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If you are tied to your desk or lack the natural draw to be outside, give nature a chance to brighten your day. She can help you relax as you experience her wonderfulness through the eyes and ears of others. Nature will stun you with her beauty! And who knows, you might be tempted to go outside and meet her in person after all.
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RunKeeper, the popular iOS application for keeping track of your runs, walks, and bike rides, has just updated to version 3.5. With this update, users will now get a whole new social way to interact with their fellow runners directly from within the free application.
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All too often, people who are not gamers have this idea that individuals who choose to spend their time playing video games are lazy. Sure, we like to sit around with a controller in our hand and be whisked away to a fantasy world, but that doesn't mean we don't enjoy getting active as well. All video games are strenuous on the mind, but some games can actually give you quite the workout.
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Riding a bicycle is a great way to get exercise, as well as train your body to be physically fit. A key component of training is tracking your progress, and that can be difficult to accomplish without the right tools. With an Android phone, you'll have plenty of apps at your disposal to plan, calculate, and track your bicycle rides.
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If you don't actually think you need professional help you can just test yourself for fun on the Web. You don't even need to visit a serious website to gain an informal assessment of your health, with YouTube videos offering a fun and innovative way of testing various states of being.
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Eye strain is a huge issue for those of us who spend a lot of time looking at screens. Improper screen brightness settings can cause your eyes to fatigue faster, and overly bright screens at night can make it difficult to fall asleep. Wouldn't it be great if there was an app that reduced, or even eliminated, this impact? What about apps that kept your eyeballs from being blinded by overly bright screens when you're in the dark?
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Google's recipe search is handy; but in our calorie counting times, you need accurate (and quick) nutritional information on the food you are gulping down. That's why Google is serving us with nutrition info in the search. With a simple search you can find detailed nutrition information for over 1,000 fruits, vegetables, meats and meals displayed nicely on the right panel.
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After a hectic day, the best thing you can do is to get a beneficial amount of sleep. There are always new studies appearing that prove how important sleep really is to a person, improving everything from your energy and mood to your metabolism. However, it may not be quite as easy to get that much-needed sleep, especially the deep sleep that can make all the difference. It might be a good idea to try a few apps to help you with your sleep.
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In today's world, nothing escapes the fact that we are moving in a direction where quantifying and recording stuff obsessively is sort of the norm. We use Foursquare to check into places, we annoyingly take photos of our meals with Instagram, and we share our thoughts on Twitter. So would it be much of a surprise if we also like to track the number of steps they take, or how much we sleep? Today, we'll put the Fitbit Flex and the Jawbone UP against each other, and decide whether it's the newcomer or veteran who takes home the gold. We'll also be offering both devices, so enjoy the review then remember to join the contest.
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Are you the kind of person who prefers to ride on two wheels instead of four? Do you prefer those wheels be powered by your own strength and not a motor? If so, you just might be a cyclist. Riding a bike is great for exercise, and it helps the environment because you are not using a car with all the emissions and fuel cost that accompany it. We've found four of the best applications for cyclists of all kinds, whether street, mountain, or beyond.
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Everyone has their own reasons for wanting to be in shape, and everyone has different things that motivate them. One very powerful motivator has always been competition - or "gamification" as some people refer to it these days. Another way to use this kind of motivation to drive your exercise regimen is by entering into fitness contests for cold, hard cash.
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Whether your goal is to maintain a healthy weight or lose those extra pounds, keeping track of your weight changes is an essential part of the process. Any obstacle to doing so will eventually halt your efforts. With the Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale, you needn't waste those extra moments - it'll sync your stats and store them for you. Now all you need to do is concentrate on actually exercising. We're giving away a Fitbit Aria, so read on to find out more about it, then join the contest!
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Jawbone, a company that develops human-centered wearable technology and audio devices, announced on Tuesday its new UP Platform for iOS. The new platform adds integration between the UP wristband and app system, which keeps track of your walking and sleep activity as well as your meal and drink intake, and 10 existing iOS apps you might already be using.
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Sitting can kill you or at least cause serious health issues. Unfortunately, many jobs require us to sit at our desks for many hours a day. While it's tough to change what you do for a living, it's pretty easy to change your desk. Being a freelance writer working from home, I struggle with this challenge more than most other professionals. Theoretically, I could work from my bed. I have to make a conscious effort not to sit for too long, get up regularly, walk around, and stretch.
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It's rare for technology to have such a developed presence in what are otherwise considered quite holistic practices, but lucid dreaming is one of those subjects where technology has indeed come a long way. Today I'm going to take a look at lots of different hardware and software that's been developed to help lucid dreamers the world over.
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