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Even crystal-covered, solar-powered step counters, SMS-sending pillboxes, and wooden baby-monitoring machines were unveiled in Las Vegas’s Sands Convention Centre.

Below are 10 of the top healthy gadgets to keep your 2015 resolutions in check.

Muse: The Brain Sensing Headband

This hi-tech headband looks like a pair of smartglasses without the glass. The Muse band sits across your forehead and behind your ears, placing sensors on your face that founder Ariel Garten tells News Corp Australia uses “clinical grade EEG” or electroencephalography to monitor your brain’s activity. With an app, users learn how to calm their brain, achieving “states of focused attention” they can use in daily life. Exercises for just three minutes a day are recommended for the best results. Ms Garten says the device will be coming to Australia this year, though local pricing is unconfirmed.

$US299/choosemuse.com

Brain-sensing headband ... this hi-tech headband looks like a pair of smartglasses without the glass. Picture: Muse Source: Supplied

Misfit Swarovski Shine

Fitness-tracking brand Misfit has not just add sparkle with its newest top model, but the violet crystal-covered device is also solar-powered. Due out in June, the wrist-worn gadget features solar panels beneath the Swarovski crystal top that can charge itself from indoor and outdoor light. Another crystal-covered version of the Shine will be out in March, with a range of crystal-covered bracelet and necklace accessories.

$TBA/misfit.com

Tricella Liif

Yes, even pillboxes can connect to the internet. Tricella has created two Bluetooth-connected pillboxes which can remind the user, or their family members, when medication hasn’t been taken at the right time. The pillboxes, available in a four-dose model and seven-dose variety, connect to an Apple or Google Android app so users can set up SMS or email alerts, creator Daniel Weng says. Sensors in each chamber monitor when pills are moved, and an alert can be sent to a caregiver if they’re not removed at the right time. Due out in June.

$US45-55/tricella.com

Medicine monitor ... a new Bluetooth-connected pillbox reminds users when to take their meds. Picture: Tricella Source: Supplied

Epson M-Tracer Golf Swing Analyser

Golf is a forgotten area for fitness trackers, but Epson plans to change that in March. The firm best known for printers has created an attachment for the handle of golf clubs that packs in an accelerometer and gyroscope that captures 1000 data points with every swing and uploads the move to an app, where it can be viewed in three dimensions.

$US299/epson.com

Golf swing analyser ... golfers can perfect their swing. Picture: Epson Source: Supplied

Bellabeat Shell

This unassuming wooden gadget is much more advanced than it looks. The aptly named Shell works as a pinard horn to amplify the sound of an unborn baby’s heart rate and transfer it, using Bluetooth, to an app where it can be recorded. After birth, this device can be turned around and used as a baby monitor with alerts sent to a smartphone.

$US149/bellabeat.com

Mother’s love ... the shell amplifies an unborn baby’s heart and transfers it to an app for recording. Picture: Bella Beat Source: Supplied

Fitbit Surge

The leading fitness gadget brand is poised to step into the smartwatch space with its latest creation. Launched in American stores at CES, the Fitbit Surge features a large OLED screen, GPS chip for tracking runs, Bluetooth connection for delivering SMS messages and call alerts, in addition to controlling music playback, automatic sleep detection, step and staircase counting, and a heart-rate monitor on the back of the device. As the pulse monitor works continuously, the Surge can assess your literal resting heart rate (as you sleep). The Surge will arrive in Australia early this year.

$299.95/Fitbit.com

Fitness watch ... the Fitbit Surge features a GPS chip for tracking runs. Picture: Fitbit Source: Supplied

SleepPhones

They’re billed as pyjamas for your ears as creator Wei-Shin Lai says they’re designed to play soothing music, white noise, or ocean sounds into your ears to help you drift off to sleep. “You can also block out snoring with them,” she told News Corp. SleepPhones look like a fluffy, comfortable headband but inside they hold a pair of thin, removable speakers to deliver music to your ears. Naturally, SleepPhones are wireless and deliver music from your phone over a Bluetooth connection.

$US99/sleepphones.com

PJs for ears ... SleepPhones can deliver music from your phone. Picture: SleepPhones Source: Supplied

Connected Cycle

Upgrading the humble bicycle into a smart device will be possible by adding this pedal. The Connected Cycle pedal looks standard but it fits to the bicycle with special screws that, its makers say, make it difficult to remove. The pedal features a GPS chip for tracking its route, and a mobile connection for sending alerts when it is moved. It also records speed and incline information that it uploads to the cloud. The pedal is due out midyear.

$USTBA/connectedcycle.com

Bike lovers ... the Connected Cycle pedal is equipped with GPS and GPRS sensors that are powered by cycling and can help locate a bicycle in case of theft. Picture: AFP/Robyn Beck Source: AFP

Withings Activite Pop

This smartwatch looks more “watch” than “smart”. The new Withings activity tracker, launched at CES, looks like an analog timepiece, with the only clue to its activity tracking an extra dial on its face that acts as a progress gauge for your daily step count. The watch also automatically tracks sleep, can be used to track swims, connects to phones with Bluetooth, and can vibrate silently to wake only you.

$US150/withings.com

Smartwatch ... the Withings activity tracker can gauge your daily step count. Picture: Withings Source: Supplied

Tao Chair

Perhaps sitting down isn’t so unhealthy after all. Tao Wellness unveiled its prototype of a chair for doing isometric exercises. Pressure sensors are packed into the unusual chair’s arms that you can push and pull with your limbs to perform seated exercises. The fitness-centric chair is due for release late this year.

$USTBA/tao-wellness.com

Tao Chair ... this chair lets you do isometric exercises. Picture: Tao Wellness Source: Supplied