Sleep trackers keeping people awake with undue worry
Sleep tracking is becoming big business. While the industry is still in its infancy, there has already been a boom
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EyeQue: affordable and convenient personal smartphone eye test
Having regular eye exams is important regardless of your age or physical health. Whether or not you wear glasses today, your
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Doctors expect patient-generated data to be a top information source in 5 years time
Four in ten doctors expect patient-generated health information from devices such as fitness trackers and smart scales to be among the most
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Fitbit Alta HR: Everything you need to know
Just when we thought Fitbit was shifting focus towards building a smartwatch, the San Francisco outfit surprised us with yet another
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Picture gallery: The weird and the wonderful at the London Wearable Technology Show 2017
Gadgets & Wearables is attending this year’s Wearable Technology Show (WTS) at London’s ExCel to try out gadgets we might all
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Fitbit’s new sleep tracking feature explained
Fitbit wants to help you better understand your sleep patterns and quality. With its latest software update, you will be able
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Fitbit brings continuous heart rate tracking to the Alta
Fitbit has been fairly quiet since the start of the year, but the San Francisco manufacturer is back again with
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Mindset: EEG headphones that help you focus
If you are a person who is easily distracted, high tech is coming to the rescue. A new Kickstarter campaign has
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Number of physicians using wearables data set to reach critical mass by 2020
The number of physicians in the US using data from wearables is set to reach critical mass by 2020 according to new
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Upright Go: posture training on the move
Upright is returning to Kickstarter in a few weeks time to raise funds for its second generation posture trainer. As the name implies,
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Wearables in the fight against dementia
Researchers at the Boston University are developing wearable devices that look for clues of early dementia and Alzheimer’s. They hope their three-year research
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Yunmai 2 Smart Scale: track all your body’s stats
Smart scales connect wirelessly to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Step on one of these and your weight data will find
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IBM’s hub for wearables is a step towards personalized medicine
The Cognitive Hypervisor is one of several exciting projects within the IBM Research Frontiers Institute. Developed as a hub for
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Forget fitness trackers – urban dwellers might be better off with portable air quality monitors
We assume that exercise is good for us but it turns out that this may not always be the case. The current
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Review: Upright wants to make sure you sit up straight
If you’ve ever moaned, “My back aches!”, you are not alone. Between looking down at computer screens at work and hunching
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