Fitness, Health & Sports - Page 5 of 6

Powerbreather Redesigns the Snorkel for Swimmers and Divers

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) On the long list of products that work really well but can sometimes be frustrating, the snorkel is near the top. The Powerbreather is a new snorkel design for swimmers and divers that takes the anxiety out of breathing through a tube. Powerbreather is dual snorkel system that is made from an elastic material so it fits comfortably around a swimmer's head. Air is drawn in through the back of the system and exhaled through a valve in the front ensuring the swimmer only inhales fresh air eliminating snorkel fatigue. The swimmer does not need [...]

Tricorder Health Vitals in Your Hand with the Scanadu Scout

Your health is your responsibility and when something is wrong, you want to know right away. A new health scanner from Scanadu acts like an expanded forehead thermometer will give you your vitals on your smartphone in just ten seconds. The Scanadu Scout is being developed as an entrant in the Qualcomm Tricorder X-PRIZE competition, a ten million dollar global competition to build the world’s first working, "Tricorder". The Scout works like a forehead thermometer by pressing the device to the forehead and holding it there for ten seconds. Using Bluetooth LE, the device transmits vitals including heart rate, temperature, breathing, dissolved oxygen, blood pressure and even emotional stress to [...]

Extreme Sports Metrics with the LIT Activity Tracker

At most, a fitness tracker can keep track of distance, direction or steps taken which is great if you are engaged in a sport with walking or running. When you are surfing, skating or even snowboarding, you might want to know hang time, maximum airtime, jumps and even g-forces. The LIT Activity Tracker from NZN Labs is designed for action sports with unique motions. It works by using an advanced six-axis accelerometer combined with a gyroscope to sense motions any other fitness tracker cannot and then applies a tailored algorithm to score those activities. With extreme sports comes extreme environments, which is why LIT is rugged, water and shock resistant [...]

HAPIfork Provides Haptic Feedback for Eating Healthy

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) You can improve your health and lose weight just by eating at a slower pace and now, a smart fork that that I always thought would stand the test of time is getting an upgrade to teach us how to eat again. The HAPIfork is the world's first smart fork that tracks several factors as you eat a meal. It counts the number of times it travels from the plate to your mouth, or, "fork servings" and measures the interval between fork servings. If the interval is too short, indicating you are stuffing your face [...]

The Radiate Training Shirt Lets You Thermochromically See the Burn

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) "See the burn" might soon replace, "feel the burn" at the gym with the introduction of a new line of athletic wear from Radiate Athletics that gives you feedback based on your personal heat signature. The Radiate training shirt is based on a new fabric that was first developed by NASA to study astronauts exercising in space. The shirt changes color in response to increased body temperature adding a visual thermochromic dimension to your workout. Now you can see if you are targeting the muscles that you need to work at the gym allowing you [...]

Game Golf Records Your Game without the Little Pencil

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) The next time you are at the nineteenth hole sharing stories about your game you could also be sharing your game. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, Game Golf is a seamless golf tracker and logging tool that will take your game social and give you feedback to improve. Game Golf uses a set of tags that snap into the handle of your clubs with a main wearable system they are calling the GYG device. Every time you prepare to make a shot, just tap the tag against the GYG and the [...]

Bikespike Gives Riders the Ability to Track Cycling Activities

If you are an avid rider, you can add a layer of security to your bike and yourself while also tracking and sharing your cycling activities with a Bikespike bicycle tracker. Bikespike is a small bicycle tracker that securely mounts to the water bottle area on a bike. It works internally by using a small GPS chip, an accelerometer and a cellular connection. When combined with an Android or iOS app, the device sends data about the ride telling the rider how far they have gone, the speed they traveled and where they are. The device also lets riders digitally lock their bike, and will get notifications on their phone [...]

Motivate to be Active All Day with the Nike+ FuelBand

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you are looking for a simple and stylish alternative to clip on fitness monitors that can also double as a watch, check out the Nike+ FuelBand. The Nike+ FuelBand is more than just a calorie or step counter. It uses a metric to measure your activity that they call, "NikeFuel" a proprietary technology developed by fitness experts that interprets activity from movements of your wrist. It is based on oxygen kinetics, a normalizing score that goes beyond factors that can skew measurements like age, gender and weight. On the inside, the device uses a [...]

Measure Your Athletic Fitness Intensity with the Armour39

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) If you are a fitness junkie, you probably have a heart rate monitor or a way to measure the amount of calories burned, but have you ever measured your willpower? This spring, Under Armour will release the Armour39 ultimate fitness monitor system designed to push athletes to their limits. The Armour39 is actually several items that work together to bring you a complete fitness picture. The system consists of a chest strap, a monitor module and either a watch or a downloadable app. Once you put the system on, you give it a WILLpower target, [...]