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CES 2013: Withings launches Smart Body Analyzer connected scales

CES 2013: Withings launches Smart Body Analyzer connected scales

At CES this week Withings has unveiled its Smart Body Analyzer, which is an all-singing, all-dancing set of scales that can measure heart rate, monitor air quality and oh yeah, tell you how much you weight and metrics about your body fat. The new Smart Body Analyzer has already won itself a 2013 CES Innovation Award, as it’s the first scale that doesn’t just monitor your health but the environment too. It hooks all of the … Read entire article »

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Blip aims to be the world’s first wi-fi blood pressure monitor

Blip aims to be the world’s first wi-fi blood pressure monitor

A lot of gadgets have been launched over the past few years that provide regular people with the basic tools and data reading apps to monitor their blood pressure from home, giving them the freedom to really take control of their health. However, a new start-up is now hoping to bring those who are concerned with tracking their blood pressure a new way of taking readings, which requires even less extra equipment or technical knowledge. Blip is … Read entire article »

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Your car could soon be equipped to take your pulse

Your car could soon be equipped to take your pulse

Over the past year we’ve become accustomed to gadgets that read our pulses when we’re working out or just going about our daily business, but soon your car might be able to monitor your stats throughout the course of a journey to check you’re fit, health and most importantly alert enough to be behind the wheel. According to The Wall Street Journal this week, a number of big car manufacturers are looking into ways to add … Read entire article »

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Will Jawbone’s new Up bracelet fitness gadget be a success this time?

Will Jawbone’s new Up bracelet fitness gadget be a success this time?

Right now there may be loads of different fitness apps and gadgets on the market, but one of the first pioneers in the whole health tracking tech space was Jawbone’s Up bracelet, a wearable gadget that hugged your wrist all day long with a lot of promising features designed to help you track your activity levels and a lot LOT more. Sounds great, right? Well it was until it failed in rather epic proportions, in … Read entire article »

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Will implantable health gadgets be big in 2013?

Will implantable health gadgets be big in 2013?

We’ve all become accustomed to health gadgets that hook onto  our belt loops, sit in our pockets or strap onto our arms, but could gadgets that are implanted into our bodies be the next big health tech trend of 2013? A US-based company called IntraPace has been developing a gadget that can be implanted into user’s digestive systems in order to stop them feeling hungry. The abiliti device and weight loss system works by minimising feelings of … Read entire article »

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STUDY: More US smartphone owners turn to health and fitness apps

STUDY: More US smartphone owners turn to health and fitness apps

Despite the growing popularity of apps dedicated to medical issues, health and fitness, there are many who still think the mobile health market might just be a flash in the pan and soon we’ll all tire of tracking our steps and blood pressure and calorie intake and workouts each day. How exhausting. However, a new US study about the growing interest in mobile health technology has found that 19% of American smartphone owners have at least … Read entire article »

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Could nerve stimulator gadget GammaCore be a revolution in migrane relief?

Could nerve stimulator gadget GammaCore be a revolution in migrane relief?

We all suffer from headaches from time to time, but as those living with them will know migranes can be life controlling and often hit like a bolt of lighting from a blue sky. But now a new product on the market, a battery-powered gadget no larger than an electric shaver could bring renewed hope to those suffering. Studies of the new device, developed by US-based ElectroCore, show that holding it against the neck for 90 seconds … Read entire article »

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Amulet lets you keep watch on your health

Amulet lets you keep watch on your health

Mobile health is moving beyond your smartphone. Soon, you could be managing your health with spy-gadget-like wearable trackers in the form of Amulet. The Amulet is a watch that will function just like any other but has a number of advanced features that can monitor various aspects of your health.  For example, it could be used to monitor blood sugar levels, heart rate and even stress. Because the device is actually being worn, it can give … Read entire article »

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Nike strobe light glasses enhance performance and improve memory

Nike strobe light glasses enhance performance and improve memory

Researchers at Duke University over in the US have been busy working on a set of glasses that, when worn by athletes, can improve visual performance, reaction time and possibly even short term memory. The glasses, which have recently been developed by both Duke University and Nike, are known as SPARQ Vapor Strobe Eyewear and work by blocking the wearer’s vision using a series of strobe lighting effects. The SPARQ Sensory Performance system, which is the clever part of … Read entire article »

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‘Diet goggles’ being made to trick the greedy

‘Diet goggles’ being made to trick the greedy

We all know what ‘beer goggles’ are about don’t we? Things tend to look a bit better once you’ve drunk a few units… Well, knowing this, a team of Japanese scientists from the University of Tokyo have decided to take this literally and work on bringing to market ‘diet goggles’. Yes, you read that right. The idea is that If you put on a pair of ‘diet goggles’, your food looks a lot bigger than it actually … Read entire article »

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