US medical device maker, Abbott, is moving into making general purpose consumer biosensing wearables. The company has been making continuous glucose monitor (CGM) hardware for diabetes management for years (since 2014) — but in a healthtech keynote at CES yesterday, Abbott’s chairman and CEO, Robert B Ford, announced it’s developing a new line of consumer […]
Four weeks as an Ultrahuman ‘Cyborg’
For four weeks during 2021, this TechCrunch reporter took the plunge and tested a “metabolic fitness” service from Bangalore-based startup Ultrahuman. The tracker program, branded Cyborg, uses arm-mounted medical grade hardware to get a real-time read-out of your blood glucose — using that dynamic data-point to power a quantified health service that scores what you […]
サウナの「ととのう」を見える化、KDDI総合研究所関連プロジェクトにてVIE STYLEが開発開始
サウナで「ととのう」とは、サウナと水風呂を繰り返すことで訪れるある種のトランス状態のような感覚のこと。感覚的な状態のため言葉で表したり共有するのが難しいのですが、これを可視化するシステムの開発をVIE STYLEがスタートしたと発表しました。 Read More
Peloton’s Android app hints at long-rumored rowing machine
Conducting an APK teardown of the latest version of the Peloton Android app, 9to5Google found evidence the company is preparing the software to support a rowing machine in the near future.