Sleeping is awesome. Sleeping can also be difficult and ruin your health if you aren’t doing enough of it or if you just aren’t doing it right. But aside from getting an early stroke, how do you know? Sleep issues aren’t easy to diagnose. Now you may have help in the form of a rather ingenuitive smartphone peripheral.
Zeo are making their famous all-in-one sleep clinic available for smartphones. Dubbed Zeo Mobile, this gadget hooks up to your smartphone, and then to your brain, in order to give you up-to-the-second results on how you are sleeping. It does everything except make a Youtube movie of your dreams. Don’t worry, they are working on that.
All you do is wrap the patented headband around your head before you fall asleep, and then let the machine ..read more
Posted in: Armbands, Mobile Phone Integration, Vitals Monitoring, Zeo, iPhone Integration
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a shirt(or something vaguely resembling a shirt) that monitored our heart rate at all times? Well, wait. There is! Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid have created an intelligent eT-shirt that purports to do just that.
Hey you hypochondriacs out there. It is intended for hospital use, to make it easier on doctors to monitor their patients. Also, it’s not just for your heart. The shirt is embedded with electrodes that monitor its wearer’s vitals, and a removable thermometer and accelerometer for the collection of temperature and positioning data.
This has already been tested in a hospital in Madrid and it passed with flying colors. No word on its bedside manner though. You never know with shirts. Sometimes they can be real sticks ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Shirt, Vitals Monitoring
Who doesn’t love temporary tattoos? They allow you to put stupid stuff on your skin and not have it last forever. This is perfect for those drunken nights when the thought of having “420 69″ on your left buttock just seems like the most hilarious idea of all time. Now, though, temp tats are also useful. Enter John Rogers and his Epidermal Electronic System.
The Epidermal Electronic Systen, or EES, consists of circuits which could contain electrodes capable of measuring brain, heart and muscle activity exactly like how an EEG does now. Only, you know, it will be on your skin with gives whole new meaning to the phrase “easy access.” This way you can wear the tattoo for elongated periods of time, thus giving doctors a better idea of what’s ..read more
Posted in: Concept Design, Tactile Feedback, Vitals Monitoring, Wearable Tech
Fitness monitors have become all the rage lately. Still, there is always room for improvement. Enter Wellcore and their brand new Connected Fitness Monitor device. This fitness monitor that can identify specific body movements and track fitness progress via an Android app. Not bad. Not bad.
The device is worn on the waist, shirtsleeve, or collar and can distinguish between running, cycling and a host of other activities. The biometric data is synced via Bluetooth to an online dashboard that can also be viewed via an Android app. There’s even a social network aspect to it, with the inclusion of a fitness-based social network called ConnectYu. Catchy title.
The whole thing retails for just $99 so now you really have no excuse not to get in shape.
Posted in: NewYu, Vitals Monitoring, Wellcore
Sure there are other watches on the market that help you work-out better. But not many work in the exact same way as this one. The Scosche myTrek is a handy-dandy workout watch that monitors your vitals with the best of them.
This Bluetooth-enabled device not only sends your vitals to your iPhone or iPod Touch, it also helps to keep you going by popping inspiring “you can do it” messages in your ears. It’s like having your own personal trainer! Only, a positive one and not one of those mean basic training type dudes. It also features a handy velcro armstrap for those times when holding something is simply a no-g0. The only downside? The myTrek has to be within 33 feet of your iOS device in order to record ..read more
Posted in: Armbands, Scosche, Vitals Monitoring, Watches, iPhone Integration
We live in a digital world, and yet the medical community is fine with living in a paper one. That doesn’t make much sense. Thankfully, thanks to a spate of industrious inventors, this is about to change. First up? A miniature RFID chip that will store your entire medical history.
This tiny, 3cm-square charm, designed by Asahi Kasei, that can be read by a computer or smartphone and can be worn, well, just about anywhere. The device should enjoy broad connectivity with a variety of products, thanks to being built using a much-used programming code.
The company hopes to begin selling the devices to hospitals within the year at a low, low cost of just $25. Now we will truly never, ever be able to get away from that one unfortunate bout ..read more
Posted in: Asahi Kasei, Concept Design, Vitals Monitoring
We’ve all heard of vitals monitors, but what about, um, vittles monitors? According to two Clemson researchers, the time of the monitored vittle has come. Enter their brainchild, the Bite Counter.
The Bite Counter does exactly what the name implies: It counts your bites. You wear it as if it was a watch and the counter keeps track of how many bites of delicious foodstuffs you are shoving into your gaping maw. Then you stare at the large number and feel great, great shame. The intent is to hopefully harness this shame to create weight loss, or something.
This device may not be for everyone, well specifically it’s not for super skinny people. Still, it could be an interesting new weapon in the battle against obesity. At the very least we can ..read more
Posted in: Armbands, Concept Design, Vitals Monitoring
So, you’ve been taking care of your heart. You eat right. You don’t smoke. Hell, you even exercise once in a while. How do you know if all of your hard work is paying off? Why, with an at-home heart rate monitor of course. A company named Finis has released their Aquapulse heart rate monitor which should finally settle that college bet as to who has the best resting heart rate.
It measures the heart rate via your ear lobe. None of that wrist pinching around these parts. Also, it is intended for swimmers, so it can be fully immersed in water with no detriment. All of you future Michael Phelps should take note.
The Aquapulse was announced over two years ago. No word on why it took so long to come ..read more
Posted in: Finis, Vitals Monitoring
It’s about time wristbands had some real life functionality instead of just looking pretty and weighing us down. Jawbone must agree with me, as they’ve been prepping their app crazy Up wristband and readying it for mass consumption.
The Up is a health conscious affair. The wristband is packed with apps that monitor your vitals, give you nutrition facts and keeps tabs on your sleep schedule. In short, it’s a handy dandy health monitor in a super small package. It’s so light you’ll barely know it’s there.
Jawbone is readying the ‘bands for a release later in the year. The company has not released any word on pricing, however.
Posted in: Accessories, Jawbone, Vitals Monitoring
