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Motorola MotoActv fitness tracker: The ultimate gadget for fitness fanatics?
We came across the Motorola MotoActv fitness tracking gadget at CES earlier in the year, but now it’s widely available in the UK it seems it could be the ultimate device for fitness fanatics who don’t just want to track what they’re doing but want to push themselves further and notice improvements in their workouts too. There are a lot of gadgets available at the moment for those who find it hard to get up and … Read entire article »
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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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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 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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Squid: Will fitness tracking soon move to our clothes?
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, SO MANY brands have launched fitness and health tracking devices recently that it’s hard to keep up. Some gadgets are worn on our wrists, like the Nike Fuelband, some clip to our clothes, like the Fitbit, and others sit happily inside our ears, like Valencell’s devices, but new technology from students at Northeastern University aims to bring effective body monitoring and fitness tracking to our clothes, … Read entire article »
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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 »
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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 »
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Nike adds new pressure sensor trainers to its Nike+ eco-system
The Nike+ fitness eco-system launched in 2006 and has since added a number of innovative products and devices to its repertoire, like the Sport Watch and most recently the Fuelband, as well as amassing more than six million dedicated users worldwide. This week the brand took a further step into the world of fitness and exercise tracking as it officially unveiled Nike+ Basketball and Nike+ Training, which Mark Parker, Nike INC’s President and CEO, described as, “two new experiences connecting digitally enabled … Read entire article »
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Could fitness gadgets be the cure to childhood obesity?
Childhood obesity is a big problem in both the US and the UK, and although there have been all kinds of efforts made to get our little ones eating much healthier (we’re looking at you Jamie Oliver) and exercising more, there are still far too many kids who are dangerously overweight and unhealthy. So could a new fitness gadget be the answer? There have been a number of gadgets and schemes devised especially to get younger … Read entire article »
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RunKeeper gets social with ‘Healthy’ button
‘Tweet’ and ‘Like’ buttons can be found on pretty much every content site we visit nowadays. Well now, thanks to the fitness-tracking app Runkeeper, the ‘Healthy’ button will now be joining them. The fitness-tracking app launched a Healthy button and bookmarklet on Monday that gives it a social network feel. Users can now add content to their RunKeeper newsfeeds directly from sites that install the Healthy button. Although RunKeeper started out simply tracking users runs, its vision … Read entire article »
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