Self-Quants

Olympian self-quant

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Olympian self-quant

Boston – The Whoop wearable system is bringing its high-level self-quantification capabilities designed for athletes to the wider market.

Whoop : Optimised Self : Wearable Tech

Big Ideas

Light therapy

San Francisco – Technology start-up Novalogy has released Ayo, a wearable device that uses light to regulate a user’s energy levels.

Novalogy : Ayo : Chronobiology

Big Ideas

Drive Safe

Toronto – Uber has launched a novel way for late-night revellers to hail a cab.

Uber : Uber Safe : Breathalyser

Robin Raskin: Wearables and a connected future

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Robin Raskin: Wearables and a connected future

Living in Digital Times founder Robin Raskin outlines the innovations connecting homes and healthcare.

CES2015 : Robin Raskin : Living In Digital Times

The Age of The Long Near: The Optimised Self Preview

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The Age of The Long Near: The Optimised Self Preview

London – Welcome to The Optimised Self, one of three trends we will be presenting at our Spring/Summer 2015 Trend Briefing.

The Optimised Self : The Age Of The Long Near : Big Data Beauty

Bit by bit: Lapka runs wild on Google’s Project Ara smartphone

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Bit by bit: Lapka runs wild on Google’s Project Ara smartphone

San Francisco – Environmental monitoring and healthcare hardware industrial design firm Lapka has re-imagined how Google's new modular smartphone m...

Health-Tech : Self-Quants : Quantified Self

Macro Trends

Awakening Tech

Our digital and offline worlds are converging. We have become bedfellows with robots, we take advice from gadgets, we ask mega-systems ...

Sensor Technology : Data Surge : Internet Of Things

Fit for purpose: Pop-up vending machine only accepts NikeFuel points

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Fit for purpose: Pop-up vending machine only accepts NikeFuel points

Nike has installed a pop-up vending machine in New York that only accepts the brand’s NikeFuel points as payment.

Nike : Vending Machines : NikeFuel

Withings launches smartwatch with classic design cues

Big Ideas

Withings launches smartwatch with classic design cues

The French consumer electronics company has launched Activité, a stylish smartwatch that digitally tracks your health and fitness levels.

Withings : Smartwatch : Wearable Tech

British Airways blanket tracks passenger relaxation levels

Big Ideas

British Airways blanket tracks passenger relaxation levels

In a bid to highlight its attention to customer comfort, British Airways has trialled a blanket that indicates its travellers’ stress levels.

British Airways : Happiness : Air Travel

Design Directions

Vessyl

The ubiquitous, everyday cup has been turned into an ingenious smart device.

The Flat Age Society : Self-Quants : Internet Of Things

Apple moves into digital health-tracking market

Big Ideas

Apple moves into digital health-tracking market

The technology brand has launched a mobile hub that will pull together all of a user’s health data.

Apple : Self-Quants : Fitness Tracker

Wisdom 2.0 Review: Part 2

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Wisdom 2.0 Review: Part 2

In the second part of LS:N Global’s coverage of the 2014 Wisdom 2.0 conference in San Francisco, we examine how, as the mindfulness community gains...

Wisdom 2.0 : Mindfulness : Meditation

Quantified community rises on the Hudson

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Quantified community rises on the Hudson

The Hudson Yards complex on Manhattan’s West Side will become the first ‘quantified community’ in the US.

Hudson Yards : New York : Quantified Community

Wearable tech market faces adoption issues

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Wearable tech market faces adoption issues

Consumers remain reluctant to adopt and quick to discard wearable technology.

Wearable Tech : Wearables : Devices

CES: Device predicts falls in older people

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CES: Device predicts falls in older people

CES 2014: Device predicts falls in older people.

CES : Veristride : Insoles

Milan 2013: Top 10 products

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Milan 2013: Top 10 products

At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, designers experimented with artful lighting technology and considered a more human approach to tec...

Design : Poetic Lab : Aiko Telgen

Emotional Technology

Micro Trends

Emotional Technology

As technology infiltrates every aspect of our personal lives people are looking for interfaces that feel less robotic and more human. Software and ...

Technology : Emotion : Human

Mind your head: App quantifies mental health

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Mind your head: App quantifies mental health

Brooklyn – Expereal, a new app for the iPhone, helps people to track their daily moods over a set time.

Iphone : Mind Temples : Expereal

For good measure: Utensils offer a helping hand

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For good measure: Utensils offer a helping hand

London – As part of its health-focused LOVE life range, Waitrose has released an eight-piece set of kitchen utensils designed to help customers kee...

Cooking : Portion : Cooking Utensils

Memory machine: Camera auto-records daily life

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Memory machine: Camera auto-records daily life

Linköping, Sweden – The Memoto camera, available from April, is a wearable device designed to create an automatic visual archive of the user’s life.

Camera : Lifelogging : Digital Archaeology

Just log it: Nike+ unveils in-home training

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Just log it: Nike+ unveils in-home training

Just log it: Nike+ unveils in-home training

Interactive : Intuitive Futures : Future Home

Minimal testing: Device lowers stress for diabetics

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Minimal testing: Device lowers stress for diabetics

Minimal testing: Device lowers stress for diabetics

Project : Measuring Less To Feel More : Micka‘l Boulay

Micro Trends

Medicars

Do you struggle to squeeze a doctor’s appointment into your day? If so, your car might soon be able to help. A growing number of automotive brands ...

Medical : Cars : Automotive

On the Pulse: Ring puts fitness at your fingertips

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On the Pulse: Ring puts fitness at your fingertips

On the Pulse: Ring puts fitness at your fingertips

Design : LED : Xbox

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