Abstract: A computer-implemented system for providing recommendations to a user in respect of consumable or topically appliable products, such as food and beverages. At least a part of the system is a body-worn part (e.g., a wearable device). The system includes a product code reader, one or more sensors for obtaining data indicative of one or more physiological/biochemical functions of the user, or indicative of a user environment, and a processor configured to determine product recommendations for products identified using the product code reader, based upon a user's personal biological information and data obtained using the sensor(s). The wearable device can include a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations.

Abstract: A method of setting up a wearable user device to allow a user to scan products and obtain product recommendations based on the user's personal biological/genetic data, using a cartridge to perform a test on the user's personal biological/genetic data via a desktop test control system into which the cartridge is plugged. A user account is associated with a cartridge ID read from the cartridge. The cartridge ID is also read using the wearable user device and passed to the server when the wearable user device is coupled to the test control system, associating the test with the user account. The test control system communicates test results to the server which analyses the test results to generate analysis results. The analysis results are then downloaded to the wearable user device. Product codes are also downloaded to the wearable user device, and stored in association with the product codes.

Abstract: A method of setting up a wearable user device to allow a user to scan products and obtain product recommendations based on the user's personal biological/genetic data, using a cartridge to perform a test on the user's personal biological/genetic data via a desktop test control system into which the cartridge is plugged. A user account is associated with a cartridge ID read from the cartridge. The cartridge ID is also read using the wearable user device and passed to the server when the wearable user device is coupled to the test control system, associating the test with the user account. The test control system communicates test results to the server which analyses the test results to generate analysis results. The analysis results are then downloaded to the wearable user device. Product codes are also downloaded to the wearable user device, and stored in association with the product codes.

Abstract: A wrist-worn device having the form of a continuous loop. The device comprises a plurality of elongate links, each link comprising at least one magnet, the links being connected to form a chain with neighbouring links being pivotable with respect to one another about a pivot axis that is substantially radial with respect to said loop. The magnets of neighbouring links have a respective positioning and polarity to provide an attractive force between the pair of neighbouring links when the pair of neighbouring links are in a side-by-side arrangement, whereby the chain of links has a first configuration in which the links are retained by the attractive force in the side-by-side arrangement, and a second configuration of greater length than the first configuration.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised biological information, a product code reader for reading a product code or data from a product, and a processor for using a read product code or read data to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product. The wearable device further comprises an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised biological information, a product code reader for reading a product code or data from a product, and a processor for using a read product code or read data to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product. The wearable device further comprises an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.

Abstract: A monitoring system for alerting a user to the negative effects of sedentary behaviour, comprising: a memory storing product codes for consumable, topically applied, and/or body-worn products, and data indicating respective product recommendations or from which respective product recommendations can be derived and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: monitor the behaviour of the user by using motion data obtained from one or more inertial sensors worn by the user to identify periods when the user is in a sitting position or other sedentary state; and based on the behaviour of the user, select from at least a subset of the product codes, product codes for which the respective product recommendation is to be modulated. The monitoring system also comprises a visual indicator controllable by the one or more processors to provide a visual indication dependent on the number of selected products codes.

Abstract: An apparatus with a transducer having a first output signal and arranged to receive an electrical input. The transducer switches the first output signal between an ON and OFF state. The apparatus has a chemical sensing surface coupled to the transducer arranged to receive a chemical input. A signal generator oscillates one or more of said inputs to vary the switching point of the transducer. The oscillating input may be the chemical input and/or the electrical input. The output signal may be a pulse whose period ON or OFF is determined by the oscillating input modulated by the chemical input.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised biological information, a product code reader for reading a product code or data from a product, and a processor for using a read product code or read data to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product. The wearable device further comprises an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of comparing one or more genetic traits of two users. Each user has a wearable device storing data indicative of the one or more genetic traits, the data having been obtained by an analysis of a biological sample provided by the user. The method comprises: transmitting the data indicative of the one or more genetic traits from a first of the wearable devices to a first computer device using a short-range wireless data connection; transmitting the data from the first computer device to a second computer device over a data network; transmitting the data from the second computer device to a second of the wearable devices over a short-range wireless data connection; and comparing the data from the first wearable device with the data stored on the second wearable device to determine whether there is a match between the users' one or more genetic traits.

