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Why does the data from different health and exercise trackers vary so much?

December 1, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel

On our most recent IoT Podcast, Vipul called in to our voicemail hotline with a question about fitness trackers. He has a few wearables and observes that there’s a wide variance between their results for steps taken and calories burned. He also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, How-To Tagged With: Amazon Halo, Apple Watch, calories, Fitibit, Garmin, Google Fit, health tracking, heart rate, wearables, Whoop

How smart devices can create a national “health map” for tackling epidemics

March 25, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel

As we continue another week of dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s interesting to see how countries are using smart devices and services to enforce lockdowns. The solutions range from tracking locations of individuals at the state level to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Apple, Apple Watch, blood pressue, digital health, fda, Garmin, health data, heart rate, Kinsa, privacy, pulse oximeter, temperature

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