My mom suffers from bouts with chronic insomnia, so I try to keep up with any news or treatment for the debilitating condition as a concerned son. It appears there's a development on the horizon which may help sleep sufferers improve the quality of sleep...and possibly enhance brain activity while awake...all via headphones.

As my runny nose, sneezes, and red eyes can attest, spring has sprung and seasonal allergies have arrived in force (check to see whether you live in one of these top ten worst allergy cities). While there isn't yet an app that cures allergies at a touch and a swipe, there are several apps that will help you track your symptoms, check the pollen count, and provide tips for better managing your allergies...

Some of you may feel like no matter what you try to grow, it dies. Too much water, not enough water, too much sun, too much shade, or… it just dies for no reason at all. This has been my experience with gardening for a long time, and when I tried to grow a vegetable garden for a few years in a row, it was a total disaster. I fought a never-ending battle with weeds — and lost. Bugs ate more vegetables than I did those summers, and "working in the garden" involved lots of standing and squinting, hands on hips, uttering curse words under my breath. Cut to the past two summers — minimal weedings, efficient worry-free watering, easy pest control… and a picturesque bounty of gorgeous vegetables! Here are ten things I learned. More

Just after I finished college, I set off on a long bicycle trip around the world. I had a great bike, front and rear panniers, lots of gear carefully tucked away... I had a down coat for winter, spare cycling shoes, tent, stove, pots and pans, books to read, a number of changes of clothing. 

I was really well equipped. I was prepared, ready and I had EVERYTHING I needed. 

CubeSensors 
• $249.00 (pre-order) 
• CubeSensors

Alongside health devices monitoring the body, technologies keeping tabs on the conditions within the home are increasingly connecting us with analytics about air quality, ambient noise, and indoor temperatures. CubeSensors measure all those factors, with the addition of humidity, light, and barometric pressure readings for every room they're placed in, serving all these informative analytics wirelessly to a smartphone and allowing users to adjust interior conditions accordingly. The coolest feature? These small cubes can even monitor for vibrations/shaking in a room, possibly determining whether that shaking must just have really been an earthquake (both relevant for anyone who lives here in California).

If you live in the following top 10 cities listed below, there's a good chance you're battling the signs of seasonal allergies now that plants are awakening from their winter slumber and have begun flowering, unleashing their springtime pollen...ACHOO!

I think I might be getting slightly addicted to some cable exercise videos. I'm not ashamed to admit it, although I'm sure my downstairs neighbor is getting an earful of my sporadic jumping about at 6am. What's a fitness junkie to do?

As stone countertops and stainless steel appliances are to a kitchen, a large flat panel HDTV (and a comfy couch) in the living room is to a typical American household. But there's one continuing trend we'd like to see people switch channels from doing...

Wahoo Blue HR
• $79.99
• Wahoo Fitness

At the beginning of this year I had my first physical since college and the doctor informed me I had borderline high blood pressure. This wakeup call set me off on improving my health, and I've since changed my diet, sleeping habits, and also activity levels. I purchased this heart rate monitor for improved bio-feedback, but also because it's amongst the 1st using Bluetooth Smart (4.0), a low power wireless protocol, which means the battery lasts a year or longer, yet connects from up to 10 feet. The Blue HR also works with social activity data services like RunKeeper, DailyMile, and Nike+, providing real-time heart rate data through the free Wahoo Fitness App, making it perfect for both the casual fitness buff or the analytics junkie.