Jawbone announced the grand project theyve been quietly working on for years: A wearable band called Up, which is infused with sensors and smartphone connected, allowing you to track your eating, sleeping, and activity patterns.”The interest grew when people realized how large this market is.”

“The CDC says that for the first time in history, lifestyle diseases such as diabetes are killing more people than communicable diseases,” Travis Bogard, Jawbones VP of product management, tells Co.Design. “Were trying to solve that problem.” The Ups sensors collect data about how much youve been sleeping and how much youve been moving. That data is then fed into a smartphone app, which also takes in information about your meals. You enter meal data manually, in part by taking pictures of what youve eaten. Based on all that information, the smartphone program provides “nudges” meant to help you live healthier, day by day. For example, if you havent slept much, when you wake up the app might suggest a high-protein breakfast and an extra glass of water.

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