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University Makes Fitbits Mandatory For Student Body

In an effort to ditch its old-fashioned methods of monitoring student health, Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has turned to wearable technology for help. While the school does have a history of making students meet strict fitness goals, this new step is taking the school to a whole new level, never practiced by any […]

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Sports Medicine Tech Company Co-Founded By Former NFL Quarterback Partners With University of Pittsburgh

Charlie Batch, former NFL quarterback, has kept ties in his hometown by co-founding the Pittsburgh-based sports medicine technology company, Impellia, along with Richard Walker, an attorney and marketing executive and Dave Morin, health care technology entrepreneur and international speaker on health care technology. Impellia has signed three different technologies from the University of Pittsburgh to […]

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New Fitbit Alta Blurs Line between Fitness And Smart Watch

The world’s most recognizable wearable brand—Fitbit—has a new product for consumers to be excited about. After releasing the Fitbit Blaze about a month ago, which was seemingly Fitbit’s entry into the smart watch market, the company has finalized the Fitbit Alta for sale. Coming in at $130, the Alta appears to be a hybrid between […]

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Newly Launched Connected Sports Bra Will Get You In Shape

Unless you are a trained athlete, for most of us, it can be difficult to receive information about whether or not our workouts are effective. But MYZONE thinks it can help and has launched the MZ-3 Belt to help monitor your exercising results. MYZONE, a fitness company, develops accurate wearable technology that gives users motivation […]

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