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		fsiefken on April 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple has biomedical engineers developing sensors ... There are also positive reviews on this feature, see: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/healbe-gobe-review/3/ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30681002 https://www.techwalla.com/12049437/healbe-gobe-2-is-a-fitnes... and supposedly they have improved the device in generation 2 which I'm currently testing. Sleep, step, hydration status and heart rate tracking work well, based on these reviews, a science article on bioimpedance and non-invasive glucose monitoring https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500977/ I have hope I can confirm that calorie tracking works.

user1178 on April 14, 2017 [–]

Those reviews seemed mixed at best (especially that BBC one).

Tech like this is a major breakthrough. It's just not something you see come from a crowd funding campaign. I'm extremely skeptical.

Be interested to know what your personal experience with it is though. Best of luck.

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