Gadgetory

so here i have my 23andme genetic testing kit and i am going to take the plunge on camera and just like to find out all about me i'm such a girl already know how to spit Oh half day I guess I love that though I mean really like this is what it takes to get a full genetic profile not so bad so all I do is mail off that little box of spit and wait for a full report on my genetic history ancestry and potential diseases that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago and it's just one example of how your health is getting more personalized every day whether it's a wristband that tracks your calories it's got 5 LEDs on it so if you tap it and actually tells you your progress against your goal but what's also important about it is it that it uses Bluetooth 40 so it wirelessly syncs in the background to smartphones a toothbrush and app that measures your brushing habits or even a fork that makes you eat more slowly the demo for that we have here has been pre-programmed on a 10-second interval and it basically means that if I'm putting food in my mouth under 10 seconds it will vibrate to see the tech is enabling a trend that some call the quantified self the idea that you can gather data about your health your habits and your history the benefits can be far-reaching with more accurate aggregated data doctors could provide better care even possibly preventing more serious diseases like cancer and diabetes I visited paris-based Withings where the company's internet-enabled scale lets you keep track of your weight share the information with your phone and create a database of your behavior so you see now my weight on the scale and in some second I will receive a push on my iPhone will indicate this this measurement this scale can work both in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth okay so this is the last measurement I'm 875 that's something kilogram and so it will be added to to me to make you oh wow they've also built a phone app that connects to a blood pressure cuff you just connect it on and the iphone oh that's cool and it starts automatically easy application and then you just press Start button and it will start there as a measurement it's pretty high probably because you are not sitting sitting somewhere and because you're and so it's not just the monitoring it's the fact that once you have all of the data in one place you can see patterns and you can yes yeah and you can share with you you can share it with you your doctor right now we've seen plenty of heart rate monitors but here's an app that detects your heart rate using your phone's camera this one comes from azumi oh here's how it works when the heart beats blood is pumped into your face which causes it to change color the camera can pick up this information and actually determine your pulse you just hold it in your hand like this distance okay Center your face son does deb December screen nobody should take around 15 seconds till you got an excellent don't 94 when I heard you guys like it's you yeah maybe I flew after going through a few of these technologies I realize I might need to watch my blood pressure and maybe even my heart rate then of course there's the genetic testing i did with 23andme which could tell me if I'm at risk for things like diabetes or even cancer there can be downsides to knowing all about your health but hey at least you know