Silicon Valley investors ponder the “next big thing” in health care

Will the Sand Hill Road firms open their check books for you? We caught up with Sequoia Capital's Warren Hogarth and Morgenthaler Ventures' Missy Krasner to dig deeper into their investment thesis.

Jawbone takes a big bite out of health tech: acquires BodyMedia, launches Up app platform

Jawbone is putting the pieces in place to become a wearable health technology leader.

BodyMedia launches beefed up health-tracking armband

This BodyMedia Core 2 tracker looks fashionable and has four health sensors.

9 wearable gadgets that’ll help you get in shape

Fitness gadgets are getting better at tracking your activity and sleep. Here's the rundown on a bunch of options.

Fitness gadget maker Basis to BodyMedia: Your lawsuit claims are invalid

It’s fitness gadget maker against fitness gadget maker. In February 2012, BodyMedia, maker of the FIT armbands that promote weight loss and health, filed a patent infringement civil action against competing fitness gadget maker Basis. On Monday of this week, …

Funding daily: Get off your butt and lose some weight

We’ve got you funding news here on this windy-in-San-Francisco Wednesday evening. If you want to stay on top of funding news as it happens, subscribe to our Deals Channel RSS feed either by clicking the red RSS icon at the …

BodyMedia’s weight-loss gadget analyzes your body temperature to keep you healthy

Weight loss gadgets have evolved far beyond simple pedometers. We now have Up bands, Fitbits, and FuelBands that track our fitness levels (and make us look like athletes even when we’re not). One of these devices is BodyMedia‘s FIT, a …

Ben Sawyer on how Games for Health will lead to “human joysticks” (interview)

Ben Sawyer is the co-founder of game-consulting firm Digitalmill and one of the pioneers in the field of Games for Health. He founded the Serious Games Initiative a decade ago as part of a U.S. government research effort into how …

BodyMedia enables remote monitoring of your food and exercise

The problem with most diets is that nobody is really watching you all the time. But with a monitoring device and new remote software to go with it, BodyMedia has proposed a way for a coach or fitness trainer to …