{"id":948,"date":"2024-06-15T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/15\/smart-rings-england-stars-spotted-wearing-device-popular-with-celebrities-including-kim-kardashian-but-can-it-help-them-at-euro-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T12:01:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T12:01:29","slug":"smart-rings-england-stars-spotted-wearing-device-popular-with-celebrities-including-kim-kardashian-but-can-it-help-them-at-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/15\/smart-rings-england-stars-spotted-wearing-device-popular-with-celebrities-including-kim-kardashian-but-can-it-help-them-at-euro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart rings: England stars spotted wearing device popular with celebrities including Kim Kardashian \u2013 but can it help them at Euro 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The England team are taking no chances ahead of Euro 2024 as they sport titanium health rings worn by some of the world\u2019s biggest celebrities.<\/p>\n

As the team trained for their first Euro 2024 against Serbia on Sunday, manager Gareth Southgate<\/strong> was spotted wearing an Oura tracking ring.<\/p>\n

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Midfielder Conor Gallagher was spotted wearing one too and defender John Stones once described his as \u201caddictive\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re beaming with pride when we see these elite athletes choose Oura, that\u2019s really cool,\u201d said Dororthy Kilroy, the company\u2019s chief commercial officer, to Sky News.<\/p>\n

So what is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wearable trackers like the Oura ring monitor aspects of the wearer\u2019s health<\/strong>, like their sleep, heart rate, stress levels and periods of activity.<\/p>\n

For most of us, they can remind us to look after ourselves. For athletes, they can help them reach peak performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ring is now extremely sophisticated,\u201d said Joao Bocas, a wearables expert who runs the digital healthcare company Salutem.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt records the heart rate, variability in skin temperature and resting heart rate. [The new model] offers the blood oxygen sensor sensing capabilities, it even offers life insights about daytime stress and resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n

So will it give England the edge?<\/strong><\/p>\n

England are already favourites to win the Euros but the men\u2019s team have never lifted a trophy at the competition.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll be looking for anything that will help them bring home some silverware.<\/p>\n

Dave Thomas works with England\u2019s Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the UK Sports Institute where he leads on \u201cfuture technology\u201d.<\/p>\n

He says the ring may offer the England team\u2019s sports scientists another perspective on how their players are getting on during the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a sporting environment, you have a number of different wearables for different contexts,\u201d Mr Thomas told Sky News.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey give indications of whether [the athletes] could be about to come down with a bug or they\u2019re overloaded.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can give the sports scientists or the coaches that indication that we need to back off a little bit and give them a bit of a rest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Thomas pointed out that while he usually works with wearables that aren\u2019t commercially available, trackers like the Oura ring can be more convenient for the athletes \u2013 which means they actually use them.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Commercial trackers] are reliable and there\u2019s a low faff factor. Whereas a lot of the stuff, as you increase the level of measurement precision that you want and accuracy and confidence, that builds more hassle around the athlete.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally they just want to concentrate on playing, concentrate on training and concentrate on resting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are trackers like this the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Health trackers have been around since the 1960s \u2013 there was always a dusty pedometer in the kitchen drawer growing up \u2013 but there\u2019s been a boom in the market recently.<\/p>\n

Celebrities have jumped onboard, with Kim Kardashian, Prince Harry and Gwyneth Paltrow all donning Oura rings, which can cost in the range of \u00a3300-\u00a3550.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is definitely a trend of \u2018fashion tech\u2019, of being seen wearing the latest gadget,\u201d says Mr Bocas.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I also think COVID-19 raised our awareness of what is important [in terms of our health].\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Kilroy from Oura agrees. She thinks the pandemic set off the growing demand for wearable health tech.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all felt very out of control of our health, right? Things were happening and we were rushing to Google to get answers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo having access to your own data about how your body is doing \u2013 I think being able to understand that and being empowered with that data yourself, once you get a taste of that, it\u2019s actually feels really liberating.\u201d<\/p>\n

But according to Mr Bocas, we won\u2019t be wearing health jewellery for long.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn five, 10 years\u2019 time, the wearables we\u2019re seeing today will become obsolete, the bracelets, the rings, the watches,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology has advanced so much that we have sensors that will go in our clothes, in our belts, in our glasses, in our shoes. Even, if I can be a bit controversial here, implantable skin sensors where we won\u2019t need to wear anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, England fans will be hoping the ring on some of the team\u2019s fingers will be enough to make them champions.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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