‘Wellness’ Tracker Lures Seniors to a Data Driven Lifestyle
LAS VEGAS –Remember Fitibt, the cute fitness tracker for adults that logs your every move? Now seniors have their own version of the device. Wellcore is a monitoring system that offers automatic fall...
View ArticleUp Falls Down
The Jawbone Up has great potential as a health and wellness gadget. And it worked fabulously -- until it stopped working entirely.
View ArticleCompelling Design is About Psychology, Not Technology
Don’t get me wrong: No one who’s held an iPhone can deny the appeal of beautifully designed technology. But what really makes a product stick has more to do with the psychology behind its design than...
View ArticleSteve Jobs’ Doctor Wants to Teach You the Formula for Long Life
Dr. David Agus helped Steve Jobs live longer. Now he wants to help us all.
View ArticleGetting Social Without the Networking: Enhancing Relatedness
In a previous entry, I talked about how engaging people in technology requires supporting their basic needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness. This is all described by the Self-Determination...
View ArticleSocial Engagement vs. Social Connections: The Missing Link in the Fitness...
From wearables to health apps and devices, the fitness tech industry is buzzing with the latest gadgets and hottest trends on the market. Whether it is a wearable fitness tracker or a vibrating fork,...
View ArticlePatient Data-Driven Personalization Key to Fixing Today’s Broken Health...
On average, we live 8 years longer than we did in 1970. The problem is, even though we’re living longer than we ever have before, we are not necessarily living healthier. In fact, we are living sicker...
View ArticleGeekDad Visits PAX East, Then Continues the Conversation on Pulse Network
This past weekend some of the GeekDad team made the trek up to Boston to speak at, and troll, PAX East. We had an excellent panel, talking about Geek Parenting, board games and taking some great...
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My Dad Has More Facebook Friends Than I Do, and That's OK
I admit it: I’m not a fan of Facebook. This week, with the emergence of Google+, I’ve been starry-eyed at the possibility of a new social media delivery system that allows me to do all the stuff I...
View ArticleMy Dad Has More Facebook Friends Than I Do, and That's OK (GeekDad Weekly...
I admit it: I’m not a fan of Facebook. This week, with the emergence of Google+, I’ve been starry-eyed at the possibility of a new social media delivery system that allows me to do all the stuff I...
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