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West 18th Street, NYC Wellness and health, Hi Res Audio, VR and IoT devices...just some of the areas with practical products on display at last week's CES Unveiled NYC event... Some ( more ) Highlights: From a company founded as a spinoff from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology in 1996- QUELL is a drug-free, pain relief- retail product that sells for $249 that - we asked -is not reimbursed by health insurance...at least not yet. Wearable Intensive Nerve Stimulation-is a beefed up strap -band-with electrodes-wrap around upper calf, click the button to start relief-stimulates the nerves in upper calf carrying neural pulses to the brain natural pain relief center...which then sends "endogenous opioids"released within spinal cord where pain signals are blocked in one's body. Not a cure for what ails (like arthritis, diabetes, etc)...but allows for less pain meds...based on study of 88 people. Very interesting. FDA cleared, B...

There are so much 'stuff' for sale-for in/out door fitness activities---it's surprising how expensive similar products are. Excluding combing through yard sales/eBay…more time efficient and with a warranty (plus) are the new product offerings by the appropriately named, iFIT …including their ACTIVE Fitness Tracker that does what pricier versions do but sells for $79.99 -pairs wirelessly-to sync with the iFIT platform app (iOS/Android) to track activity (steps), calories, and sleep- around  the clock-while also displaying real time (!) --- Just in time for holiday calorie counting -log in your food intake for that stat too, plus access iFit's library of food/recipes for (theoretically) healthier eating---and there's even a barcode scanner that helps in doing that. Plus there is the capability to send/receive messages with those who also have who are iFIT app enabled-show up on the tracker. TMI? Maybe but we thought the functionality/price ratio exceptional -...