In the face of Android Wear watches costing $179 and up, Pebble is dropping the price of its wearable device: You can get one for $99. The company is also adding better health tracking support and sleep monitoring with third-party apps.…
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Apple’s HealthKit might make developers of quantified self apps feel under the weather
Apple's Health app won't just track quantified self data from third-party apps or manual entry: It can work directly with Bluetooth-enabled wearables which could make some app makers feel a little ill.…
Read MoreWorking with Automatic, Jawbone culls more data from the internet of things
First, Jawbone’s UP wristbands connected to your dog’s collar. Now they’re connecting to your car. The app is bringing in data from devices that have little to do with personal fitness, and that’s great.…
Read MoreStealth startup alert: Skype co-founder ventures into health and wearables with Project Florida
Project Florida wants to combine health and wellness wearables with data science, and it has hired an impressive launch team.…
Read MoreLG Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones hit the US on May 18
We saw LG's Lifeband Touch at January's Consumer Electronics Show and it's finally going on sale. Expect to see it on retail shelves later this month in the U.S., along with a pair of earphones that can measure heart rate and blood oxygen levels.…
Read MoreJawbone integrates Whistle’s canine activity data into the UP app
Jawbone's UP app isn't just tracking your own steps, but the steps you take with your dog. A tie-in with quantified pup startup Whistle will merge data from both activity trackers.…
Read MoreWho will crack the code on tech for seniors?
Will the quantified-self companies get with the program and woo senior citizens, or will they leave that fast-growing market to a handful of early movers?…
Read MoreWilson is promising a smart basketball that knows when you make a shot
Sporting goods company Wilson is working with a Finnish startup called SportIQ to create a basketball that uses sensors and artificial intelligence…
Read MoreApple’s Healthbook app gives a glimpse of what an iWatch could possibly do
Information about Apple's new Healthbook app for iOS sheds light on what types of quantified self data you may be able to track on an iPhone. Some of that information, however, will have to come from external sensors and devices; perhaps an Apple smart watch?…
Read MoreOvuline says its algorithms have led to 50,000 pregnancies
Machine learning algorithms can do a lot of things if they have enough data -- recommend products, identify fraud and even help women get pregnant. Fertility startup Ovuline says its 60 million data points from users have helped 50,000 of them get pregnant.…
Read MoreOlympians weren’t the only athletes in Sochi
RunKeeper tracked what its users were up to in Sochi during the Olympics and found they ran the equivalent of about 78 marathons. It's an interesting nugget, but part of a much larger picture about learning how, when and where people exercise.…
Read MoreThe folks at Sleep Number embrace the internet of things with a pricey bed
Forget your connected bracelets or mattress pads. The folks at Select Comfort have a Sleep Number connected bed so you can track your sleep. All for $8,000.…
Read MoreEpson launches wearable Pulsense heath trackers. (Yes, Epson!)
Hearing a mention of Epson doesn't likely bring wearables to mind but the company says it should: It has a history with smart watches and builds custom sensors. That history comes to the present with Pulsense, a pair of heart-tracking bands.…
Read MoreWithings’ next gadget wants to improve your sleep (and replace your bedside table lamp)
Withings is adding the Aura sleep system to its line of scales, baby monitors and activity trackers. The $299 device tracks your movements and your environment, and then uses sound and lighting to improve your sleep.…
Read MoreThe quantified self goes to work
In the recent post, The future of work: 4 trends for 2014, one trend I outlined was how in 2014 we would see…
Read MoreThe quantified baby: app backed by Skype co-founder wants to track breastfeeding and diapers
Parents, this app wants to quantify your diaper changes. Ins & Outs is an activity tracker for babies, and it's been built by the Janus Friis-backed product incubator The Factory.…
Read MoreSensor overload? Rise is a wearable that tracks how much you sit
A seattle-based startup has built a tracker that knows when you are sitting or standing. The goal is to help people stand more and sit less. But is it necessary?…
Read MoreUnder Armour buys MapMyFitness in $150M deal
Under Armour has acquired MapMyFitness, an Austin, Texas-based company that uses a phone’s GPS to let people map their runs, bike rides…
Read MoreConsolidate this: Quantified self edition
There are too many choices available for consumers when it comes to devices and apps that track your steps or daily activities. What needs to happen is consolidation across the industry and a focus on storytelling, not just activity.…
Read MoreMeet the datasexual
http://spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/test-and-measurement/meet-the-datasexual Is there a line beyond which people are no longer mere Quantified Selfers but something much more annoying? Could data really…
Read MoreCould a breath-monitoring headset improve your health?
A new sensor-equipped headset claims to analyze a user's breathing patterns and heart rate to help reduce stress, improve athletic performance and encourage weight loss.…
Read MoreJawbone offers developers open access to API for its UP activity tracker
Jawbone's API for its UP fitness-tracking wristband is now open to developers worldwide.…
Read MoreHexoskin is putting the wearable in wearable computing with a sensor-packed shirt
Feeling like you just aren't quite quantifying enough of your daily life? Check out Hexoskin, a maker of connected tanks that track your heart and respiration as well as your steps.…
Read MoreWearables: A companion to smartphones or a companion to you?
Although there's another big player in the smartwatch game thanks to Samsung's Galaxy Gear, I'm not sure that the current concept of smartwatches and other wearables is right. Pushing smartphone data to a wrist is just "table stakes": Bring me context!…
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