Boogio Inserts Create Smart Shoes [video]

by Alfred Poor | November 4, 2014 | Fitness, Health, Medical

  There’s another entry in the “smart shoe” market segment. Boogio is a new product from REFLX Labs that you can insert in any pair of shoes. Four sensors for each foot measure the pressure and acceleration applied at each point. These connect...

The Pip Helps You Control Your Stress

by Alfred Poor | November 3, 2014 | Health

The Pip from Galvanic Ltd. in Dublin, Ireland is a new product designed to use biofeedback to help you monitor and relieve stress. It is not a wearable product, but is small and mobile enough to qualify. The device looks a bit like an over-sized guitar pick, which you...

Feature Creep Strikes Fitbit

by Alfred Poor | October 30, 2014 | Fitness, Health

As I have been predicting here for a while, consumer wearable Health Tech products are going to have to keep adding features in order to stay competitive and to grow their market. This is a familiar trajectory for many consumer product categories. For example, look at...

NIH Announces New Discipline: mHealth [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2014 | Health, Medical

Who says that there’s nothing new under the sun? The National Institute of Health (NIH) has announced a new discipline in health research: Mobile Health, or mHealth for short. In a new video, the NIH points out the benefits and challenges of the new advances in...

New Fitness Band is Free! [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2014 | Fitness, Health

There’s a new fitness band on the market from GOQii. It looks like many other fitness bands, with one important difference; it’s free. You get one at no charge when you sign up for the health and fitness services that help you make the most of the device....

Report Finds Consumers Want Wearable Health Tech [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2014 | Health, Medical

  A new consumer survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) asked about attitudes and expectations for wearable technology. One interesting finding was that 80% of those surveyed are interested in wearables if they can help deliver “healthy living and medical...