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Wearables galore at this year’s Rio 2016 Olympics

August 2, 2016 Marko Maslakovic Smartwatch 5 min read

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are due to take place in Rio

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Lumo Run jogging sensor starts shipping today

August 1, 2016 Marko Maslakovic Posture 2 min read

Today Lumo Bodytech announced the general availability of Lumo Run, a small and discreet sensor that measures and coaches you

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Philips enters the wearables space with a suite of medical grade devices

August 1, 2016 Ivan Jovin Smart thermometer 3 min read

Philips has, today, joined the increasingly crowded market for wearables with its own health platform and ecosystem. But forget about pretty

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Britain barely moving as walking levels fall by a third

July 29, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

The average Britton walks 181 miles a year or only a half a mile per day according to new figures

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Fitbit is the wearable of choice for medical studies

July 29, 2016 Dusan Johnson 1 min read

The most popular fitness tracker brands are slowly changing the way medical research is done by helping research to measure

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Olympians train with Halo Sport to gain competitive edge

July 28, 2016 Ivan Jovin 1 min read

With the Rio Olympics only days away, professional athletes are putting the finishing touches on their preparations. Some amongst them

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Bellabeat Leaf Urban helps women tackle stress

July 27, 2016 Marko Maslakovic Stress management 2 min read

While there are a large number of health and fitness gadgets on the market, only a handful are designed specifically for

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18% of us own a fitness tracker, but nearly a half don’t use them

July 25, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

More and more market research companies are jumping on the fitness tracker craze. The latest study comes from CivicScience, a

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Now you can train like the pros with Whoop

July 21, 2016 Dusan Johnson 2 min read

Whoop is the first scientifically-grounded system designed for continuous wear that provides athletes with data to reduce injuries and predict peak

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Wearables can keep you fit, but can you be sure your data is private?

July 21, 2016 Ivan Jovin Smartwatch 1 min read

While technological innovation has advanced at an extraordinary pace in recent years, privacy and security protections of health information have

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Interview: We are at the bleeding edge of automatic 3D motion tracking says Atlas CEO

July 18, 2016 Marko Maslakovic 6 min read

The Atlas Wristband is not interested in the number of steps or distance that you covered today, or how much

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Two new Fitbit devices to arrive in September according to report

July 16, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

Fitbit is preparing to release two new devices in a couple of months time. A source ‘close to the Fitbit beta

Pokémon Go helps to keep millions in shape

July 14, 2016 Ivan Jovin 2 min read

Pokémon Go, Nintendo’s augmented reality game, is helping to keep its millions of users in shape according to new data.

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Apple Watch tops customer satisfaction rankings, well ahead of Fitbit

July 13, 2016 Marko Maslakovic Smartwatch 2 min read

Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartwatches, and Samsung ranks highest among manufacturers of fitness band device for customer satisfaction

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That Fitbit isn’t just for the young anymore

July 12, 2016 Ivan Jovin 1 min read

The older generation has started to embrace activity trackers just as rapidly as young people according to Accenture. Data released