into a bin that is marked `recycle’. We have to finally change the way we live and assess how much we consume and how much we waste.

New shoes have been made with the global positioning system chip installed in them to help people suffering with Alzheimer. It is very common also for people suffering with dementia to wander away on their own. When this happens, family members have to search for them or call the police for help if they can’t find such people. Technology is now attending to the problems caretakers face when keeping tabs on their dear ones who wander off. This is being done by the help of a GPS tracking system built into the shoes.