Abstract: Provided is a sensing apparatus comprising a chip for integrated amplification and sequencing of a template polynucleotide in a sample. The apparatus comprises a chip with at least one ISFET in a well or chamber, amplification means for amplifying the template polynucleotide on a surface of said chip and comprising at least one heating means suitable for conducting amplification of the template polynucleotide at temperatures elevated with respect to room temperature, and sequencing means for sequencing the amplified template polynucleotide in said well or chamber. Methods of use are also provided.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing data associated with a personal biology of a user, a short-range wireless transceiver for receiving, from a peer wearable device, data associated with a personal biology of a peer user, and a processor for comparing the received data with the data stored in the memory in order to determine whether or not there is a match. The device further comprises an indicator for generating a visual, audio or other sensory indication of a match when the data is determined to match.

Abstract: Provided is a sensing apparatus comprising a chip for integrated amplification and sequencing of a template polynucleotide in a sample. The apparatus comprises a chip with at least one ISFET in a well or chamber, amplification means for amplifying the template polynucleotide on a surface of said chip and comprising at least one heating means suitable for conducting amplification of the template polynucleotide at temperatures elevated with respect to room temperature, and sequencing means for sequencing the amplified template polynucleotide in said well or chamber. Methods of use are also provided.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing data associated with a personal biology of a user, a short-range wireless transceiver for receiving, from a peer wearable device, data associated with a personal biology of a peer user, and a processor for comparing the received data with the data stored in the memory in order to determine whether or not there is a match. The device further comprises an indicator for generating a visual, audio or other sensory indication of a match when the data is determined to match.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising: a memory configured to store product codes for consumable products and data indicating respective product recommendations or from which product recommendations can be derived; a product code reader for reading product codes from products; one or more inertial sensors for obtaining motion data for a wearer of the device; a visual indicator for providing a visual indication of a product recommendation, using data stored in the memory, in response to a read product code. The wearable device further comprises a processor configured to process the motion data to identify periods when the wearer is in a sitting position or other sedentary state, analyze the occurrence and durations of the periods, and modulate the recommendations accordingly for at least a subset of the product codes, whereby product recommendations change depending upon the identified periods.

Abstract: Provided is a sensing apparatus comprising a chip for integrated amplification and sequencing of a template polynucleotide in a sample. The apparatus comprises a chip with at least one ISFET in a well or chamber, amplification means for amplifying the template polynucleotide on a surface of said chip and comprising at least one heating means suitable for conducting amplification of the template polynucleotide at temperatures elevated with respect to room temperature, and sequencing means for sequencing the amplified template polynucleotide in said well or chamber. Methods of use are also provided.

Abstract: A method of adaptively determining one or more compensation factors in a closed-loop insulin delivery system comprising a continuous glucose level sensor, an insulin pump, and an insulin reservoir, where the system determines an insulin meal bolus taking into account an estimated amount of carbohydrates to be ingested, CHO, a difference between a currently sensed glucose level, G, and a glucose set point, Gsp, and at least one compensation factor, ICR.

Abstract: A wearable device comprising a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations derived from personalised biological information, a product code reader for reading a product code or data from a product, and a processor for using a read product code or read data to perform a look-up in the database to obtain a product recommendation for the associated product. The wearable device further comprises an indicator for providing an indication of the obtained product recommendation to a wearer of the device.

Abstract: Provided is a sensing apparatus comprising a chip for integrated amplification and sequencing of a template polynucleotide in a sample. The apparatus comprises a chip with at least one ISFET in a well or chamber, amplification means for amplifying the template polynucleotide on a surface of said chip and comprising at least one heating means suitable for conducting amplification of the template polynucleotide at temperatures elevated with respect to room temperature, and sequencing means for sequencing the amplified template polynucleotide in said well or chamber. Methods of use are also provided.

Abstract: A surface or bulk acoustic wave device can be implanted in or worn on a human or animal body to monitor various parameters thereof. The device comprises a pair of interdigitated transducers spaced apart over the surface of a piezo-electric substrate that is exposed to the parameter to be monitored. The device is interrogated by a radio-frequency signal being supplied to one of the transducers and detected after reflection by the other transducer. The parameter is measured by comparison of the supplied and received signals.