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3. UV SENSOR
   The first battery-free wearable
   UV sensor is a tiny monitor that
   talks to a smartphone. Launching
   2019, by Fuseproject, for La
   Roche-Posay, laroche-posay.com


4. SMART SCALE
   Fitbit’s update of its ‘Aria’
   smart scale offers an app-
   controlled way to track weight,
   body fat, BMI and lean mass.
   $130, by Fitbit, fitbit.com


5. TOOTHBRUSH
   An app-supported, dentist-
   designed toothbrush that
   tracks brushing habits, as well
   as teeth and gum health.
   From £80, by Dentii, dentii.co.uk


6. POSTURE TRACKER
   Prana’s posture tracker, which
   is still in development, attaches
   to a waistband and assists the
   correction of breathing and
   posture in real time. prana.co


7. HAIRBRUSH
   This smart hairbrush, launched
   by Withings, now in the hands
   of Nokia Health and still in
   development, monitors hair
   health. health.nokia.com

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The new app-controlled grooming

devices use Wi-Fi and near-field

communication to transmit useful

data to your phone, from real-time

correction of habits (posture,

breathing, sun exposure) to diagnostic

information (body fat percentage,

oral health status, hair moisture levels),

visualised in user-friendly ways.

ILLUSTRATOR: MAGDA ANTONIUK WRITER: EMMA MOORE

BORN AGAIN

French lighting manufacturer DCW

Éditions has a knack for unearthing

era-defining designs of the past

and reworking them beautifully for

a modern world. Among its latest

launches are some of the minimalist

masterpieces of midcentury lighting

designer Jacques Biny. Modest,

pared-back, functional yet refined

forms were his signature, brilliantly

exemplified by his ‘Box’ lights, created

in 1958. DCW has tweaked the original

technologies of the ‘Box’, adding

integrated, removable LED technology

and making the lamp’s original fins

adjustable, allowing light to be steered

in different directions. The ‘Biny’ lamp

comes in table (pictured right) or wall

form, with customisable colour

options, and it has also been combined

with the ‘Biny Spot’ to create a new

piece, ‘Biny Bedside’.

‘Biny Table’ lamp, £300, by Jacques

Biny, for DCW Éditions, dcw-editions.fr

LOOK

SMART

A new era of tech-driven

grooming is a click away

When a prototype for the world’s first

smart hairbrush launched in 2017, it

seemed like a new era of tech-driven,

diagnostic grooming was dawning.

The hairbrush is still in development,

but it promises to become a battery-

fuelled detangler using an inbuilt

microphone to collect data about

split ends and frizziness, conductivity

sensors to assess how dry hair is, and

technology to measure brushing force.

Health and beauty devices designed to

diagnose without human intervention

is an evolving area, but we are looking

forward to integrating the first

wearable UV sensor, an app-supported

toothbrush by Dentii, posture trackers

and smart scales into our lives.

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