Gadgets and apps not to be missed
We have already written a whole bunch of materials about gadgets and applications: it turns out that an iPhone or a wrist device can be useful in any life situation. In order not to miss any useful news, we have collected stories about them in this post; control-freaks, rolling on a board, and lovers of any technological innovations for self-care will melt.
If it was not possible to slip the wish list to your friends, boyfriend or parents, you will have to take everything into your own hands again and execute it yourself. Clarisonic paws, a hand-held photoepilator and all the other gadgets from the selection are definitely worth it.
Applications for a comfortable winter
A selection of diverse "winter" programs that will help to dress for the weather, build muscle, not get lost in bad weather, learn more about the methods of therapy and successfully plan a trip.
Applications for short workouts
Okay, half an hour to meditate or jog (get up from the couch, swim, pull leggings, choose and lace up sneakers, warm up) is not always there, but there are always seven minutes to workout with the application 7 Minute Workout. In the collection - four more cool and undemanding applications.
Self Diagnostics Applications
Such applications are the first step towards establishing a disease or a primary assessment of one's health, which is much more adequate than panic reading forums on the Internet. They are not able to replace the medical examination (at least for now), but they can be excellent assistants: for example, with the help of a smartphone, you can track the appearance of new moles, assess the dynamics of hearing abilities, and finally learn first aid measures.
Applications may be good helpers that are not indifferent to your health, but some functions, such as posture control and ECG, are not yet available to them. But this can be gadgets: paired with an iPhone or another smartphone, they can measure and control more than one application.
What are wearable gadgets and who needs them
Devices that work for the Quantified Self concept "consider" a person and his surroundings: pulse, number of steps, sleep time, calories burned and consumed, mood, humidity and ambient temperature. All these and other indicators are displayed on the displays of the respective devices, which, according to one of the co-authors of the concept, writer and columnist Wired Gary Wolf, "help express themselves through numbers."
Pros and cons: Wearable gadgets
We like all the technological things that allow you to control yourself and the environment around you - provided that they really help you to become more confident and healthy. But in any concept, no matter how good and thoughtful it is, there are always supporters and opponents. We asked familiar girls to comment on QS - not in order to understand who is right, but with the goal of presenting at once two well-founded and polar opinions.
Mobile video games for different platforms
The editorial Wonderzine encourages the game approach to everything, especially - to the sport, so he compiled a selection of games that make one more time move. By the way, we decided not to limit ourselves to iOS capabilities and took into account five different platforms.
Alexandra Boyarskaya about FuelBand SE
Alexandra Boyarskaya, the ambassador of Nike, told us about the new Nike tracker bracelet, which counts not only steps, and many other cool things.
Another Gadget for Washing
If for some reason the relationship with the Clarisonic brush does not work out, you can try out the new Foreo gadget. Due to the vibration (the speed of which can be varied), it cleans and gently peels the skin - the rounded silicone bristles do not injure it, and Foreo can be washed in the morning and evening.