Wearables

  If you were at the Wearable Technology Show this year you will not have missed Illuminated Apparel and its laser glowing t-shirts. Not only did its t-shirts attract a crowd, the company set up by Rob Manley was also highly commended in the Wearable Innovation category of The Wearable Awards 2017.

A new electronic ski binding that can change position on the go – and is controlled via a remote control in the pole - has been developed by Rottefella in partnership with Semcon in Norway. The finished product will be introduced to the market in 2018. All cross-country skiers are looking for the best possible grip uphill and the best glide downhill. The position of the binding has a great impact and can already be adjusted t...

It is now possible for designers of primary cell wearable medical and fitness applications to significantly reduce solution size by 50% and extend battery life with the MAX20310 ultra-low quiescent current (IQ) Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) from Maxim Integrated Products. The wearable PMIC supports a low input voltage of 0.7V for new high-energy density battery architectures such as Zinc Air and Silver Oxide, as well as the more comm...

Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. His motions were slow and deliberate, but then Kochevar hadn’t moved his right arm or hand for eight years. And it took some practice to reach and grasp just by thinking about it. Kochevar, who was paralysed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world to have arm and hand mo...

Garmin International has introduced the Forerunner 935. The new flagship multisport device from Garmin will bring the latest generation of physiological analytic capabilities from Firstbeat Technologies to the Forerunner series for the first time. The three new Firstbeat training features - Anaerobic Training Effect, Training Load, and Training Status - debuted earlier this year in the Garmin Fenix 5 series, which was named as a CES 2017 Innovati...

Gloves embedded with tiny sensors are being developed by Nottingham Trent University to help protect construction workers from exposure to vibration. Led by Professor Tilak Dias, of the School of Art & Design, the technology aims to alert wearers to when they experience vibrations likely to cause conditions such as vibration white finger and carpal tunnel syndrome.

  ALPS Electric has developed the 'SKTA series' Surface Mount TACT Switch with Projection (IP67 Equivalent), well suited for side controls on thin smartphones and other wearable electronics applications demanding compact dimensions and dust and water resistance.

A bracelet with a unique ”panic grip” - featuring a built-in mobile phone and GPS system - has been developed by a former industrial design student at Lund University in Sweden. The device doesn’t require a base station in your home. The mobile bracelet can be programmed with up to seven phone numbers. When activated, the microphone and speakers are switched on, phone calls are made to the chosen phone numbers, and your GPS...

At the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center scientists are working on figuring out how young deaf kids adjust to their new cochlear implants and how they utilise the technology to study the world around them. While the devices liberate the hearing sense, children with cochlear implants are not as quick to learn new words as children with normal hearing. The research team has setup a special play room that has a bunch of cameras that c...

  With the highest efficiency and lowest quiescent current (IQ) of only 300nA, the MAX17222 nanoPower boost regulator from Maxim Integrated Products enables the longest battery life in the smallest form factor for wearable and consumer IoT designs.