HEALTH & WELLNESS

We've since developed away from VHS tapes to aerobics classes at our local gyms. Be it social-hour, or working out, gyms have soared in popularity since VHS at-home workouts. Remember jazzercise, Tae Bo, Spinning classes? Now we’ve added on barre, yoga, pilates, and even pole dancing classes as a workout. But even since COVID-19’s shut-down, at-home IOT or software-enabled fitness equipment, are becoming popular again. Things like Peloton bikes, Hydrow rowing systems, and Bala Pilates equipment. All of these at home workouts provide great ways to meet your goals in the comfort of your own home. 

Pills pills pills… We seem to be consuming a lot of them. Whether for a health concern unregulated a generation ago, or our health has deteriorated to a point our bodies need additives to function at the highest level, we’re taking in more medications than ever before. And hardtech has supported this consumer trend. So exactly how many pills/drugs are we taking? And are these habits more harmful than helpful?

What experts are concerned about are the effects blue light has on your sleep. The Harvard Health Publishing explains how blue light, especially from our gadgets at night, can shield the body’s production of melatonin or even “(throw) the body's biological clock—the circadian rhythm—out of whack.” This can make it significantly harder to go to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good night’s rest in-general. And sleep is fundamental to our health. 

The Mirror was on Oprah’s Favorite Things list this past holiday season. And we heard something along the lines of a nine-figure acquisition during COVID’s lockdown. But is Mirror - the current darling of IOT fitness, simply a fad or here to stay? We looked in the press archives to find out. 

We all want a great night's sleep. And now, we have technology to help us get one! In 2021, let’s make it a joint New Year’s resolution to get some more ZZZs. In fact, good sleep is not just a pleasant aspiration, it’s critical to our health and wellbeing. Studies show that a good night’s REMs can help your immunity, levels of anxiety and depression, blood pressure, metabolism, and even basic processing. And so, below are five hardtech devices that help you get good sleep!

“Turn It off!” moms have said for decades addressing their kids’ watching TV or playing video games. Before health research from the World Health Organization could prove it, moms knew - too much technology isn’t a good thing. Their intuition clearly saw that being around screens day-in and day-out not only led to child meltdowns, but also simply wasn’t good for their brains. But does this translate into adults? And software screen use might have one effect, but how many negative effects are there from IOT or hardware technology?