Voice-command ovens, robots for pets on show at Berlin's IFA tech fair
Europe's biggest tech fair, Berlin's IFA, is showcasing a flood of product launches until Wednesday. Here are five trends and gadgets making waves.
Sep 7, 2019
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News tagged with fitness
Computer Sciences
Finding patterns in corrupted data: New model-fitting technique efficient even for data sets with hundreds of variables
Data analysis—and particularly big-data analysis—is often a matter of fitting data to some sort of mathematical model. The most familiar example of this might be linear regression, which finds a line that approximates ...
Oct 26, 2016
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Internet
The Matrix is already here: Social media promised to connect us, but left us isolated, scared and tribal
About a year ago I began to follow my interest in health and fitness on Instagram. Soon I began to see more and more fitness-related accounts, groups, posts and ads. I kept clicking and following, and eventually my Instagram ...
Nov 12, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Doctors say most metrics provided by your Apple Watch, Fitbit aren't helpful to them
We use wearables to count calories, measure heart rates and even rate our quality of sleep.
Aug 14, 2019
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Automotive
Honda recalls 1.4M US vehicles for software, other problems
Honda is recalling over 1.4 million vehicles in the U.S. to repair drive shafts that can break, window switches that can overheat and a software flaw.
Dec 16, 2020
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Business
EU clears Google's $2.1B takeover of Fitbit, with conditions
The European Union on Thursday approved Google's plan to buy fitness gadget maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion after it promised to restrict user data and ensure Android phones work with other wearable devices for at least 10 ...
Dec 17, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Misfit to run with analog swag in upcoming Phase
(Tech Xplore)—What, me wear a teensy phone on my wrist? A screaming touchscreen fitness band on my wrist?
Engineering
Researchers create new smart materials for wearable technology
Fitness trackers, smartwatches and other wearable devices are popular ways to monitor and manage personal health. Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are helping advance that technology by developing soft and ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Google's new gadgets are part of the 'me-too' competition between the tech giants
Google and Microsoft have a history of trying, and mostly failing, to be as good at hardware as they are in software. As Google announced new products, Microsoft was busy abandoning some of its own.
Oct 5, 2016
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Consumer & Gadgets
Investigating switching behavior among users of wearable fitness devices
Wearable fitness devices have become very popular among people hoping to improve their health. They can be used to monitor activities such as walking, running, and cycling, plotting routes, recording speed, hills and valleys. ...
Dec 6, 2022
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