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Andy O'Donoghue

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
289 total appearances

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The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And it sort of tricks your brain into feeling cooler or warmer overall.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And it's been reviewed incredibly well by the users.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

There is some clinical evidence to show that it helps manage hot flushes.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

It's very sleek.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

It has a watch-like design.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

It's about 300 euros.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

But for anybody, as you mentioned, menopause, anyone navigating menopause or managing, you know, maybe air-conditioned office environments, things like that.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

It's a very clever device.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

If anyone does have one and they text you, I'd love to know what people think of them.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

The Apollo Neuro is, again, one of these new sort of devices designed by neuroscientists that uses soothing vibrations to, in a sense, physically train your nervous system to recover from stress.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

So you strap it to your wrist or your ankle, and you open the app, and you select a mode like clear and focused or deep sleep, and it emits low-frequency sound waves that you feel as gentle vibrations.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And those vibrations...

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

The makers say signal safety to the brain.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And the idea is it rapidly brings you out of kind of that fight or flight mode.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And again, there's a published clinical analysis that shows that it does improve HRV, the heart rate variability and focus.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And you can wear it very discreetly on the wrist or ankle.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And I think for people who might get overstressed at work or the anxious traveler, it's a nice thing to have on your body, wherever you want to wear it, that actually does something to help you calm down in real time.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

Yeah, it kind of is.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

And Matt, there are so many of these.

The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Tech Thursday: The Pivot From Fitness To Wellness Gadgets

I mean, this wellness market is just doing so well.