Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients

Fitbit is shifting its resources to help build ventilators designed to treat COVID-19 patients The Google-owned company will shift its resources into building ventilators  It’s not immediately clear what the exact cost will be It says the ventilators will be ‘advanced’ but will be moderately priced Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19 By James … Read more

Fitbit could detect early signs of the coronavirus thanks to an algorithm from Stanford

Stanford and Fitbit are joining forces in a bid to develop technology that detects early signs of the coronavirus using wearables. The team is designing an algorithm that measures the wearer’s vitals such as heart rate and skin temperature to determine if the body is fighting an infection. The software will be capable of spotting … Read more

Wearing a Fitbit could spot when you’re coming down with flu… before you even have any symptoms

A Fitbit could spot when you’re coming down with flu – before symptoms have even developed. Researchers analysed 60 days of data from 47,248 Fitbit users living in the US to try and predict when they would get sick.  Tell-tale signs someone was about to get ill were higher heart rates than normal or excessive … Read more