Wearables

Empatica Inc has received clearance from the FDA for Embrace, its award-winning smart watch. Embrace uses AI to monitor for the most dangerous kinds of seizures, known as 'grand mal' or 'generalised tonic-clonic' seizures, and send an alert to summon caregivers' help. In a multi-site clinical study, 135 patients diagnosed with epilepsy were admitted to top level IV epilepsy monitoring units for continuous monitoring with video-EEG, while sim...

A team of researchers at UC San Diego and San Diego State University has developed a pair of '4D goggles' that allows wearers to be physically 'touched' by a movie when they see a looming object on the screen, such as an approaching spacecraft. The device was developed based on a study conducted by the neuroscientists to map brain areas that integrate the sight and touch of a looming object and aid in their understanding of the perceptual an...

After the lasting successes of Smartphones and Smart TV’s, wearable technology has emerged as the next big player in the technology field. The 'quantified self' ideology (logging a person’s life to bring objectivity to areas normally clouded by feelings and impressions) is beginning to catch on in Europe, and German industry association Bitkom forecasts wearable revenues to climb to as much as 8.8 billion euros in 2018.

According to Statista, there were 453 million connected wearable devices worldwide in 2018, a figure that is predicted to increase to 593 million this year. While, the market is currently dominated by smart watches, you may be surprised at the benefits wearables can bring to a manufacturing facility. Jonathan Wilkins, Marketing Director of EU Automation explains how wearables could transform your factory.

Contactless technology company, Fidesmo, and Bravida, access control systems company, have announced their partnership to bring more flexibility and choice to users. This collaboration enables the use of watches, cards and other gadgets connected to Fidesmo as the key carrier in Bravida’s customers access systems.

The majority of people today will be wearing or have previously worn a wearable device of some sort. It is safe to say wearables are a huge part of the technology industry nowadays and it is impressive to look at how much they have progressed, and how much more advanced they soon will be. Electronic Specifier's Anna Flockett went along to this month’s Hardware Pioneers event which was all about developing wearable products in IoT and the op...

BIOCORP has announced that is has received CE marking for its smart cap Easylog. "CE marking for Easylog is a significant step for BIOCORP. Our ambition is to develop and market innovative devices boosting compliance, a key factor for the successful treatment of chronic conditions such as diabetes. Easylog device, which generates interest of many industrial players internationally, brings an extra dimension to the customi...

It combines a new way to deliver drugs, via a micro-needle patch, with drugs that are known to turn energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat. This approach developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) reduced weight gain in mice on a high fat diet and their fat mass by more than 30% over four weeks.

A cooling device that has been improving strength and endurance in mostly male athletes for 15 years is finding new uses in helping people with multiple sclerosis live normal lives, preventing overheating in Ebola workers and cooling working dogs. In a recent trial in women, it helped frosh participants perform hundreds of pushups in an hour. The idea itself isn’t new. The mitten-like device is designed and built to draw heat out of th...

  Sick or lost dogs cannot call for help, so a new biomonitor interprets their needs as SMS messages to owners. The TAIL collar-mounted device includes temperature and GPS sensors, which monitor health and activity. Having a dog in the family brings many pleasures. Yet the closeness also entails frustration and worry.