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CES 2013: Withings announces smart activity tracker
We knew that the health and fitness tech announcements from CES 2013 this year would be interesting and even though the show hasn’t officially kicked off for the public yet, health and fitness tech specialist Withings has revealed it’ll be launching a Smart Activity Tracker to add to its ecosystem of life tracking gadgets, apps and services. The compact little gadget looks as if it’s set to directly compete with the likes of the Fitbit One, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Notch: Visualise all of your personal health data from Fitbit, BodyMedia and Runkeeper
Now we’re into 2013 it’s a great time to start paying more attention to the food you eat and the amount you exercise – or the amount you don’t exercise, as the case may be – but one of the biggest issues many people face when they start trying to make changes to their routine is that it’s so hard to keep it up and stay motivated. Fortunately we know there are all kinds of tools, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps, Web Resources
Lumoback team raise $5M funding: Whats next for the body sensor company?
The company behind Lumoback, a clever gadget and app that ensures you’re not slouching and ruining your back, has received more than $5 million in its first round of funding with contributions from Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang and Innovation Endeavors, Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s investment fund. According to Mobile Health News, the company will be using the extra cash for marketing, product development and engineering. The health and fitness tech market is becoming quickly saturated … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets, Mobile Phone Apps
Microsoft Kinect could be used to heal wounded veterans
The Kinect is obviously a super popular gaming device, but over the past few years many researchers, hackers and even regular people have realised its huge potential for doing other things, like helping medical professionals during operations or creating brilliant works of art. Its potential in the medical arena has spread even further, as we’ve seen over the past year it’s been used to help stroke victims interact with others online and play a role in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Professional healthcare products
Fitbug set to launch Wow scale to accompany Air gadget
We first heard about Fitbug earlier in the year, when the tracking company started (fairly quietly compared to its competitors) introducing its tracking device, the Fitbug Air, into the health and fitness tech market. Well now Fitbug is taking steps to conquer an even bigger bit of the quantified self pie, as this week it was announced that it’ll be launching a Bluetooth Smart Ready Scale, called the Wow. Just like Fitbit and Withings, the company … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets, Health Gadgets
Yog connects you up with other runners to stay motivated
Many of us plan on eating our own body weight in meat and mince pies over the next few weeks, so just like every year January needs to be all about getting back in shape. Although fancy gyms and over-priced personal trainers are a tempting option, we really don’t think you can ever beat a good run outside to get your heart beating and body moving. However, one of the main problems when it comes to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
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 »
Filed under: Health Gadgets
MappyHealth analyses Twitter data for health trends
Many of us spend so much of our time tweeting about what we’re up to, what we’re eating, who we’re with and how we feel that it’s no surprise some data companies are hoping to tap into our tweets in order to find out important information about our lives. Of course marketers want to know what we’re doing so they can target products and promotional materials at us, but over the past year or so … Read entire article »
Filed under: Research, Web Resources
Nike+ Accelerator launches to drive digital fitness innovations
This week Nike has launched a programme called Nike+ Accelerator, which will provide ten lucky companies with all kinds of tools to create great products that use the Nike+ platform and services. Nike is inviting companies who are producing great tech solutions to apply for the scheme, which the brand hopes will drive digital innovation in the worlds of health and fitness and bring exciting new developments to the Nike+ ecosystem. According to Nike, a dedicated team … Read entire article »
Filed under: Fitness Gadgets
Google Now app gets a pedometer: The first step in Google’s fitness tracking mission?
Many are speculating today whether Google is looking to stake a claim on the fitness monitoring market, since the Google Now Android application has been quietly updated this week to include walking and cycling tracking features. Google Now is a bit like Android’s answer to Siri, it’s an app that serves up suggestions and information to you when you think you might need it and up until now has done things like showing you the weather … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mobile Phone Apps
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