Wearables

  UK-based pet-tech company, PitPat, are taking the lead and tackling the current problem of dog obseity. The company's dog activity monitor is making a big difference to the health of their existing ‘Pack’ of app users who recently burnt over 240 million collective calories which is the equivalent of around 1 million Big Macs.

Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries with every fibre of its being. The bandage consists of electrically conductive fibres coated in a gel that can be individually loaded with infection-fighting antibiotics, tissue-regenerating growth factors, painkillers or other medications.

Wireless charging is the next big wave in portable electronics. And, as Maxim Integrated’s Scott Kim, Nazzareno Rossetti and Raymond Park explain, the elimination of charging cables will change the landscape for powering wearable devices.

Wout Mattaar, Business Development Manager - Healthcare & Medical, Murata Electronics Europe, explains how to get the best out of this dynamic sector. The market for wearable technology is finally taking off. A combination of steadily improving semiconductor price/performance ratios, changing social trends and the emergence of an ecosystem of smartphones, apps and cloud-based services have made wearable technologies much more useful, aff...

With the emerging technological trends, smartphones and wearable devices are becoming smart and more advanced. However, the dependence on power source still limits the performance of these devices. Mirza Shujaur Rahman, Senior Research Analyst, Electronics & Semiconductor Practice, MarketsandMarkets, explains.

Most football fans have seen players get hit so hard they can barely walk back to the sideline. All too often in years past, those players were back on the field just a few plays later, despite suffering what appeared to be a head injury. While football-related concussions have been top of mind in recent years, people have struggled to create technology to accurately measure them in real time.

As our modern society pushes ever forward toward greater efficiency and productivity, even breast pump technology is getting the 21st century upgrade. The Lilu is a powered bra that has a built-in massager that does what women have been told to do for ages: compress your breasts to produce more milk and to prevent blocked milk ducts. The Lilu is not itself a pump, but is compatible with most commonly used brands. It can be used in conjunctio...

  Accutronics will be exhibiting a range of products from Ultralife Corporation at this year’s Compamed trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany, from November 13-16. This will include Ultralife’s Thin Cell battery range for wearable medical devices and smart batteries for medical carts. Accutronics will be exhibiting from stand G01, in hall 8b.

Scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a new algorithm that enables smartwatches to detect and record your every move, without being told beforehand what to look for. Current smartwatches can recognise a limited number of particular activities, including yoga and running, but these are programmed in advance. This new method enables the technology to discover activities as they happen, not just simply when exercising, but a...

In the technical consumer goods arena smartphones are again the powerhouse. In addition to a new record in global demand for smartphones in the first half of 2017, the average selling price (ASP) also increased. These are GfK's findings for the global telecom market on the occasion of IFA 2017 in Berlin. GfK data shows that, between January and June 2017, 700 million smartphones were sold worldwide.