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Tinke: The next must-have gadget in health and wellness tracking?
Argh we know what you’re thinking not ANOTHER cute little health and wellness tracker that’ll tell me exactly the same stats as the one before it and the one before that and the one… But no, Tinke is a little bit different, it’s a health tracking gadget, yep, but it’s not just about tracking your steps or helping you lose weight, it’s a total body monitoring solution and we think it might just be the … Read entire article »
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Medisana TargetScale is a UFO-style scales and body monitor
A lot of different brands are venturing into the smart scale arena at the moment, like Withings and Wahoo, but the craziest gadget we’ve seen yet comes from Medisana. The TargetScale is a bluetooth-friendly device, which tells you and records the weight, BMI, body fat, water readings and muscle mass of up to four users. The scale is made by the same company behind the Vitadock app, which you’ll need to properly read, monitor and keep a … Read entire article »
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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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New glasses stop jet-lag and reset your body clock
If you’ve travelled across continents you’ll know that jet lag is a real pain and can take chunks out of your holiday or business travels while you ride it out by complaining, craving carbs and sleeping. Well now you could try the Re-Timer, a super lightweight gadget that effectively “resets” your body clock with some carefully selected lighting. The new device launched last week slowly emits a soft, green light, which is specially designed to stimulate … Read entire article »
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Wahoo takes on Withings, launches Bluetooth scale
We first came across Wahoo earlier in the year at CES, when the company showed off its Bluetooth Heart Rate Strap and since it’s pioneered a bike controlled by your iPhone and most recently a clever bike computer too, called the RFLKT, that’s also powered by only your mobile. Now the company looks like it’s set to take on Withings and the like by bringing out its own Bluetooth Smartphone Scale, called the Wahoo Balance, nice name, … Read entire article »
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LightSleeper will project soothing lights onto your ceiling to lull you to sleep
If the LightSleeper looks familiar, that’s because it’s actually been knocking around for a few years now. However, given the sudden influx of light gadgets around this time of year we thought it was about time to have a look at this slightly unusual sleeping device and ask whether it’s really going to send you off into a peaceful slumber or just really irritate you. Most light devices on the market at the moment are designed … Read entire article »
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The Fitbug Air is another new Bluetooth self-tracking gadget
A new self-tracking device called the Fitbug Air has launched this month, which monitors the steps you take, the calories you burn and the distance you cover. Sound familiar? Well yeah, it’s because there are lots of other gadgets on the market that do EXACTLY the same thing, like Jawbone’s latest Up bracelet offering, Nike’s FuelBand and Fitbit’s One and Zip to name just a few. However, the Fitbug Air is different in that it uses … Read entire article »
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Jeremy Hunt says UK can be “world leader” in health tech
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has this week revealed that the UK will become a “world leader” in health technology and allow all kinds of patients to manage their conditions and track problems all by themselves. Hunt spoke out about the future of health and fitness technology as part of the NHS Mandate and set out a number of objectives and goals for the next few years, which included providing patients with more tools to take charge … Read entire article »
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Shine: A self-tracking gadget that’s as cute as a button
Now Jawbone’s making a comeback on the self-tracking gadget scene we’ve found ourselves with an abundance of devices that we can strap to our bodies, bras and other random bits of clothing, but aren’t they starting to look a little… well… rubbish? We don’t want to get all fluffy and shallow and put the way a gadget looks over its features (although that’s exactly what we’re doing), but most of the devices on the market just … Read entire article »
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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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