HEALTH & WELLNESS

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!

2020 had you stuck inside? Need motivation to improve your health in 2021? We’ve got six tech products that will help you jump on your wellness journey to a healthier you. These tools will help you hydrate, move and care for your body. So we can all be a little bit healthier.

The global pandemic has evidently taken a toll on people's already-declining mental health. lncreased time spent indoors as well as a lack of socializing have contributed to higher rates of anxiety and depressive disorders than ever. Here are some products we love that can build up your mental health by helping you breathe, sleep, bathe, and relax better.

“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?

Our increasingly sexualized culture is seeping into the common man and woman’s life. Advances in sex technology expose and transcend romantic life from a decade ago - those scenes now can seem mundane or perhaps even antiquated. SexTech, or the realm of the technology industry driving adaptations to enhance or innovate human sexual experience, is changing our perspective on sex, intimacy, and love at-large. Below are a few advances that are modernizing and altering this infrastructure of human behavior.

Aside from the global coronavirus pandemic, we are also suffering through a mental health epidemic. Spending so much time in isolation or inside on our devices has not been good for anyone. Recent research has found that as many as 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. have reported symptoms of anxiety or depressive disorder. While not a perfect fix (and we do recommend those who serious concerns about your mental health to talk to a medical professional), we have found that some of these tech products can help us through tough times. 

During development, Flavia was especially particular about one point: to make the hardware “as useful and as easy for a woman as possible.” At the beginning of their journey, she and her co-founder found that most hardware was designed and created by men for men, often removing essential details that might add to women's lives. The iBreve wearable contrasts from this in that it is extremely non-invasive and slips on any shape or material bra for easy use by women everywhere.