#sleep-and-activity-tracking

#sleep-and-activity-tracking

Food logging can be done in a few ways, including searching a database, scanning barcodes, or using AI-based camera analysis. Simpler items like eggs and fruit are identified well, but complex meals can be frustrating due to lighting and AI limitations.

The Ultrahuman Ring Pro builds on the Ultrahuman Ring Air's features with several key improvements, including an impressive battery life of up to 15 days, which is more than twice as long as the Air.

The Ultrahuman Ring Pro advertises up to 15 days of battery life. For comparison, the Ultrahuman Ring Air lasts 4-6 days on a charge according to official numbers. That's a massive upgrade but isn't the end of it either. The new ring comes with a new Pro Charger, which extends the ring's endurance up to 45 days.

Sleep banking is essentially extending your normal sleep hours in the nights leading up to a known period of sleep deprivation. On the face of it, it appears unlikely banking sleep could counter the decreased alertness and other cognitive decrements that we experience when deprived of sleep, or stop that strong sensation we get when our body wants sleep.

Wellune looks like a small, sculptural lamp. A slender white stem curves upward from a flat circular base, blooming into a soft, rounded head that sits somewhere between a sprouting bud and a modernist desk light. The head detaches magnetically, which is a lovely detail because it turns setup into something almost playful. You hold this smooth, egg-like dome in your hand, place it on the stem, and it clicks into position with a satisfying connection.

Phones have messed up our sleep in more ways than one. Not Only do their addictive functions keep us up scrolling well past our bedtimes, but they also wake us up with jarring sounds and haptics, shocking our systems with loud sounds and frantic measures that, once the alarm is disabled, send us back to sleep, overwhelmed. Also: I biohacked my sleep with these 5 gadgets (and it worked) Smart sunrise alarm clocks have grown in popularity as an alternative to our blaring phone alarms.

If there's one thing that stops people using their smart rings over the long term, it's the battery life. After all, they're so unobtrusive, it's easy to forget to drop it on the charging plate every few days. It doesn't take long for your pricey gadget to become little more than a very expensive piece of jewelry.

Last Wednesday morning, I woke up and did what I normally do when I open my eyes. I grabbed my phone and checked my Oura app to see how I slept. This morning, however, Oura's home page looked a bit different. Unlike the sleep and readiness scores I usually see on the home page, a new message appeared on top. While no biomarker deviated strongly from my baseline, Oura's Symptom Radar feature warned me that my biometrics indicated "major signs of strain." It encouraged me to take it easy -- a tall task given that I was headed into the office for the workday.

Health trackers like Apple Watches and Oura Rings already do a fine job at providing insights into health patterns and trends. But sometimes, software comes along that offers a little something else as well. Enter Simple Wearable Report, a free tool that transforms Oura Ring data into a helpful, easily scannable report. An Oura Ring user on the r/ouraring subreddit created Simple Wearable Report after wanting to explore their health patterns using AI or easily share data with their PCP.

It's not a household name, but Rogbid has been churning out budget-friendly smart wearables for around a decade. Its latest creation capitalizes on the recent trend of functional ring watches, but unlike Timex and Casio's wearables that don't do much more than tell time, the Rogbid Fusion includes smart functionality like fitness tracking, heart rate and blood oxygen measurements, and sleep monitoring.