My Fitbit Flex Hasn't Changed My Life, But It's Telling Me What's Wrong
Part two of a first-person experiment: Two weeks with the Fitbit Flex exposes the power, and the limits, of wearable fitness tracking…
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Articles tagged "Health"
Fri, 14 June 2013
Mon, 27 May 2013
Can A Fitness Tracker Really Change Your Life?
Diving in with the Fitbit Flex, my goal is to discover whether or not a 24/7 fitness tracker can really alter my behavior.
Wed, 8 May 2013
Are You Ready To Crowdsource Your Medical Care? CrowdMed Is Ready To Help
Would you trust your medical diagnoses to a crowd of strangers instead of your doctor? Silicon Valley startup CrowdMed thinks you should.
Thu, 18 April 2013
The iPhone Ended My Panic Attacks - Could Smartphones Help Others, Too?
Using an iPhone seemed to help stop Brian Hall's panic attacks. Could it help others in similar ways?
Mon, 25 March 2013
Yes, Bill Gates Wants Better Condoms. But It's No Joke
The reasoning behind a new initiative to create a better condom is more important than improving awkward experiences by the glow of the…
Tue, 5 February 2013
What Makes Mind The Best Meditation App?
This free meditation-timer app was built by a star hacker as a labor of love.
Mon, 4 February 2013
Wearable Devices' Next Design Challenge: The Human Brain
No, we're not talking about sensors implanted in your brain, but about designing for the nuanced way our brains process the experience of…
Fri, 25 January 2013
Feeling Sick? Tweet It And Help Track Outbreaks
This is one of the few times over-sharing can actually be a good thing. A new study demonstrates that Twitter can be a useful tool in…
Wed, 23 January 2013
Medical Lab In A Pill Is A Real-World Fantastic Voyage
Patients swallow an electronic "pill" that gives an inside look at their esophagus. No knockout juice needed.
Fri, 4 January 2013
6 Reasons This Could Be The Most Boring CES Ever
Here's what one 20-year veteran of attending of CES is expecting to see in Vegas this year.
Wed, 2 January 2013
Extraterrestrial Technology's Veterinary Tricorder: The Weirdest Product Of CES 2013
Downloadable "quantum" software that uses teleportation to diagnose and cure your pet. And it was developed by space aliens!
Mon, 31 December 2012
11 Top Apps To Help Keep Your New Year's Resolutions
The best smartphone combine aggregated data and the social Web to help you live up to your commitments to yourself.
Tue, 27 November 2012
Executing On Mary Meeker’s Vision For America: USA Inc.
“Queen of the Net” Mary Meeker has a new initiative: She wants to help people understand how certain trends are negatively…
Wed, 14 November 2012
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Mobile Healthcare Faces The Future [Infographic]
The potential for mobile to disrupt the healthcare industry is extremely high but faces a variety of limiting factors from regulations to…
Tue, 13 November 2012
The Tricorder: The Biggest Thing In Home Medical Care Since The Thermometer?
The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize promises to turn everybody into a Doctor McCoy by 2016.
Thu, 25 October 2012
Health 2.0 Conference: Big Data Making A Big Impact
Big Data is becoming the biggest trend in health care - for researchers, doctors, patients and people trying to avoid becoming patients.
Wed, 10 October 2012
Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines
Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Startup Showcase, a collaboration between Morgenthaler Ventures and the Health 2.0 Conference, I saw…
Mon, 8 October 2012
Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos!
I'm at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco - and it reminds me a lot of the Web 2.0 Conferences of 2006-07. The second coming of…
Tue, 2 October 2012
How Big Data Is Improving Healthcare
With the increasing digitization of healthcare, the trend of "Big Data" has been gathering steam. According to a new report from digital…
Thu, 27 September 2012
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Why Tablets Are The Future Of Electronic Medical Records [REPORT]
The adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) by doctor practices and hospitals is one of the most exciting developments in health…
Mon, 24 September 2012
Coming Soon: Apps That Use Your DNA
Earlier this month, I finally purchased a DNA test at 23andMe, the personal genetics company based in Silicon Valley. When the test kit…
Fri, 24 August 2012
Etsy Bans Body-Part Sales. Where Do I Find Them Now?
It's right there in fine print: "No human remains or body parts (excluding hair and teeth)."
Thu, 16 August 2012
Big Brains = Bigger Social Networks
Forget Klout. The real measure of social media prowess turns out to be the size of your brain.
Thu, 2 August 2012
Thinking Big About Big Data: GNS Tackles Personalized Healthcare
One of the top four trends identified in Rock Health's report on digital health was data / analytics. Arguably, big data is the most…
