Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech 06/05/2019 Health News, A novel study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience provides the first evidence that a...
Mechanized cane measures patients’ rehabilitation process without noticing it: It monitors a person’s time of use and weight-bearing while walking, in a nonintrusive way for users and at low cost 03/11/2019 Health News, Robot-aided rehabilitation represents a step forward for patients with walking difficulties. However, its high price,...
The rise of virtual races 10/05/2018 Fitness, A race without time constraints, other runners, or even a set route might seem a...
There’s a fitness tracker for your vagina. Quantifying your life has gone too far | Jess Zimmerman 10/04/2018 Fitness, The other night, a friend told me that he was trying to spend more time...
How effective are online gyms and ‘exergames’ such as Nintendo’s Wii Fit? 10/01/2018 Fitness, Wii Fit Reviewed by: Karen Widdowson, 35, electronic communication coordinator, London I wanted to lose...
Strava – the app that turns cyclists into racers 09/30/2018 Fitness, There are those cyclists who simply enjoy pootling along at whatever pace they fancy, relishing...
Fitness trackers aren’t making us fat – but they’re not infallible either 09/29/2018 Fitness, The headlines were dismissive. Fitness trackers “can make you fatter”, scoffed one. They have “no...
Keep your ticker up – the truth about heart-rate monitors 09/29/2018 Fitness, As an old-school runner, I’ve always had a rather scathing attitude towards heart-rate monitors, fitness...
Sleep sensors: waking up to the need to study our night’s rest 09/29/2018 Fitness, Every night Jack Hammond straps a small gadget to his wrist. The sensor claims to...
Fit in my 40s: ‘A DNA test is like going to a fortune teller, with science’ 09/29/2018 Fitness, The past is a foreign country, but then you get to an age when the...