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The new Fitbit smartwatch has a sensor that
actually checks your skin to see how stressed
Fitbit Sense
out you are.

Fitbit announced the release of their Fitbit Sense
($329) with 3 new sensors for temperature, ECG,
and stress. Other feature includes a wrist strap that
detach a lot easier, and a magnetic snap-on
charger which will fully charge the watch in 15
minutes. The GPS ability has been added and the
optical heart-rate sensor promises better accuracy
when running and sleeping.
By Randy Johnson The newest version of the Fitbit software will add
specific SpO2 blood oxygen readings and a daily
Recently, I attended a Zoom presentation about “stress readiness” score. To add to the new line-up
Wearable Health devices. The presentation covered will be the Versa 3 ($230).
the health features of the Apple Watch and the new
Samsung Galaxy 3 watch and their new ECG Although I’ve considered a Apple watch, especially
(electrocardiogram) and stress sensing via an EDA with its “fall detection” sensor, I’ve been a Fitbit us-
(electro dermal activity) galvanic skin response sen- er for several years and my biggest turnoff for the
sor. Apple Watch is having to charge it daily as to
charging my Fitbit every 4 to 5 days.
Not to be left behind in this wearable health battle,

IrfanView

It has been called the Swiss Army Knife or image viewers.
By Jasmine D’Katz

We all may have photos scattered all over our com-
puter and external hard drive and we need a quick
and easy way to view them. And for many of us, we
could use a little multimedia management and
maybe an editing suite for our photos.

Over the years, a few photo editing programs like
Photoshop Elements and Coral Draw have helped
us manage and edit photos and the latest versions
of Photoshop Elements have even included file
management to help us keep track of our photos.
Both programs are somewhat pricey.

I recently attended a Zoom meeting with Central
Florida Computer Society, and I was introduced to
IrfanVeiw so I thought I would give it a try. If you are like me and your hard drives are full of photos that need
organizing, converting, and retouching, this may be the only tool you will need.

Besides being an easy image organization and tagging, program with a featured-packed image editor. If your
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