Health and wellbeing
L'Oreal's tiny UV sensor is a smart way to get you to buy more sunscreen
CES 2018: So small you can stick it on a nailCES is a hotbed for elaborate concepts, but L'Oreal is...
Philips' SmartSleep headband will play soft tones to help improve your sleep
CES 2018: But the design is the stuff of nightmaresMost sleep trackers simply monitor your night and give you a...
Inside Kokoon: Trials and tribulations of a Kickstarter success story
A crowdfunding flop? This sleep wearable is alive and primed for launchUpdate: A couple of years since writing the below...
Shapa's AI-powered smart scale sticks two fingers up to numbers
This startup wants to change your behavior to help you you lose weightHaving tested a few smart scales in the...
How Qualcomm and E Ink's smart patches could shake up health monitoring
We dig deeper on who is building the most promising connected health stick-onsIf you've encountered a medical "patch", it may...
Ingestibles: The state of play on sensor-packed smart pills
How far are we until the future of sensor-packed smart pills?One of the benefits of wearable devices is that they...
Go2Sleep is a smart ring that wants to tackle sleep apnea and more
Meet the tiny wearable that wants to own your sleep trackingWhether it's baked into fitness trackers or through dedicated devices,...
RespiraSense receives NHS Innovation Accelerator backing
The wearable breathing monitor is part of new technologies helping treat patientsThe UK's National Health Service has announced a fresh...
How Cardiogram is unlocking secret powers of the humble heart rate sensor
We talk to the Cardiogram founder about the potential of heart rate technologyOver the past year, Cardiogram has made waves...
Circa wants to bring you mindful sleep tracking through its smart alarm clock
This Dutch startup is clocking your night hours a little differentlyAfter spending your whole day tracking your activity with a...
Wearables still haven't solved the problems of skin science, but new ideas are coming
We're all different, and wearable sensors need to account for thatShortly after the release of the first Apple Watch in...
Spire Health Tag is a clip-on wearable that wants to help you keep calm
It also wants to track your physical activity and help you sleep betterSpire, makers of the wearable tracker to bring...
UK's NHS is handing out trackers designed to prevent diabetes
The trackers will work with an app to monitor user activity, sleep and food intakeThe UK's National Health Service is...
A smart pill has been approved by the FDA for the first time and that's a big deal
The ingestibles are coming...Smart pills are a thing and they've come one step closer to entering the mainstream after the...
Muse headset keeps kids out of trouble, claims new research
A wearable to keep kids out of the principal's office"Go to the principal's office" is one of the most dread-inducing...
New research says Ava's fertility wearable could one day detect your pregnancy
The 'Fitbit for fertility' is at it againIn May, Ava revealed a research collaboration with University Hospital of Zurich that...
Living with Upright Go: Keeping track of posture with the back sensor
Does this posture trainer have your back?It's rare to go an hour without a gadget vibration, whether it's your smartwatch...
Oura Ring review
Could this be the ring that makes smart jewellery shine? The Oura is a super smart, high-end wearable packed with...
It's not a Band-Aid - this patch could be a new way for diabetics to track glucose
More hope for non-invasive glucose trackingGlucose tracking is set to one of the next big things in connected health, with...
Food trackers: The best calorie counter apps and wearables
Tech yourself thin with these food apps and trackersThere's been a lot of debate over recent years about the fact...