Nintendo Health business: breaking off to improve your quality of life

Back when Nintendo started manufacturing playing cards 125 years ago, its creators could hardly have imagined the size the company would have achieved here in our present. As many things … Continue reading

Moov Might Be the Most Advanced Fitness Wearable Yet

Moov Might Be the Most Advanced Fitness Wearable Yet

As you may have noticed, there are a million activity trackers out there right now. Most of them are glorified pedometers. The upper tier add altimeters, heart rate monitors, and sleep-tracking to the equation. But what if you don’t just want to be reminded to work out—you want to work out better, safer, and more efficiently? Moov might just be the AI coach you’ve been hoping for.

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10 Of The World’s Geekiest Outdoor Sports Gadgets And Garments

Not all athletes were jocks in high school. Anyone who uses any one of these products was definitely a nerd.

Samsung Gear Fit hands-on: Curved AMOLED health wearable

Let’s be blunt: the Samsung Gear Fit looks just how we were hoping the original Galaxy Gear would in September last year, a sinuous strip of bright, curved OLED for … Continue reading

Sony SmartBand starts lifelogging from March

Sony has confirmed launch plans for its “Core” fitness wearable revealed at CES last month, now dubbed the Sony SmartBand SWR10 and expected to hit shelves – along with a … Continue reading

Garmin's Fenix 2 May Be the World's Best Adventure and Training Watch

Garmin's Fenix 2 May Be the World's Best Adventure and Training Watch

Garmin has had a lot of success with its GPS watches in recent years. There’s the Forerunner 910XT, which has been the king of triathlon watches for years now. There’s the recent Forerunner 620 (and the 220) which added advanced analysis of running dynamics to the equation. And then, of course, there’s the original Fenix, which was an incredibly versatile outdoor watch that focused on exploration. Wouldn’t it be awesome if Garmin Voltronned the best features of all those watches together into one all-powerful training and outdoors watch? Yes, it would. Meet the Fenix 2.

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Sitting + Sitting + Sitting = Disability For Folks Over 60

Sitting while watching TVA new study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University’s
Feinberg School of Medicine indicates that sitting too much not only
leads to heart disease, but is a risk for disability among men and women
over 60, regardless of how much exercise they get at other times.

Great Invention Idea? Human Turd Scale!

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I have a friend who tries to calm my food fears by reassuring me that something that doesn’t weigh a pound cannot make me gain a pound. Fine! But what about the bag of chocolate covered nuts (they’re filled with protein) I ate this morning? The one I forgot to weigh on my food scale? How much of that have I got sitting inside of me, threatening the needle of my bathroom scale? read more »

Garmin Forerunner 220 Review: Solid Running Watch With a Pretty Face

Garmin Forerunner 220 Review: Solid Running Watch With a Pretty Face

Garmin has been at this running-watch thing for a while. Most recently, the Forerunner 10 was the company’s best attempt at a simple, easy-to-read watch, but, for all that, it still wasn’t as simple to use as it ought to have been. Enter the Forerunner 220. It’s the 10’s younger, smarter, better-looking, more sophisticated brother, and it’s well worth some wrist space.

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Windows Phone Bing Fitness, Food, and Travel apps launch with PC sync

Microsoft has pushed out a clutch of new and updated Bing apps for Windows Phone, including Bing Health & Fitness to track activities, diet, and medical information, and make suggestions … Continue reading