The HAPIfork On The Colbert Report

It’s the start of a new year, and that’s just the time people go out of their way to make new year’s resolutions.  There’s always an envious few that stick to their resolutions, but the majority quickly forget their new year’s efforts. How many times have you said that you’ll start losing weight?  Start eating healthy?  Get your life on track?  Organize your messy abode?

When it comes to new year’s resolutions, life undoubtedly gets in the way.  But in this day and age of great technological advancement, are there any innovations or tools to help us really stick to our resolutions?

The Internet of Things is quite a fascinating world that has brought about some mind-blowing developments in consumer technology, many with the potential to truly change lives. Bringing about the Self Quantified movement, there’s more data and tools available to individuals, inspiring them to push forward with 2014 resolve.

Let’s check out some connected devices that has the potential to help people really stick to their 2014 resolutions in the Quantified Self sector.

3 QS gadgets for new year’s resolutions

HAPIfork

If you’re the type of person who has a tendency to overeat and you want to manage that in order to start losing weight, HAPIfork may be the product for you.  Described as “intelligent cutlery,” the HAPIfork tells you when to slow down food consumption to avoid overeating.  This smart fork tracks how long you take in food, counts how many mouthfuls you manage per minute, and when it senses that you are eating too fast, it sends a gentle vibration to alert you.

Studies revealed that it takes 20 minutes for a person to feel satiated, or satisfied from the food being consumed.  So by eating slowly, you are giving your body time to feel full.  The faster you eat, the more calories you consume, and the more potential weight you’ll gain.  You can check your progress via the HAPIlabs website or through the mobile app.

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Withings

image via Withings

Withings offers a range of smart products to help people get fitter and healthier.  But one of their most notable products is the Smart Body Analyzer.  It looks like a digital scale, but it does more than take your weight.  The Smart Body Analyzer tracks your weight, your body composition, heart rate and even air quality.

Via the companion smartphone app, you can set your weightloss goal and the app will help you by breaking things down into weekly targets, as well as providing you useful tips.  It’s ability to track air quality in you home also makes it easy for you to know if it’s time to let some fresh air in.

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Jawbone Up 24

This is a new fitness tracker from Jawbone.  It all has the goodness of the original Up such as sleep and nap tracking, 24/7 activity tracking, food and drink tracking, mood tracking, an insight engine, idle alert, smart alarm, and has a power nap feature that wakes you up at around 26.5 minutes after you fall asleep.

The Jawbone Up 24 has a 10-day battery and is water-resistant, but instead of plugging it in to sync with your smartphone, it now syncs wirelessly.  With wireless syncing, users no longer have to worry about plugging their devices to view their data or progress, which means you can now see your progress chart in real-time.  Jawbone Up 24 is now available for $149.99, comes in Onyx and Persimmon, but is currently only compatible with iOS.