Activ8rlives wearable tech BuddyBand being showcased daily in The HUB theatre at Gadget Show Live

HUNTINGDON, U.K. - April 6, 2014 - PRLog -- April 7, 2014, Activ8rlives (Aseptika Limited), Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK: The BuddyBand and the second-generation iOSSmartphone App 2.0 (http://www.activ8rlives.com/products.aspx) will be put through their paces by hosts of The HUB, Aled Haydn Jones (Radio 1) and Lucy Hedges (Stuff TV). The Wearable Tech sessions run daily (3:15 – 3:45pm) with demos, fun reviews and live interviews. The HUB theatre is free to attend for visitors to the Gadget Show Live.

Activ8rlives is launching five new health and wellness products at this year’s Gadget Show Live (NEC, Birmingham), including the wearable wristband –BuddyBand Bluetooth 4.0. The free companion iOS iPhone and iPad App allows you to view on one page in a simple graphical format over time (day, week, month, years) your activity, weight, health and Food Diary using the latest Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. Your Smartphone is utilized to take photos of your food and drink, which you then score as a Good or Bad Choices. No more counting calories, just an aid memoire to help you become more mindfulness as to what you eat and drink. All of this can be viewed via the Smartphone App or online at www.activ8rlives.com.

Commenting on the BuddyBand, founder and Managing Director Kevin Auton said “There are two levels to its use as a behavior change assist. Firstly, with laypeople who wear a dedicated tracker on their wrist – they check it, they show it off, they share the data amongst friends and groups – it all forms part of what increases their motivation to improve activity day by day, to set healthy goals. On a healthcare level, inactivity can be indicative of an individual’s symptomology of their level of wellness. Combine this data using a growing range of simple monitors that connect to Activ8rlives, the Company’s online health tracking system, individuals can record health parameters and upload the information directly via computers, Smartphones and Tablets. By seeing this information and trends in a visual way, connections about what makes us well and keeps us healthy can be seen, discovered and most importantly, repeated.”

Auton went on to provide examples such as “people who are becoming unwell move less, so wearing an activity tracker can measure this decline in physical activity over a period of days. Those with impending lung infections may lose their appetite and so their weight decreases, often dropping 1-2 Kg in a week and so daily weight measurements using the Company’s new Bluetooth 4.0 Body Analyser (http://activ8rlives.hostedbywebstore.co.uk/Body-Analyser-...) smart scales can track this trend. For a patient suffering from COPD, when a chest infection begins, their lung function decreases and this can be detected using a simple electronic meter (Peak Flow meter (http://activ8rlives.hostedbywebstore.co.uk/Peak-meter-bas...)) at home. Similarly, the level of oxygen in the blood can decrease (Pulse Oximeter (http://activ8rlives.hostedbywebstore.co.uk/Activ8rlives-Pulse-oximeter-cable/dp/B0084UDTXS)), while pulse rate, blood pressure (Blood Pressure (http://www.activ8rlives.com/) Bluetooth 4.0) and temperature can increase. These physiological parameters can be measured, uploaded, tracked and recorded online with the technology developed by Aseptika in its Activ8rlives system”.

The fifth product to be launched at the Gadget Show Live is the Activ8rlives POGO (http://www.activ8rlives.com/newsdetail.aspx?id=1410) hub, which connects via the earphone port of Smartphones and Tablets and transmits data to the web from the Company’s devices and wellness gadgets by using proprietary technology developed by the Company. The POGO serves two roles as a “hub”: Firstly, it allows medical devices which only connect by USB to exchange data with the web without the need for a laptop or PC. This greatly reduces the cost and complexity for the user, while making self-monitoring solutions completely mobile for “on-the-go” monitoring.  Secondly, it can also add Bluetooth 4.0 wireless connectivity to Smartphones and Tablets which do not have this capability – a function that is currently only available on high-end and more expensive Smartphones and Tablets. This makes it possible to connect the Company’s second-generation of Bluetooth 4.0 devices to the web via less expensive cellular products.

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Caption: Activ8rlives integrates simple monitoring devices such as the BuddyBand Bluetooth 4.0 that capture an individual’s different health parameters, brought together in the Cloud-based servers so that it can be viewed to warn of impending ill health and to support in maintaining wellbeing. This also means that this information is available anywhere and at any time via the free Activ8rlives iOS Smartphone App 2.0.

About Activ8rlives (Aseptika Limited)

Our strategy is to develop expert information systems which can be used by laypeople and shared with their healthcare service providers, to better self-manage long-term conditions through self-monitoring. Activ8rlives integrates simple monitoring devices that capture an individual’s various health parameters. This information is brought together in the Company’s servers so that it can be viewed to warn of impending ill health and to support them in maintaining wellbeing. This also means that this information is available anywhere and at any time. A natural extension is development of a home-based test predicting flare-ups in chest infections in those who have long-term respiratory conditions, to reduce hospital admissions and improve healthcare.

The Company offers a range of health monitors, from step counters through to smart scales, smartphone Food Diary App to peak flow meters and pulse oximeters. The online communities combine empowerment through self-monitoring with the added dynamic of group support and motivation. Groups can be led by laypeople, family, carers or healthcare workers to improve wellbeing and maintain health.

Users can track: physical activity, body composition and weight, lung function and cardiovascular health, blood glucose, HbA1c, cholesterol, C-reactive protein, International Normalized Ratio (INR), medication and bacterial infection markers. Custom trackers such as: dress size, training sessions, pool laps per session, runs per week, sleep duration, allergy reactions, mood, fertility, temperature – in fact anything that can be measured – can be created. Activ8rlives is free to use and there are no joining or subscription fees.

For more information on Aseptika Ltd and Activ8rlives and products, please visit: www.activ8rlives.com

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