Healthy-living wearables steal the show

Las Vegas

FROM bracelets that measure body fat to robots that coach children through chemotherapy, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) brimmed with gadgets promising prescriptions for healthier lives.

Innovations on display by companies such as California-based Neurosky and Melomind of Paris involved measuring brain activity for reducing stress.

"There are more wearable health gadgets here than ever before," NPD analyst Stephen Baker told AFP. "That is one of the top two or three categories that people are interested in; there are lots of small companies trying to find their way into an exploding market."

While the show floor was awash in stylish wrist wear for measuring activity, sleep, and even mo…