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Nike launches Fuel Station in London merging tech and fitness

Nike launches Fuel Station in London merging tech and fitness

Nike has launched a series of interactive pop-up shops, which it calls Fuel Stations, over the past few weeks that bring together the brand’s tech and fitness offerings. We’ve seen plenty of great announcements, shiny new apps and innovative gadgets from Nike over the past year, most recently its basketball and training products, the Nike+ FuelBand and the integration of Path and Nike+. Now the brand has taken to the streets of London to showcase some of its … Read entire article »

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Turn your smartphone into an eye test for $2

Turn your smartphone into an eye test for $2

  Staring at a computer screen for countless hours every day and squinting to read the news on your smartphone (OK, in reality playing Angry Birds…) is probably not doing wonders for your eyesight. Unless you’re already part of the specs crew, chances are you’ll soon enough book yourself in for that all important eye test. But what if you could turn your iPhone into an eye testing device? The world of mobile health technology is constantly … Read entire article »

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10 Things we’d like to see in our dream health and fitness gadget

10 Things we’d like to see in our dream health and fitness gadget

Since we launched Connected Health back in December we’ve come across a huge range of gadgets, apps and other tools dedicated to health and fitness, whether they’re concerned with motivating us to do more and eat better or providing us with detailed stats about exactly what we’re doing and how well we’re doing it on a daily basis. We have a few personal favourites, like the Nike+ FuelBand and the FitBit Ultra (review coming soon), but … Read entire article »

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Need a calorie tracker app ahead of summer? Try MyFitnessPal

Need a calorie tracker app ahead of summer? Try MyFitnessPal

March is apparently National Nutrition Month across the pond, so we’ve been talking a lot about nutrition, calorie obsession and what apps we use to track our daily intake of food to achieve the ultimate goal: weight loss (hey bikini season is approaching fast!) There are a lot of apps on the market – and more to come I’m sure – but so far the best one of the bunch that I’ve tried is the free … Read entire article »

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AIRE Mask: Running gadget will also charge your phone up for you

AIRE Mask: Running gadget will also charge your phone up for you

Here at Connected Health we love gadgets that make us feel fitter, but also do clever things too. So, we were excited to hear about the AIRE Mask, a device that turns your heavy workout breathing into power for your mobile phone, like a mini wind turbine inside your mouth. Clever, huh? It may not be specially designed to get you running, or improve your fitness, but what it does do is make your run more … Read entire article »

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Pyle unveils GPS sports watch with heart monitor built-in too

Pyle unveils GPS sports watch with heart monitor built-in too

Pyle has launched its latest tech product, a GPS sports watch with built-in heart monitor chest strap too, but what will make this offering stand out in what’s already becoming a pretty crowded maket place? US-based company Pyle, known for making different kinds of audio equipment, has unveiled a new GPS sports watch, which acts as a personal training and monitoring device with plenty of navigation functions too. But, it’s not just a regular sports watch, … Read entire article »

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Doctors believe health apps will reduce visits [infographic]

Doctors believe health apps will reduce visits [infographic]

The emerging field of Mobile Health (mHealth) has enabled people to use smartphones to keep track of their health and answer health-related questions with a quick tap on the screen and now many doctors believe using apps will help cut down on doctor visits, a new infographic suggests. According to the data revealed by Float Mobile Learning, 40% of US doctors believe that using mobile health technologies like apps to track your calorie intake and monitor … Read entire article »

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Self Magazine: Will fitness and Facebook gaming work together?

Self Magazine: Will fitness and Facebook gaming work together?

A new game created by Conde Nast (yep, the big fancy publisher) in the US aims to merge the worlds of Facebook gaming and actual fitness. But will that really work in practice when they sound like activities that are worlds apart? Conde Nast title Self magazine is launching a new Facebook game this week called Workout in the Park, which will have both a virtual game playing element AND a real fitness element tied in. In … Read entire article »

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Stop slouching with iPosture

Stop slouching with iPosture

For many of us work involves sitting in front of a computer for hours upon end. Not only does this affect our eye sight negatively but also our posture. Bad posture can lead to all kinds of health problems down the line, so we should all really think of ways to improve it before it’s too late. Guess what, now there’s a health gadget for that! The iPosture comes with WINS, or Wearable Intelligent Nano-Sensor, a microchip … Read entire article »

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Path gets Nike+ integration, share your fitness with friends

Path gets Nike+ integration, share your fitness with friends

Popular social networking and sharing app Path re-launched back in December and has since become extremely popular, with lots of geeky mobile types sharing their updates, locations and photos with one another. However, it’s not just mundane status updates you can share with friends and followers now, but you can also hook your Nike+ account up to Path too, to show everyone just how sporty you are! For those of you who haven’t come across Path … Read entire article »

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