New to Fitbit watches is the ECG app, which can help keep track of atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm irregularity. Devices like the Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch have this same tracking ability, but at higher prices. We liked how the interface was intuitive and easy to use—a goo...
Finally, the Node community has been an early adopter of the IoT technology, creating over 80 packages for Arduino controllers and multiple packages for the Pebble and Fitbit wearable devices widely used in IoT systems. The maturity of the Node.js ecosystem for IoT explains why the environment ...
Mechanical engineers design and create the mechanical aspects of different devices, ranging from car seatbelts to a cooling device in a video game console. “Many of the electrical components in a cell phone are designed by electrical engineers,” says Samuel Graham, dean of theA. James Clark Sc...
If you take a look around, you might notice lots of people wearing small pieces of tech to track their fitness, such as the Jawbone Up, Misfit Shine and Fitbit Flex (pictured here). © YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images The term wearable technology implies that these devices rest on your ...
Very often they are companion apps to wearables, with the most popular being the Apple Watch, and Fitbit for your casual data like movement, heart rate, and sleep. But not exclusively: they are also rings, necklaces, and other bracelets made by startups that go beyond that and aim at ...
If you take a look around, you might notice lots of people wearing small pieces of tech to track their fitness, such as the Jawbone Up, Misfit Shine and Fitbit Flex (pictured here). © YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images The term wearable technology implies that these devices rest on your...
If you take a look around, you might notice lots of people wearing small pieces of tech to track their fitness, such as the Jawbone Up, Misfit Shine and Fitbit Flex (pictured here). © YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images The term wearable technology implies that these devices rest on your...