| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.11.2013 | If Inaccuracy Were Illegal, The Feds Would Have To Regulate Most Health Gadgets | I wore a calorie counter armband from BodyMedia that told me I was burning over 3,000 calories a day. If that were true, I would be emaciated enough to play Gollum in the next Lord Of The Rings sequel.
The accuracy of consumer health gadget... |
| 28.05.2013 | The “Quantified Self” Is Only the First Step to Better Health | This post is part of Tech Cocktail’s “Healthy Entrepreneur” series, bringing you insights on food, exercise, and sleep throughout May. The series is presented by Coromega (more info and a giveaway below).
Editor’s Note: This article appears... |
| 16.05.2013 | Silicon Valley investors ponder the “next big thing” in health care | So you’ve developed a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) or medical device that will drastically change the way we deliver health care.
Just a few years ago, you may have faced a prolonged struggle to gain investment. Practice Fusio... |
| 16.05.2013 | Silicon Valley investors ponder the “next big thing” in health care | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
So you’ve developed a cloud-based electronic heal... |
| 30.04.2013 | Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia | Jawbone, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of innovative wearable technology and audio devices, is acquiring BodyMedia, a Pittsburgh, PA-based developer of wearable body monitors.
According to Reuters, undisclosed sources familiar with the... |
| 30.04.2013 | Jawbone takes a big bite out of health tech: acquires BodyMedia, launches Up app platform | Jawbone is putting the pieces in place to become a wearable health technology leader.
The company announced today that it’s acquiring BodyMedia, creator of sophisticated health tracking devices used on the TV show The Biggest Loser. Additio... |
| 30.04.2013 | Jawbone Acquires BodyMedia For Over $100 Million To Give It An Edge In Wearable Health Tracking | It was just about two months ago that Jawbone snapped up mobile health startup Massive Health, and now the company has acquired an even more prominent player in the health monitoring space.
Jawbone has just announced that it will acquire Pi... |
| 30.04.2013 | Jawbone takes a big bite out of health tech: acquires BodyMedia, launches Up app platform | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Jawbone is putting the pieces in place to become a wearable health technology leader.
The company announced today that it’s acquiring B... |
| 06.01.2013 | BodyMedia launches beefed up health-tracking armband | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
BodyMedia is launching a cool looking health-tracking band that you can wear on your arm. The new BodyMedia Core 2 band packs four sens... |
| 06.01.2013 | BodyMedia launches beefed up health-tracking armband | BodyMedia is launching a cool looking health-tracking band that you can wear on your arm. The new BodyMedia Core 2 band packs four sensors into a small housing.
We’ll see a lot of such health-tracking devices at the Consumer Electronics Sho... |
| 16.12.2012 | 9 wearable gadgets that’ll help you get in shape | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
One of my Twitter buddies recently joked that the ideal fitness device will be a neck collar that monitors the food going down your thr... |
| 16.12.2012 | 9 wearable gadgets that’ll help you get in shape | One of my Twitter buddies recently joked that the ideal fitness device will be a neck collar that monitors the food going down your throat and then chokes you when you hit your calorie limit.
These devices don’t do that. But they may get yo... |
| 15.10.2012 | B2B digital health management company Healthrageous raises $6.5 million series B | In addition to a lot of capital, the digital health startup, which spun out of Partners Healthcare’s Center for Connected Health in 2010, has already found a few high-profile partners. It worked with Ford and Microsoft on Ford’s in-care hea... |
| 01.08.2012 | Digital Health is a Long Distance Race, For Dot-Com Veteran BodyMedia | One of the top trends in digital health is wearable body sensors. The Nike+ sensor shoe is the Usain Bolt of this market, with its flashy image and impressive results. Startup Fitbit has also gained a lot of traction, with its small clip-on... |
| 24.05.2012 | Fitness gadget maker Basis to BodyMedia: Your lawsuit claims are invalid | It’s fitness gadget maker against fitness gadget maker. In February 2012, BodyMedia, maker of the FIT armbands that promote weight loss and health, filed a patent infringement civil action against competing fitness gadget maker Basis. On Mo... |
| 23.05.2012 | BodyMedia Raises $12 Million Funding Round Led By Comcast Ventures | BodyMedia, one of the growing number of companies that offers wearable body sensors, just announced that it has raised a $12 million funding round led by Comcast Ventures. The company’s products, including its BodyMedia FIT on-body monitori... |
| 23.05.2012 | BodyMedia Closes $12M Funding | BodyMedia, Inc., a Pittsburgh, PA-based developer of wearable body monitors, has closed a $12m funding round.
The round was led by Comcast Ventures, with participation from existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet, Draper Triangle... |
| 23.05.2012 | BodyMedia’s weight-loss gadget analyzes your body temperature to keep you healthy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Weight loss gadgets have evolved far beyond simpl... |
| 23.05.2012 | Funding daily: Get off your butt and lose some weight | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
We’ve got you funding news here on this windy-in-... |
| 17.04.2012 | BodyMedia enables remote monitoring of your food and exercise | The problem with most diets is that nobody is really watching you all the time. But with a monitoring device and new remote software to go with it, BodyMedia has proposed a way for a coach or fitness trainer to keep track of your vital sign... |
| 26.03.2012 | Mobile health monitoring company BodyMedia raises $2.7M | In addition to the armbands, the FIT system includes an online activity manager and free apps for mobile device users.
Earlier this month, BodyMedia announced that astronauts on the International Space Station would be wearing FIT armbands ... |
| 12.01.2012 | New diabetes, weight-loss devices only help with more data | By far, consumer health and fitness apps and devices ruled the exhibitor floor at the 2012 Digital Health Summit. But arguably the second-most popular theme for new digital health technology was diabetes and obesity-management platforms and... |
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Exactly how many calories do you burn in a day? For the health-conscious (or just data-obsessed), this isn't as easy a ques... |
| - | New diabetes, weight-loss devices only help with more data | By far, consumer health and fitness apps and devices ruled the exhibitor floor at the 2012 Digital Health Summit. But arguably the second-most popular theme for new digital health technology was diabetes and obesity-management platforms and... |
| - | Mobile health monitoring company BodyMedia raises $2.7M | Mobile health monitoring company BodyMedia, which makes an armband that captures health data from users, has raised $2.7 million of an anticipated $10 million round.
The funding for Pittsurgh-based BodyMedia comes from four investors, with ... |
| - | Digital health apps for smartphones from head to toe | Will digital health apps and devices for smartphones become so indispensable that we wonder how we functioned without them? Or do they risk becoming part of an enormous data avalanche? Those questions were raised in a recent article examini... |
| - | B2B digital health management company Healthrageous raises $6.5 million series B | Two-year-old digital health company Healthrageous has just raked in $6.5 million in capital to keep working on its Web and mobile health apps, analytics engines and machine learning platform.
The funding comes from existing investors North ... |
