smarterplanet: One heavily studied device is an armband made by Pittsburgh-based BodyMedia Inc. The device, worn by contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” reality show, is sold as GoWear fit by BodyMedia and as the bodybugg by health-club company 24 Hour Fitness Inc.’s Apex Fitness Group unit. The armband detects not just motion but also skin temperature, heat flux, or the amount of heat leaving the body, and galvanic skin response — a measure of electrical conductivity that changes when you sweat. The information is fed into mathematical equations programmed into the device and aimed at estimating your total daily calorie burn. (via Burn Notice: How Accurate Are Devices That Track Calories Used? - WSJ.com) High-res

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One heavily studied device is an armband made by Pittsburgh-based BodyMedia Inc. The device, worn by contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” reality show, is sold as GoWear fit by BodyMedia and as the bodybugg by health-club company 24 Hour Fitness Inc.’s Apex Fitness Group unit. The armband detects not just motion but also skin temperature, heat flux, or the amount of heat leaving the body, and galvanic skin response — a measure of electrical conductivity that changes when you sweat. The information is fed into mathematical equations programmed into the device and aimed at estimating your total daily calorie burn. (via Burn Notice: How Accurate Are Devices That Track Calories Used? - WSJ.com)

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This iPhone application includes all of the continuing medical education (CME) offerings from its previous app plus a live stream of the XM radio station for free right from the user’s phone. During its first week available in the iPhone AppStore, ReachMD MedicalRadio had 3,000 downloads, CEO Gary Epstein told mobihealthnews. The original ReachMD CME app has had more than 60,000 downloads, Epstein said.