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AfterShokz Sportz Titanium First Look: Lighter, stronger, open ear headphones

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

When it comes to fitness tech, good audio is important to many people. Being aware of your surroundings while working out can also be critical. You probably want to hear that bus which is about to turn you into street pizza. AfterShokz solution is to use bone conduction. Sound is transmitted to your brain without having to block your ears.Previous iterations of this technology though have been worn a bit heavy on the head, or felt kind of clunky. This year Aftershokz looks to address some of those criticisms with a shockingly light and durable wired headset. Here’s our first look at ...

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Misfit Shine 2 and Ray Fitness Trackers Quick Look: Subtle and Stylish

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

Maybe you want basic step an sleep tracking, but you also don’t want to wear something which looks super “tech-Y”. Misfit’s Shine 2 and Ray fitness trackers might be able to help you out there. These devices are designed to look more like jewelry, a bit more discreet than many competing gadgets. Following a trend of being a bit more analog, neither tracker is rechargeable. Both Ray and Shine 2 use replaceable batteries which last for months of data collection.Is this the right mix of style and technology for you? Here’s our first look from IFA 2016!Misfit ...

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Apple patent envisions a future of seamless ECG-monitoring from your wrist or ankle

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Adrian Diaconescu

There’s not much a pair of upcoming second-generation Apple Watch models are expected to radically change about the original, with essentially the same design and form factor in tow, slightly enhanced activity tracking, and even standalone cellular connectivity likely shelved until next year.Naturally, Cupertino’s long-term goal of saving users’ lives by improving the wrist-worn gizmo’s health ...

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Samsung’s S Health is now keeping score with your friends

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Jules Wang

Version 4.8.0085 brings some major feature adds to the S Health app, major enough that you’d think it’d be worth the bump to 5.0. Alas, if you like to compare your bests and literally document your data while keeping your blood sugar in check, you’ve got it in this update.The Android app introduces step count comparisons with your friends and your age range with goal “challenges”. More of your steps will get counted if you don’t happen to be wearing your Gear Fit as ...

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NIH: cellphone cancer risk small, irradiated rats lived longer

Posted on May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 by Jules Wang

You are being irradiated by everything. X-rays. Airplanes. Bananas. All the nuclear plants in the world. Yes, even your cellphone. And of all the things that could very much be strangling your cells, that last thing might just be the thing you’re most wary of.Well, turns out that it’s way less likely to give you cancer than licking nuclear waste.The National Institutes of Health, which runs the National Toxicology Program, released a study that concludes that constant exposure to radiofrequency ...

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How to get the cigarette smell out of a smoker’s phone

Posted on February 6, 2016February 3, 2016 by Juan Carlos Bagnell

There’s a pretty healthy economy online for selling and trading used smartphones. Unfortunately there’s no guarantee that even a well-kept and functional device wasn’t subjected to smoke and tar from a smoker. Maybe you can send the device back to the seller, but if you’re stuck with it, that’s a bummer. A buddy of mine recently found himself in this very situation with a phone, and it inspired me to look up what methods could be employed for cleaning a phone out.This is a problem we used to face with studio recording equipment back in the days when voice over announcers would ...

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