Archive for the ‘Health & Fitness’ Category

Pebble iPhone Watch: Making Wrist Watches Cool Again

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Apple, Valve and Google aren’t the only ones dipping their little piggies in the wearable technology pond. Though wearable tech and smart clothing is still in its infancy, and most major investing companies are still leery of backing this particular horse, it doesn’t mean there’s not a demand! Thanks to crowd funding site Kickstarter, even [...]

Smart Baby Onesie- Wearable Baby Monitor

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Who says you shouldn’t exposure your infant to low level EM fields and radiation as soon as possible? Introducing the worlds first Smart Baby Onesie called Exmobaby! It may have been inevitable, but let’s face it- it’s pretty cool! You can wash it, recharge it, wirelessly transmit data with it… heck you might even be [...]

AirMouse- A Wearable Wireless Mouse That Prevents RSI

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Taking the mouse to the next level of evolution, Dr. Mark Bajramovic, president of Deanmark has developed a wearable mouse that is part glove and part wearable technology. It’s an evolution that is long overdo in our opinion seeing as how the mouse hasn’t changed in form much since it was introduced in the 80s. [...]

Nike+ Training and Nike Hyperdunk+ Smart Shoes- Game On!

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Since “gamify” was the buzz word for 2011, it’s about time that we started seeing more companies “gamifying” workouts. Up till now, the Striiv fitness tracker has stood alone as the sole device to combine gaming and exercise. Now Nike is stepping up their game and bringing not one but two different smart shoes onto [...]

Arduino + 3D Printing = Better Health! (or Wearable Mobile Medical Monitoring Technology)

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We couldn’t decide which title we liked best… so we included them both. There was an exciting news bit on medcitynews the other day talking about new applications of the Arduino (an open source microcontroller system) and 3d printers in fields like medical monitoring technology. Seeing this combined 2 of our most favorite things (Arduino [...]

Miveu-X iPhone POV Camera Mount Kickstarter: A great way to break your iPhone

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Kickstarter is the place to be right now, it seems all the cool indie companies are doing it these days. If you are inclined to throw rocks, you couldn’t chuck one at an expo without hitting at least 2 companies that came to life thanks to this hip crowdfunding platform. One of the cooler gadgets [...]

Nike Enhances the Flex-Run Prosthetic Running Blades with Nike Sole

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Wearable technology doesn’t have to be all high tech circuitry and and electrical gadgets. Just ask Sara Reinersten who is the worlds first female leg amputee to finish all 140.6 miles of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Hawaii. Nike is using her as the spokesperson for their latest product. After all the buzz last [...]

FitBit Ultra Review: Teeny Tiny Fitness Tracker

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The FitBit Ultra is one of the most popular fitness trackers around. Though it may have some major competition coming soon from the Nike+ FuelBand and the Striiv, it still manages to maintain a large market share. Loaded with interesting features, the new FitBit Ultra helps track your sleep, steps, stairs, food, and more. Since [...]

Nike+ FuelBand Review: Fueling The Future Of Fitness

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Nike has been a fan of wearable technology for years. Their Nike+ community is a thriving online community of fitness enthusiasts that share goals and triumphs and encourage each other to be more active. The Nike+ Fuel Band looks like an exciting new way to track your fitness on the Nike+ network and it offers [...]

Striiv Review: Pocket Personal Training Meets Farmville with a Charitable Twist

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Wearable fitness trackers are a dime a dozen these days. They are fun for about a week but then the novelty wears off. Striiv attempts to do something different and take the likes of wearable fitness tech to the next level. Combining the addictive qualities of games like Farmville with the motivating power of a [...]