A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος gûros, "circle" and σκοπέω skopéō, "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity.[1][2] It is a spinning wheel or disc in which the axis of rotation (spin axis) is free to assume any orientation by itself. When rotating, the orientation of this axis is unaffected by tilting or rotation of the mounting, according to the conservation of angular momentum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope (more)

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The smartphone app that can tell you’re depressed before you know it yourself. Mindstrong Health is using a smartphone app to collect measures of people’s cognition and emotional health as indicated by how they use their phones. Once a patient installs Mindstrong’s app, it monitors things like the way the person types, taps, and scrolls while using other apps. This data is encrypted and analyzed remotely using machine learning, and the results are shared with the patient and the patient’s medical provider. (more)

Fitbit debuts $200 Versa 2 smartwatch, Fitbit Premium subscription service. Users who invested in a Fitbit device for the company's solid sleep-tracking features will be excited to hear that Fitbit is finally bringing Sleep Score to all of its heart-rate monitoring devices, too, including the Versa 2. The company was testing this feature in beta for quite some time, but heart-rate monitoring will soon roll out to all users. The feature will give users a single numeric score that represents how well they slept the night before based on heart-rate data, restlessness, time awake, and time spent in sleep stages. (more)

Meet your Health Score – Gyroscope. We’re now enabling it for all Gyroscope Pro members (more)

Mental Health Software Startup Blueprint Raises $1.3M. A Chicago startup that’s aiming to change and improve how patients are treated for mental health conditions has raised a round of funding to help it grow. Blueprint, founded in 2016, announced Tuesday that it raised $1.3 million in a seed round led by Lightbank and Hyde Park Angels (more)

Best sleep trackers: We compare Fitbit, wearable and bedside devices. Older fitness trackers used wrist movement to track sleep, but now it's all about heart rate monitoring – and companies like Fitbit and Withings are looking at your bpm during sleep to make assumptions not only about duration, but the sleep stage you're in. That means logging the amounts of light, deep, REM and awake time, which can help decipher how you can go about feeling more rested. (sleep tracking) (more)

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How to Make Your Subconscious Mind Work for You. What if I could come up with answers in my sleep? I discovered that it’s possible to do just that. (more)

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Fitbit has completed its clinical trials for sleep apnea. Apnea is most often detected using polysomnography, but Fitbit believes it can do it using the SpO2 sensor found on the back of its more recent devices like the Versa and Charge 3. That, however, requires regulatory approval, and Fitbit is currently working with the FDA to get it. (more)

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Fitbit's Versa 2 moves beyond steps and calories with improved sleep-tracking features. Fitbit's Versa 2 smartwatch launches on Sept. 15, starting at $199.95. Compared to the original Versa, the new smartwatch is sleeker, comfier, and more watch-like with its always-on display that shows the time. It's also smarter, with built-in Amazon Alexa voice controls. (more)

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Mark Koester: An Exploration of Mood Tracking: Can We Measure How We Feel? I’m not depressed and not particularly prone to the “blues” either. I do have waxing and waning motivation and drive though. In fact, I tend to be a good mood most of the time and quite productive too (more)

Gyroscope Wants To Help You Track Everything About Yourself And Share It With The World. Software developer Anand Sharma... He volunteered this information on a web app called AprilZero that he built to help him track everything about himself last year. Now he wants to help you track everything about yourself so you can share it with the world, too, using a broader version called Gyroscope. (more)