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Eyejusters: Adjustable glasses for those in developing countries
Many of us are used to visiting an optician, receiving a prescription and getting given the correct lenses for our eyes. However, such a tailored, lengthy and often expensive approach just doesn’t work for a predicted 670 million people in developing countries, which means they’re left with poor vision for the rest of their lives. In order to combat some of these problems, new UK-based company Eyejusters has created a new kind of glasses technology called … Read entire article »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
Your sports bra can now tell your smartphone how you’re doing
Engineers at the University of Arkansas in the US are currently working on a new sports bra with a built-in health monitoring gadget that can wirelessly transmit all kinds of important data. The wireless system in the new e-bra will be able to send and record lots of information that you might want to track as you workout, like blood pressure, temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen consumption and even neural activity. These stats can then be transmitted to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Charity Miles app helps you get fit and raise money
There are all kinds of apps designed to get you moving, keep you fit and hit your exercise targets and there are all kinds of online tools to help you raise money for the charity of your choice, but now Charity Miles brings both together in a slick new app for your mobile. All you need to do to get started is choose the charity of your choice from within the application, there are charities like … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
TomTom and Nike team up for new range of sports watches
Another day, another exciting announcement from Nike. Today the sports brand has unveiled a new range of Nike+ sports watches in collaboration with the navigation experts at TomTom. Nike has had a range of sports watches for some time now, but this week the devices have had a revamp, with a selection of cool new colours and most importantly a raft of software improvements that set them apart from the older versions. Some of the new features include … Read entire article »
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‘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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Nike+ introduces Kinect Training at E3
It’s the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in LA this week and amidst all of the gaming news we’re on the lookout for announcements, launches and interesting tech relating to health and fitness. The first piece of news that’s got us excited here at Connected Health comes from Nike and Microsoft, who have today unveiled a new partnership and Nike+ Kinect Training, which (as you’d expect) will be a new training programme for the Kinetc on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets
Motorola’s MotoACTV watch gets Twitter and Facebook integration
Motorola’s MotoACTV smart watch complete with MP3 player, GPS tracking and all kinds of workout data has had a new update this week, which means you can now use it to view Facebook and Twitter posts too, all from its teeny tiny screen. As well as getting a fancy new social media style update, the devices now also provide users with more heart rate data, better workout planning and different ways of viewing workout maps too. The … Read entire article »
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