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Into Personal trainer, dietician, doctor. Just download a couple of apps and smartphone turns into a stern instructor who looks after the health of the owner 24 hours 24. Five years ago today, the app have enabled millions of users to have at hand an infinite range of more or less useful, from games to navigation, from photo editors to the weather. Among the thousands of proposals, free or not, the segment of the app for staying fit is expanding rapidly. MyFitnessPal Withings and draw up a personalized diet to lose weight based on the biological parameters of the user. RunKeeper and Runtastic are two virtual coaches who follow the race and plan tables tailored for the stated purpose (breath, cardio, marathon, etc). With Sleep101, iPhone, and SleepBot for Android, the mobile phone becomes a bed partner for all purposes and, once placed under the pillow, analyzes the quality of sleep from the microphone and motion sensors. In the morning, the app will provide tips for better sleep (the readings from the diet) and schedule the next alarm in the lighter stages of sleep in order to make it less traumatic.
Into A few days ago came out Argus for iPhone, which summed up in one app monitoring functions of physical activity, diet, sleep and biological data such as blood pressure and heart rate detected by placing a finger to the camera of your smartphone, you do not know still make coffee, but close enough since among the data is also monitored the amount of caffeine ingested daily and as a result the advice on the correct dose. Peter Kuhar, technical director of the company that developed Azumio Argus says that “over the past 20 years, the focus on health has grown a lot in this field and the technology can help people to adopt a healthier lifestyle and reduce risks “. More Apps work with the support of external sensors sold separately as the Jawbone UP, iPhone and Android, and Fitbit and Larklife, both only for iPhone. The data collec ted from the sensors in contact with the wrist are much more accurate and effective to develop a diet or a personalized training program. Since last June MyFitnessPal and RunKeeper can interact on the same device. Mike Lee, co-founder of MyFitnessPal, says that “in the beginning we were focused only on the aspect of diet, but growing up we realized that physical activity is critical to the overall well-being.” Into But for those who make great use of apps that collect personal data and social network is always good to remember that the information and images uploaded could, in theory, be transmitted to external servers and used later for statistical purposes or commercial purposes. It ‘s the downside of the new technologies that are likely to violate the privacy of inexperienced users. That is why, even a few days ago, the spokesman of Instagram have felt the need to reiterate that the content uploaded by users-now shareable on blogs and sites other tha n Facebook-are and remain the property of the users themselves. A formal statement that contrasts with the fact that any joined Facebook can download photos of his contacts and open profiles without asking for permission.© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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