This is a wild story from Charlotte Palermino, a small business owner, about what went wrong when she tried to manufacture her skin care brand’s packaging in the US. It illustrates how global our economy is — and why the simple tagline of tariffs reviving US manufacturing isn’t as simple as it might seem. (Full disclosure: I’ve bought Palermino’s Dieux products before and they’re great.)
According to The New York Times, his ring asked him if he was working out and showed that “his heart rate shot up to over 100 beats per minute.”
100bpm is the higher end of what’s considered a normal resting heart rate. The fact Booker considers that “shooting up” probably means his resting rate is lower. The ring asking if he was exercising indicates the device correctly identified Booker experienced an unusual for him amount of physiological stress.
Just don’t mistake it for a new Vivomove, Vivosport, or Vivosmart. (Why does Garmin do this!?)
In all seriousness, I spent some time going through the specs on the new $299 Vivoactive 6 versus the Vivoactive 5. There’s very few differences. You’re getting a handful of extra software features that weren’t around when the Vivoactive 5 launched, more activity profiles and GPS systems, a slightly slimmer form factor, and new colors. There’s no EKG compatibility, however. If you’re looking to upgrade, they go on sale April 4th.
Last week I reviewed a smart nail chip that I saw on some trashy reality TV. This week, I give you a social video demonstrating how some of its NFC-powered features work. My favorite is playing the John Cena theme song every time I destroy my spouse in an argument.
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Impractical party trick? Most definitely. But if you’re creative, a NFC nail chip is a cool wearable experiment.
Dubbed Oura Advisor, the chatbot combines generative AI with your actual data so you can ask it about your long-term trends and patterns, as well as general guidance on health matters. This is the second feature from the company’s experimental Oura Labs program — the first being Symptom Radar.
