5 Health Tech Gadgets To Watch For This Year

Featured article by Robert Cordray

It’s no secret that technology is increasing every year and new devices continue to come out that can improve our lifestyles and health. A number of technology advancements are being made in the fields of medicine, entertainment, sports and many more. Here are 5 tech Gadgets and what you can expect in 2016.

1. Wearable Fitness Tracker

Monitor your vital signs without slowing down your day when you use the Wearable Fitness Tracker. Cost does not need to be an option since you can get a fitness tracker that fits within your budget. Whether you just want a basic tracker for $50 or want all the bells and whistles for $300 and more, there is a tracker for you. You can get trackers that do everything from monitoring your heart rate and pulse to your sleeping patterns.

2. Social Media Health Apps

There are a number of apps available that can help you monitor your health. It has become part of our social activities and more than 30% of people state they look at Social Media for ways to improve and monitor their health. Many of the larger social networks even have specific groups within their site that are created to help and support each other in losing weight and creating a better lifestyle. Social Media Health Apps are only going to continue to grow.

3. Qardiobase

For those who like to keep an eye on their weight, but are tired of the old scales and want something a bit more advanced, take a look at Qardiobase. The Qardiobase not only measures your weight, but also your body composition, body mass index(BMI), body fat percentage and muscle mass. This new design smart scale is a wireless, circular scale that analyzes your body. The Qardiobase helps you to monitor your results and track your fitness goals as well as having the ability to transfer your results and goals from the Qardiobase to your computer or even to your doctor through the WiFi. The Qardiobase features a sleek, circular design that can be used anywhere you desire. Let the Qardiobase help you with your weight management and overall health system. In the future, it will be interesting to see how enterprise imaging solutions are implemented into these devices as well.

4. The Withings Thermo

The old, invasive methods of taking your temperature are quickly becoming a thing if the past. The Withings Thermo is one of the latest tech gadgets that allows you to take your temperature or someone else’s simply by touching the skin for a minute with the device. Attached through a WiFi, the Withings Thermo uses a 16 sensor system that measures your temperature when it is placed next to the temporal artery on your head and uses infrared sensors to get a reading. The device can take 2,000 readings every second and send those readings by Wifi or Bluetooth wherever you want it to go. The Withings Thermo has won 2 awards in 2016 for the Best of CES awards.

5. Quell

If you are a person that has been living with chronic pain, the Quell device is for you. This small square gadget uses a disposable electrode inside a cloth pocket that wraps around your leg and sends electrical pulse stimulation to block the pain signals that your body is sending. The device is calibrated to your individual needs and is set up to work automatically without you having to control it. The Quell offers a non-invasive device that allows the electrical signals to overcome your general pain levels. When you need pain relief and are tired of taking medications constantly, wrap the quell around your leg and forget it. Quell is a wearable intensive nerve stimulation(WINS) that is FDA cleared and doctor recommended.