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...
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by Alfred Poor | September 25, 2014 | Health
The W/Me (“with me”) wristband from Phyode is different from your average fitness band. Rather than measure steps and calories, it is focused on your vital signs such as heart and breathing rate. It analyzes this data for information about your heart rate...
by Alfred Poor | September 10, 2014 | Medical
Nobody gives out medals for doing everything with electronics. Sometimes, an old-fashioned mechanical solution can work as well or better than some futuristic approach. We’ve reported here before about energy harvesting technology to provide long-term power for...
by Alfred Poor | September 10, 2014 | Enabling Tech
In case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you might have missed the fact that Apple made some announcements on Tuesday this week. Over the past year or three, so much speculation has been written about these new products that it probably...
by Alfred Poor | August 6, 2014 | Fitness
Okay, I’m going to say what a lot of people are thinking: “smart” watches are pretty dumb. Sure, they may have a pretty face (or not so much) and a bunch of handy features. But like the Master of “Thunderdome” they are...
