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When we talk about a blood pressure monitor, most of the time, we would think along the lines of wrapping your arm around that cushion thingy before manually pumping air or press a button and let a more modern, digital version get the job done. Withings intends to spice things up in this particular department by extending their vision of user-friendly connected health another step through the introduction of the new Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor.

Hypertension is said to affect up to 25% of the world’s population, which is a pretty high statistic. What is scarier would be this – 50% of those happen to be unaware about the severity of their condition, and hopefully, with Withings’ new Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor, it might be able to cause ordinary joes like you and I to actually make the effort to check on our respective blood pressure readings in the comfort of our homes. After all, if it is wireless, all the better, considering how the world has moved on to wireless connectivity in many aspects.

Withings’ Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor does feature an award-winning sleek design, although it is not just a pretty face since it comes with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity as well as Android compatibility. Taking measurements with the Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor is a no-brainer – just wrap the cuff around your arm and turn on the device.

It will then hook up to a smartphone via Bluetooth automatically, booting up the Withings Health Mate application. Once you tap on the start button within the application, the cuff will inflate, where it starts to take down your systolic and diastolic blood pressure in addition to your heart rate. Results will be shown and saved on your device, while setting reminders so that you can keep track of your blood pressure regularly. The asking price for the Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor stands at $129.95 each.

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I used to laugh at the commercials for the emergency alert necklaces for seniors. Remember them? “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” But now, I realize those devices, serve a purpose, especially for older people that live alone. I also am starting to see that caring for a parent, or any loved one that lives alone, can be very stressful. Did they take their medicine? Did they eat? Is there a device that can answer questions like that, without me having to call on the phone, nagging all the time?

There is now. Check out Live!y, an unobtrusive sensor system, that gives you a way to monitor an older loved one’s living patterns, and get valuable insight about whether or not help may be needed. Live!y can tell you if mom is taking her medication on time? Eating regularly? or even getting out and taking her daily walk. When something is not right, Live!y will make sure you know it. All this, while allowing mom, or dad, their independence.

The small Live!y sensors are place on objects in the home: like a pillbox, the fridge, and the keys, and the Live!y Hub captures activity signals from these sensors via a built-in cellular connection (no internet required) it then sends you an easy to read activity report to your smartphone or computer, all without you having to call mom for the 50th time, making her feel like you’re checking up on her, yet again.

To round out the family loop, Live!y let’s you provide this info to anyone you want, and let’s users upload special messages and pictures to a unique website that will then print out, and snail mail, a bi-weekly Live!yGram mailer, so mom knows what everyone else has been up to, no Facebook required. Live!y is only 149 bucks, and come with 2 months of free service, after that it’s 19.95 a month. A small price to pay for piece of mind. Available at amazon.com.
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While no one likes to be caught off guard, we’re normally not in a fully cognitive state within the first hour of waking up. That’s why we often burn toast, make coffee without the grounds, and forget where we put our keys, even though we put them in a designated place just the night before. One of the major things that is very unpleasant to greet the morning with is stepping into a cold shower.

Even though you’ve let the water run for 30 seconds, the temperature is often iffy. One nudge too far to the right or left and you’re either a Popsicle or need to go the the ER for third degree burns. If you would rather have someone else ‘check’ the temperature for you before you step in, then the HealthSmart Lumatemp LED shower head could be of use. This will not only give you detachable shower head, but will also tell you what temperature range your water is in when it’s on.

The Blue LEDs will indicate cool, less than 89.6, while green shows warm around 91.4°F to 105.8, and red means hot with a range of 107.6 to 113. Instead of guessing what the temperature will be, you’ll have an approximate answer just by looking. While this is actually meant for those who have little feeling in regards to temperature and are afraid of burning themselves, it’s also an easy fix for making sure you don’t step into freezing water again. This has a 5 foot flexible hose, and will cost you around $30 should this be a frequent enough problem that you need a way to solve the issue.

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