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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 – The best health and fitness gadgets so far
We are already a couple of days into CES 2012 and, as we predicted, the connected health sector has delievered some great innovative new gadgets. Here’s a round up of the best stories so far. Video review of Iqua Beat fitness gadget – Here’s a quick video overview of what we think might be one of the biggest fitness gadgets of 2012 STMicroelectronics prototype intelligent suit – Is this the future for athletes and those recovering from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Child health gadgets, Featured, Features, Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, Latest News
CES 2012: Video demo of the Iqua Beat fitness gadget
We first heard about the Iqua Beat a few weeks ago in the run up to CES, so we were keen to go find it on the show floor to see if it lived up to the hype. It certainly looks compact, it’s comfortable and easy-to-wear and most importantly its advanced technology means it’s going to give you only the best and most accurate results. Check out our hands-on demo of the Iqua Beat and its … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets
CES 2012: Video demo of the Withings Smart Baby Scale
Connected Health is over in Las Vegas at the moment, soaking in the exciting new product launches and tech news from the CES trade show. As soon as we arrived at the Las Vegas Convention Centre this morning we headed over to the health and fitness section to see what increasingly popular health gadget brand Withings has on offer in 2012. Withings has made a bit a name for itself with its Blood Pressure Monitor and WiFi … 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
CES 2012: Zensorium’s Tinke – the smartest iPhone heart rate monitor so far?
Wired has just broken the story on the Tinke from Singapore based company Zensorium. There are lots of devices for measuring your blood pressure on your iPhone, but the Tinke might just be the smartest so far. It is a two unit system with dongle that fits on to your iPhone that then connects to a wearable heart monitor – which incidentally comes in an array of bright colours. It measures heart stats like blood pressure, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apps, Health Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
Review: Philips HF3485 wake-up light (and music player and bird tweeter)
Getting up at this time of year is tough – at least if you live in the UK or northern Europe. In London it doesn’t get light until around 7.30am, which isn’t great if your boss likes you to work in the mornings or you have to get out to walk the dog before he pees on the floor! Enter the snappily titled Philips HF3485 wake up light. It’s been designed to help those 2 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
CES 2012 – BodyMedia debuts ‘intelligent’ adhesive patch bandage
Now this looks very smart. BodyMedia, which has already unveiled a new personal health system at CES 2012, is parading a new and highly innovative new way of capturing data about our bodies. It has unveiled an adhesive patch which you place on your skin and leave there for seven days. During that time it records as many as 500 data points each minute including calorie burn, steps taken, activity levels, and sleep pattern. Designed to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Research
CES 2012 – Bodymedia updates its Fitbit/Jawbone Up rival – the Fit
We have seen the Jawbone Up and more recently the Fitbit, but there’s another player in the personal fitness gadgets market – the BodyMedia Fit. Aimed at the US market, with no details on a UK launch yet, the Fit system, which has been available for a while now, is arguably as much about weight loss as keeping super healthy and fit. It works in an interesting way by combining an armband that works with tracking … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets
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