Just when you thought you ha
d a phone with every cool feature there is, out comes the Wellness Phone.
The prototype Wellness mobile phone from Japan’s NTT DoCoMo was unveiled this week at the CEATEC electronics show outside Tokyo.
It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk.
The phone has an inbuilt motion sensor that detects body movement and calculates how many calories you burn.
The sensor can tell whether you’re walking, running, climbing stairs, or resting, and counts the calories accordingly to tally daily totals.
Hold the phone with outstretched arms, and it turns into a mini body fat calculator. A sensor at the top of the phone takes your pulse from your fingertip.
Worried about bad breath? Use the phone’s breathalyzer. Blow on a tiny hole on the side of the handset for about three seconds and it will tell you.
The Wellness phone also asks questions to assesses stress levels and offers advice.
At the show when a busy spokesman answered “Yes” to a series of questions - including “Do you feel lethargic?” and “Do you go to bed after midnight?” - a message appeared on the screen warning he was under a lot of stress.
“Don’t worry, tomorrow’s a fresh new day,” the phone then flashed. “Keep your chin up!”
Japan has some of the world’s most advanced cell phones, enabling users to surf the Web, check in at airports and play motion games.
DoCoMo has not set a release date or price for the Wellness phone. The Tokyo-based company’s phones are not sold overseas.
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I think it\’s fantastic that technology and wellness are finally fusing together. With obesity and other health-related problems in addition to stress, individuals now have access to a revolution of technology that aides in health efforts, such as the new wellness phone.
Other companies are taking action as well to promote wellness. The Developer, Creative Choice Group, is responsible for Amrit Resort & Residences, which is essentially built around living a healthy, balanced lifestyle. One thing they have done is incorporate technology with wellness in its amenities.
Each suite will come equipped with a Smart Panel, which is a touch screen on the phone. Not only can you order food and make reservations, but you can use it to adjust the environment for meditation and yoga. Whether this means dimming the lighting, play relaxation music, omit a fragrance, etc., in minutes you can change the atmosphere in your home or hotel suite for your daily meditation, yoga or workout routine.
In addition, all guests, residents and club members will be given a Bio Feedback Sensor, which uses patented lie detector technology to measure your stress level. You simply attach the nodes to three fingers and hook the other end to your laptop, and play games that allow for breathing exercises to lower stress level.
These are just some ways how, in addition to the wellness phone, that technology and wellness are becoming one.