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Liteboxer is the next contender in the VR fitness ring

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Liteboxer is the next contender in the VR fitness ring

March 3, 2022 Amanda Silberling 196 Viewsboston, computing, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, fitness tech, jeff morin, liteboxer, mixed reality, Oculus Quest, technology, TikTok, United States, Universal-Music, Virtual reality, wearable devices 4 min read

If virtual reality social gatherings aren’t your cup of tea, we don’t blame you. But it’s hard to deny that putting on an immersive headset and punching stuff sounds kind of fun. Since its founding in 2017, Liteboxer has been like Peloton for boxing — you use in-home hardware to get a unique, music-based workout […]

Four weeks as an Ultrahuman ‘Cyborg’

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Four weeks as an Ultrahuman ‘Cyborg’

January 6, 2022 Natasha Lomas 190 ViewsAbbott, CGM, continuous glucose monitoring, cyborg, fitness tech, Health tech, January AI, metabolic health, quantified self, review, ultrahuman, wearables 61 min read

For four weeks during 2021, this TechCrunch reporter took the plunge and tested a “metabolic fitness” service from Bangalore-based startup Ultrahuman. The tracker program, branded Cyborg, uses arm-mounted medical grade hardware to get a real-time read-out of your blood glucose — using that dynamic data-point to power a quantified health service that scores what you […]