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Runtastic adds a range of gadgets to its mobile app
Popular fitness and run tracking application Runtastic announced this week that it will be launching its own range of devices to enable users to track their workouts even more accurately. Runtastic is a pretty big player in the mobile fitness app market, it’s had more than 5 million downloads in total and 1.4 million in January alone. It’s probably so popular because its online portal caters for seven different languages and it’s available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
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 »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
O2 announce plans to launch mobile telecare service
O2 have announced plans to launch the UK’s “first telecare service built around mobile technology”. The operator’s Help at Hand service will enable the remote monitoring of patients with chronic conditions. Scheduled to launch in April by O2 Health, the new scheme will be managed by the operator’s business unit focused on the mobile health market. O2 says the new service will increase support for those with long-term conditions to outside the home and their immediate … Read entire article »
Filed under: CHS news, Health Gadgets, Latest News
Research suggests 170M wearable health and fitness gadgets by 2017
We’ve seen plenty of wearable health and fitness devices being launched onto the market recently, like the UP bracelet, the FitBit and most recently the Nike+ FuelBand, and according to new research, it seems the trend to track everything you do while there’s a gadget attached to you somewhere will continue to be hugely popular. The statistics from US-based ABI Research suggest that by 2017 there’ll be more than 169.5 million wearable devices on the market. As … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Striiv reckons gamification is key to mobile health gadgets success
It’s fair to say that mobile health gadgets have well and truly taken off over the past year. Just last week, the GSMA announced that by 2017, m-health will be worth a predicted $23 BILLION dollars. At CHS, we’re seeing health gadgets and apps coming thick and fast from the likes of Adidas, Nike, Motorola, Jawbone and others. The big question many will be asking is if users are engaged and sticking with them for the … Read entire article »
Filed under: CHS news, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Get a better night’s sleep with the Zeo Sleep Manager
According to recent statistics, people are not getting enough sleep. Whether it’s our hectic lifestyles, the need to check Facebook on your phone at all times, playing poker online, or non-stop worrying, it seems our brains and bodies are paying the price. Getting good quality sleep every night doesn’t just make you more refreshed for the next day, but it has a direct impact on your overall health and wellbeing. There are some easy home remedies such … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Health Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
CES 2012 – The Basis, a wrist based rival to the FitBit, Jawbone Up and BodyMedia Fit
Out of all the new health gadgets that are being paraded as CES, this is the one that we are most looking forward to getting out mitts on. The Basis is a rival to products like the Fitbit Ultra and Jawbone Up, but I think it looks more stylish and high tech, more like the BodyMedia Fit. You also don’t need an iPhone to use it. The Basis is essentially a high-tech fitness tracking device housed … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
CES 2012: Baby Watch, the first wearable video baby monitor
One of the big issues with baby monitors is that they have a base in one room, whereas you are mobile flitting from one room to another. Sure you can take the monitor with you, but how many times have you left it in one room and forgotten about it? Hoping to solve this problem is the Baby Watch – which is being billed as the first ever wearable baby monitor. The video monitor is built … Read entire article »
Filed under: Child health gadgets
CES 2012 – STMicroelectronics’ unveils ‘cheap-ish’ smart suit prototype
Are wearable medical gadgets going to be big in 2012? Well STMicroelectronics NV (STM), Europe’s largest semiconductor maker, certainly thinks so. At CES it is due to unveil a smart-suit prototype with motion sensors which is designed to help people recover from injuries quicker, improve their co-ordination if they are suffering from conditions like Parkinson’s Disease or push their body that bit more if they are athletes. It works by harnessing sewn-in multisensor nodes that can … Read entire article »
Filed under: Professional healthcare products, Research
CES 2012: Wahoo Fitness debuts the Blue HR, the first Bluetoooth heart rate strap for the iPhone 4S
One of the big CES 2012 health stories is the arrival of the Wahoo Fitness Blue HR heart rate strap. It was announced in December but is set to go on sale in the US any moment now. Its big claim is that it is the world’s first Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap made for the iPhone 4S (and also other Bluetooth Smart Ready devices). It is a standard format of a strap and an … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
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