Health and wellbeing
How wearable tech is bringing normality to the lives of diabetics
It's getting better all the timeMore than 29 million people in the US have diabetes, but a staggering one in...
Week 9: Mike's food tracking diary - It's you, not me
It's over. Boy am I so glad it's over This was supposed to be a 10-week diary, but I've decided...
Why getting paid could be the future of fitness tracking
Be honest - what will get you off that sofa? Is it cold, hard cash?Up until now the rewards of...
BioSelf’s Sensate wants to help you manage your stress levels
Meet the wearable that taps into your heart in the quest to help you relaxWe've become used to wearing fitness...
Week 8: Mike's food tracking diary - MyFitnessPal, we meet again
Going back to where it all started Last week was a bit of a disaster. Scratch that. It was a...
Nuguna Neckband detects noise and keeps deaf people in the know with vibrations
MWC 2017: Haptics get helpfulA South Korean startup called UFirst has brought a nifty neckband to MWC designed for anyone...
Nokia smartwatches are coming confirms Nokia's Digital Health VP
MWC 2017: We sit down with Cédric Hutchings to chat wearables post-WithingsThere's a Nokia smartwatch at MWC, but seeing as...
Withings rebrands to Nokia, and wants to change how you talk to your doctor
MWC 2017: Nokia doubles down on healthAfter buying Withings last year and making it a key part of its Digital...
Week 6: Mike's food tracking diary - It's time to talk calories
This week, I have a chat with Fitbit about the key to monitoring your mealsIt's been six weeks now since...
The NHS is trialling this health monitoring wearable in hospitals
Snap40 is designed to shorten hospital stays and save doctors timeThe UK's NHS is continuing its experiments with wearable tech...
The Stress Test: Can a wearable really make you calmer?
Becca Caddy puts her emotional wellbeing into the hands of four wearablesThe accelerometer inside your fitness tracker does a pretty...
Week 5: Mike's food tracking diary: Making small steps to big change (hopefully)
My diet is changing but there's still a way to goSee that picture up top? That's a pretty healthy looking...
Week 4: Mike's food tracking diary - finally starting to happen
It's taken a failing wearable to show me that there is light at the end of the tunnelIt's fair to...
Lys is the light sensor your circadian rhythm will thank you for wearing
We speak to Christina Blach Petersen about her bright light missionFor the past 24 hours, I've been obsessed with how...
This smartwatch tech will detect whether you're happy, sad or anxious
Emotion-sensing software could work as a 'social coach'What if your smartwatch could detect exactly how you're feeling? Researchers at MIT...
This brain-reading cap lets locked-in syndrome patients have conversations
Infrared light sees the difference between 'yes' and 'no'This is pretty incredible. Patients with locked-in syndrome, who are totally paralysed...
Week 3: Mike's food tracking diary: The struggle is real
I'm already losing that logging feeling…So this is my second week of food tracking and after last week's measurement hell...
What doctors actually want to know from your health trackers
More than they're getting now, that's for sureOne day, your fitness tracker will start vibrating, and you'll look down to...
Wearable baby monitors do more harm than good says medical study
Devices that monitor infant vitals deemed not safeConnected baby monitors that can track your little one's vitals have been deemed...
Five connected design concepts to help us grow old with sci-fi flair
New Old exhibition serves up fresh wearable, smart clothing and home ideasFor an exhibition about ageing, the Design Museum's New...