by Alfred Poor | September 29, 2014 | Fitness, Health
The new Gobe fitness band from Healbe takes a new approach to monitoring fitness and health biometrics. Some bands rely on data from multi-axis motion sensors. They then take this data and combine it with your weight and height and make estimates about your calorie...
by Alfred Poor | September 11, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
A group of scientists at the University of California San Diego have come up with a novel way to power wearable Health Tech devices: sweat. When you exercise your muscles, they produce lactate. The harder your muscles work, the more lactate they produce. Athletes and...
by Alfred Poor | August 28, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical
If you follow the wearables industry, you already know that health and medical applications are going to provide the majority of the revenue in this market over the next few years. And part of the big draw for this money — both investments and purchases of goods...
by Alfred Poor | August 25, 2014 | Enabling Tech, Fitness
Okay, so you think you’re a real NFL football fan; here’s a pop quiz. What do these 15 cities have in common: Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, New England, Oakland, San Francisco, St....
by Alfred Poor | August 22, 2014 | Fitness, Health
Janko Roettgers at GigaOm wrote an article earlier this year about “Project Florida,” which apparently is a new company looking to create wearable Health Tech devices built from the ground up to take a Big Data view of delivering health and fitness...
by Alfred Poor | August 20, 2014 | Fitness
What do you get when you cross a Tamagotchi with a fitness band? It will probably turn out something like the new LeapBand from LeapFrog. The company is already known for its learning tablets and other educational toys for preschoolers, and now they are trying to help...
