SOURCE: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/your-body-is-an-api-9-gadgets-for-tracking-health-and-fitness/?pid=2936 The “quantified self”: It’s a lifestyle philosophy that says tracking one’s own personal data — calories burned, hours slept, miles run — is the path to self-realization. All this data-tracking requires gadgets, and many innovative specimens were on display at CES 2012 last month.   When it comes to your health, correcting bad [...]

SOURCE: http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/reviews/232600172?queryText=basis Check out three compelling devices, from a fitness gadget to a ground-breaking camera, recently featured on our Valley View web TV show. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek February 02, 2012 04:12 PM Technology is changing the way we monitor our health, the way politicians run campaigns, and how we consume and share information. The [...]

SOURCE: http://www.pcworld.com/article/248380/fitness_tech_flexes_its_muscles.html This year will see an unprecedented number of gadgets dedicated to tracking your activity, sleep, and other habits. By Edward N. Albro, PCWorld Jan 19, 2012 9:00 pm This is an intervention. Your friends in the tech industry are concerned about your health. They’re worried about how much (or little) exercise you get, what you weigh, [...]

From the pain in my right calf, I am pretty sure I walked all 1.6 million square feet of show space at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012).   Of course, if I was wearing a FitBit, MotoActv or Basis Watch there would be no guess work involved.  I could share all my health status from [...]

SOURCE: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=8499724 High-tech fitness devices featured at CES Several new high-tech fitness devices were featured at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. view video

SOURCE: http://www.techdigest.tv/2012/01/ces_2012_video_3.html   Fitness freaks get another gadget to add to the growing pile of workout-monitoring tech at CES 2012 thanks to the new Iqua Beat headphones. Pairing with an iPhone over a Bluetooth connection, and syncing with its own iPhone app, the Iqua Beat headphones can monitor heart-rate, calories burned, miles ran, steps taken [...]

SOURCE: http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/2012/01/17/getting-fit-with-technology-ces-2012-roundup/ Tech and the health industry have a pretty healthy relationship. Gadgets like pedometers have been around for years. Even so, at this year’s CES I saw more examples of tech designed to help you meet your health goals than ever before. Some were sophisticated devices that break down your every move into quantifiable [...]

Image courtesy Body Media. Last week I reviewed the Striiv, and this week I’ll look at the BodyMedia FIT system. Full disclosure: I was provided with a review unit of the CORE system for this evaluation. The BodyMedia FIT CORE is available from Amazon and other stores starting at $143 for the basic device, but [...]

Velcomp\’s iBike Powerhouse SOURCE: http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/health-fitness/232400312 Velcomp CEO John Hamann is at CES 2012 with an important message; Why pay big dollars for a cycling computer when your iPhone can do everything a cycling computer can do and more (like turn your performance data into riding advice). By David Berlind InformationWeek January 12, 2012 08:05 PM [...]

At CES 2012 we saw numerous gadgets and technologies being unveiled. For some companies, it was their regular appearance, while for some it was their first like Valencell, a start-up company from Raleigh, North Carolina . Valencell showcased their new set of earbuds that would monitor a wide range of fitness related data like heart [...]

SOURCE: http://www.marketnews.ca/LatestNewsHeadlines/CES2012:NewFitnessGadgetsCombineActivityTracking,CloudServicesandSocialMedia.html We are seeing a number of companies offer fitness gadgets that exploit various technologies, such as digital pedometers and accelerometers, Web-based cloud services and even social media, to get people active, focused and fit. In what seems to be an emerging trend, devices like the Fitbit Ultra (which I recently reviewed), Striiv Personal [...]

Among the expected rows of new televisions, computers, phones and tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show is a growing number of health gadgets. These vary in form and function, but nearly all of them share some common elements: connectivity, mobile applications and social aspects. These devices are no longer the domain of the geeks and [...]

SOURCE: http://www.cultofmac.com/140244/ces-blowout-of-awesome-stuff-for-your-mac-gallery/ LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 – The Consumer Electronics Show is winding down, ending today. It was an exhausting three days of navigating the jam-packed halls for Mac related items. We saw a lot of stuff. Some crap, some cool. Here it is. Above: PhotoStitch can turn any scanned image into an embroidered work [...]

SOURCE: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/01/ces-2012-day-1-roundup/ I arrived a little late today to CES (fog in Atlanta? Seriously?!) but I was able to hustle through the North Hall and part of the Central Hall for Day 1. Let me just say this — I’ve never seen so many accessory vendors for such a small number of devices. I’m talking [...]

SOURCE: http://mashable.com/2012/01/09/wi-fi-smart-scale-fitbit/ A new wireless scale with Wi-Fi lets you track your weight and record the results online — and for those bold enough, even share your progress with friends. The Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale is being debuted Monday at CES in Las Vegas. It is one of the health and fitness tracking products [...]

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Consumer Electronics Association (News – Alert) (CEA)® today announced specialized show floor exhibit areas focused on technology innovations in healthcare, fitness and other lifestyle-centric areas at the 2012 International CES (News – Alert) ®. The Digital Health and Sport and Fitness TechZones, produced by Living in Digital Times, is both a series of conferences designed [...]

January 25, 2011 The New Year is underway and chances are you came into it with several resolutions. How many of those are you actually sticking to? Well, technology can help you stick to all those fitness-related resolutions you made. CEA recently did a study, Getting Fit With Consumer Electronics, which showed fitness technologies are [...]

January 11, 2011 4:18 PM PST   World’s first alpine GPS goggles with head mounted display a favorite among industry experts Las Vegas, January 11, 2011 – The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) ended on 9th January following four days of exhibitions from 2,700 consumer electronics companies. Recon Instruments returned to the Vancouver labs highly [...]

January 5, 2011 4:18 PM PST by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore   LAS VEGAS–On the heels of a study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reminding us that only a small percentage of resolutions are kept each year, this year’s Consumers Electronics Show will, for the first time, include a Fitness TechZone, where the latest sports and fitness [...]

By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff / January 13, 2011 That snow’s going to melt someday, but your New Year’s resolution to get in shape will still be there, eating at your conscience. Time to begin thinking up new excuses, or finding new incentives to begin an exercise regimen — and maybe these gadgets will help. [...]

Thursday, December 30, 2010 One-third of U.S. Consumers Plan to Purchase Fitness Technologies in 2011, CEA Study Finds Arlington, Va., December 28, 2010 – A new study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) reveals that fitness technologies are key to helping consumers stay motivated and keep their resolutions to get fit in the New Year. [...]