Wearables

Using your skin as a touchscreen has been brought a step closer after UK scientists successfully created tactile sensations on the palm using ultrasound sent through the hand. The University of Sussex-led study - funded by the Nokia Research Centre and the European Research Council – is the first to find a way for users to feel what they are doing when interacting with displays projected on their hand.

Plants and trees soak up water in the soil by letting it vaporise through pores in the leaves. Scientists at TU/E have now taken this principle to develop a sweat sensor through which the sweat itself flows at a steady rate and is analysed. Using laser micro-manufacturing, they made minuscule structures in flexible plastic and integrated a small analytic chip. Their work overcomes an important hurdle towards the development of flexible sweat sens...

As part of the increasing level of integration of technology within real time sporting environments, Major League Baseball (MLB) in the US, has approved two wearable devices for use during this season’s games.

To aid the development of motion sensing applications, STMicroelectronics has introduced three additions to its Open.MEMS portfolio of free and software libraries.

GNS is pleased to announce the launch of the Kickstarter campaign for Fitti Guard, a new generation of fitness and environmental tracker. Fitti Guard is the first environmental sensing and protection device that you can wear on your wrist.

Several companies in the wearables sector have employed Royal DSM’s Arnitel thermoplastic elastomer for soft straps, according to the science-based company – these include Samsung for its latest Galaxy Gear S2 smartwatch.

Qihoo 360 has launched a third generation of child-tracking watches, developed again in collaboration with u-blox. Kids Guard 3S, a personal tracker in a tiny and colourful watch format, is designed to monitor the whereabouts of children. "We wanted to offer a high performance tracking solution, accurate enough to reassure parents worried of their child’s whereabouts, as child abduction is a serious concern in China.

Rehabilitation scientist Dan Ding, University of Pittsburgh’s Human Engineering Research Lab, is building algorithms that track activity and calorie expenditure for the mobility-impaired and wheelchair-bound. That means equipping wheelchair-bound study subjects with armbands or wrist watches that use accelerometers to record upper body and arm movements as well with "portable metabolic carts" that use a specialised mask that fits over the n...

Kii has announced a collaboration with innovative technology commercialisation company HOUZE, to help integrate disruptive technologies into consumer and commercial real estate development and buildings. Creating an affordable net-zero energy home specialising in the commercialisation of advanced building technologies is a pillar of the HOUZE mission that Kii is helping to fulfill.

  Sensoria, developer of IoT smart garments and wearable systems, announces its partnership with MYZONE, its next wearable training partner. After the success of Sensoria’s smart sports bra and t-shirt in the market, MYZONE looked to partner with the brand to help it expand into smart garment offerings.