Last Gadget Standing is the people’s choice award of the Consumer Electronics Show. This year, three health devices made it to the top 10. The Shine from Misfit Wearables, the Telcare Wireless Blood Glucose Meter, and the SecuraPatch monitor were in the running with a table-top PC, an electric bike and the Samsung Galaxy Note II.
The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC won with 47 percent of the vote, but the Shine was a respectable second at 39 percent.
Here are some other interesting gadgets I saw at the show:
Psio: These fancy glasses use light and sound to stop “brain chatter.” The company promises that the glasses help with losing weight, sleep, stress, depression and concentration.
HAPIfork: “Of course they are French,” one man commented. The HAPILABS team won a best of show award from CNET and a CES Innovations Design and Engineering honor. The fork tracks how fast you eat and buzzes if you are chowing down too quickly. The HAPIfork has an electronic key printed with a circuit that links your hand with the handle of the fork. When you put the fork in your mouth, it closes the electric loop. The device measures how long your meal lasts, how many forkfuls you eat and the length of each fork serving interval. The fork has a USB connection so you can upload your dinner data to the online dashboard. Of course, there is an app, a coaching program and a social game as well. The fork should ship in April.
HAPILABS wants to help you with your overall satisfaction with life as well with its pedometer like device.
“If you feel happy, you pause, just for a moment and click the button,” a member of the HAPILABS team said. “You also rate how happy you are.” This data is uploaded and analyzed as well, just in case you don’t realize that you are happier with your spouse than at work.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
SleepPhones: There were almost as many headphones at the show as there were iPhone cases. These were interesting because they allow the wearer to listen to music or a recorded book or whatever while in bed without disturbing her partner. I am not a gadget person, but I’m getting a set of these.
Smart Care System: The South Korean company Moneual had a charming booth that showed off all kinds of technology from table-sized tablets to fancy plant monitors. Its Best of Innovations Showcase Honor: The wide, white band has a screen and a receiver that converts sound into images and vibrations. It has indoor, outdoor and conversation modes to put noises in the right context.
AfterShokz: These headphones conduct sound through your cheekbones and leave your ears free to hear what’s going on around you. At CES, the company launched AfterShokz Bluez wireless Bluetooth headphones. The new version won a CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Award in the headphones category as well as being named one of the 25 semifinalists in the 2013 Last Gadget Standing competition.
Smartiiii: 4iiii Innovations Inc. launched the Smartiiii tracker at last year’s show, but this gadget is cool enough to mention this year, too. You program your fitness goals into the device and it tracks your activity level during a workout. If you are going too fast or too slow, a red light shows up in your peripheral vision. The device clips to your sunglasses and the lights appear in the lower corner of your lens for hands-free feedback on your performance. This year the company launched the Viiiiva, a heart monitor that connects ANT+ sensors to an iPhone.
Tinke: Zensorium is developing a pulse oximeter that plugs into your iPhone. You put your finger on a light sensor to measure your heart rate. The device works with all iOS devices.
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[Smartiiii image from 4iiii Innovations and Tinke image from Zensorium]
