Wearables

Researchers are using crash test dummies, with Diversified Technical Systems (DTS) data recorders, to test American football helmets in the lab to improve player safety on the field.

In an effort to make digital smartwatches more convenient for their users, researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Waterloo have produced a prototype watch face that moves in five different directions. With the ability to rotate, hinge, translate, rise and orbit, the model dramatically improves functionality and addresses limitations of today's fixed-face watches. The concept, named Cito, will be presented on May 10 at the ACM...

Komodo OpenLab has released a new device that lets severely paralysed people operate Android and iOS tablets and smartphones, as well as other devices, using standard accessibility tools such as sip and puff controllers, buttons, and switches. The new Tecla-e provides wireless connectivity with the devices it controls, which can also include lights, powered doors, and smart television remotes.

  Laser headphones have been designed by a company called Spark. For many months, the company has worked on developing the headphones and creating prototypes and it has also started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign in order to make them available to all.

  Hill-Rom Holdings has announced the introduction of the Monarch Airway Clearance System. Building on decades of leadership with The Vest Airway Clearance System, the Monarch system represents Hill-Rom's debut in mobile therapy and the next chapter in the company's patient-centered respiratory care solutions.

Yesterday, Garmin International, announced the vívosmart 3, the latest addition to their popular vivo series health and fitness trackers. The vívosmart 3 relies on Firstbeat technology to deliver high-end fitness monitoring tools, like automatic VO2max fitness level detection with a new interpretation, Fitness Age, accurate Calorie Counts, and for the first time All-day Stress tracking.

Thanks to a new innovation developed by UK-based engineering and design consultancy Plextek, a far reaching impact could soon be had on the early diagnosis and treatment of debilitating hearing conditions such as tinnitus, that currently affects over 300 million people worldwide. Plextek’s new prototype has been designed for integration within standard everyday consumer headphones and has been proven to reliably detect the early signs of ti...

With many different smartwatches on the market today, you can do almost everything from the palm of your hand; from answering your phone, to measuring your heart rate. However, now imagine an additional  device on your smartwatch that lets you control all the functions through a gesture of the wrist.

Ultralife has strengthened its Thin Cell range of primary (non-rechargeable) lithium manganese dioxide (Li-MnO2) pouch-cell batteries. The higher energy density and slim form factor of Ultralife’s Thin Cell technology makes them well suited for use in the next gen of internet connected and wearable devices in sectors including medical, banking, highways, logistics, warehousing and security.

A study has found that people with a prosthesis attached directly to their skeleton can hear by means of vibrations in their implant. This sound transmission through bones is an important part of osseoperception - sensory awareness of the patient's surroundings provided by their prosthesis. The discovery sheds new light on the tactile and auditory perception of humans and can be used to develop improved prostheses.