Jon Lipsey

Jon Lipsey is the founder of Unfiltered, a media platform covering health, fitness, technology and human performance. He is the former editor of Men's Fitness magazine and has spent more than 20 years reporting on the science and business of the health industry. He has interviewed leading figures across performance medicine, longevity science and sports business.

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MIND Explainer

What are brain-monitoring wearables and how do they measure neural activity?

Wearable health technology has spent the past decade focused on the body. Smartwatches measure heart rate. Smart rings track sleep and recovery. Continuous glucose monitors observe metabolic responses. The next frontier may be the brain. Brain-monitoring wearables represent an emerging category of consumer neurotechnology designed to capture electrical activity produced by the brain and translate…

ByJon LipseyMarch 22, 20260Comments

TECH

Microsoft launches health Copilot to integrate AI assistants with medical and wearable data

Microsoft has unveiled a new health-focused version of its Copilot system, signalling a major push into AI-powered personal health assistants. The platform is designed to analyse and interpret multiple streams of health data, including medical records and data generated by wearable devices. By combining these datasets, the system aims to help users better understand their…

ByJon LipseyMarch 19, 20260Comments

TECH

What is predictive health AI and how does it work in sleep technology?

Sleep has quietly become one of the most valuable windows into human health. Over the past decade, wearable devices and sensor platforms have made it possible to capture detailed physiological data while people sleep. What began as consumer sleep tracking has evolved into something far more significant: the development of predictive health AI systems that…

ByJon LipseyMarch 19, 20260Comments

TECH Explainer

What is gesture control in wearable devices and how does it work?

Wearable devices are evolving from passive health trackers into interactive computing platforms. One of the technologies driving this shift is gesture control — the ability for a device to interpret hand or finger movements as digital commands. Gesture control wearables detect subtle muscle signals or motion patterns and translate them into inputs for digital systems…

ByJon LipseyMarch 19, 20260Comments

GEAR

Oura acquires Doublepoint to expand gesture-controlled wearable AI ecosystem

Oura acquires gesture startup Doublepoint Wearable health company Oura has acquired Doublepoint, a startup developing gesture-recognition technology that allows users to control digital devices through subtle hand movements. The move expands Oura’s capabilities beyond health tracking and into human–computer interaction, positioning the smart ring as a potential control interface for broader digital ecosystems. Doublepoint’s technology…

ByJon LipseyMarch 18, 20260Comments

NUTRITION Explainer

What is a fasting-mimicking diet and how does it influence metabolic and ageing pathways?

For decades, fasting has been studied as one of the most powerful metabolic interventions affecting health and longevity. In laboratory animals, calorie restriction and fasting can extend lifespan, improve metabolic resilience, and influence cellular repair mechanisms. The challenge has always been practical: prolonged fasting is difficult to maintain. The fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) emerged as an…

ByJon LipseyMarch 17, 20260Comments

BUSINESS Vanguard

Meet the man building the “CES of longevity”

For eight years, Phil Newman has watched the longevity megatrend gather momentum. As founder and CEO of First Longevity and Editor-in-Chief of Longevity Technology, he has had a front row seat as the industry evolved from niche curiosity to cultural phenomenon. Now he’s building a stage of his own. The Longevity Show, launching this June…

ByJon LipseyMarch 9, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

Symptoms of hidden dental infections and why they are often missed

Hidden dental infections are chronic, low-grade infections in the teeth, surrounding tissues, or jawbone that often produce minimal local symptoms but may contribute to systemic inflammation and ongoing health issues. They challenge one of the most deeply held assumptions in dentistry: that pain equals problem, and absence of pain equals health. In many cases, that…

ByJon LipseyMarch 9, 20260Comments

HEALTH Explainer

Root canals and autoimmune disease: what the science says

Root canals and autoimmune disease are often linked through theories of chronic inflammation and immune activation, but current scientific evidence does not establish a clear, direct causal relationship. This is one of the most contested topics in modern dentistry. Biological dentistry often treats root canal-treated teeth as potential contributors to systemic illness. Conventional dentistry, by…

ByJon LipseyFebruary 20, 20260Comments

HEALTH

The pill made from someone else’s microbiome

Gut health firm Viome has announced a partnership with Microsoft to build an AI infrastructure for the human microbiome - a move that could mark the next frontier in personalised health. At first glance, it sounds like a routine tech deal. In reality, it’s a major step toward programmable biology. Inside the partnership Viome’s goal…

ByJon LipseyFebruary 6, 20260Comments

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