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Category: Wearables

  • Crowdfunded “smart sock” monitors baby’s breathing

    http://www.owletcare.com Owlet Baby Monitors has created a baby “smart sock” with sensors that transmit a child’s heart rate, oxygen levels, skin temperature, sleep quality, and sleep position (rollover alerts) to a parent’s smartphone.  The company has launched a crowdfunding campaign as it goes through the FDA approval process.

  • Health tracking sensors embedded in commonly used items

    http://teddytheguardian.com/fp-sections/about/ Health tracking technology is becoming increasingly accessible and aesthetically pleasing. Examples include Teddy the Guardian, a cute teddy bear used to monitor children’s health.  It measures a child’s heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and body temperature, and sends the data using wireless technologies to a paqrent’s smartphone.  Miniature and advanced sensors will continue to…

  • Angel Health Monitor – Open platform, wearable vital sign sensors

    http://www.angelsensor.com/index.html The Angel Health Monitor is an open platform and SDK that senses motion and acceleration, skin temperature, blood oxygen saturation, and heart rate.  It was created by Eugene Jorov in Israel and will launch a crowdfunding campaign soon.  Developers will be able to use Angel to create apps for iPhone, Android, and other devices…

  • Transcranial direct current stimulation headset receives FCC approval

    http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/162581-foc-us-the-first-commercial-tdcs-headset-that-lets-you-safely-overclock-your-brain The Foc.us headset is an early player in the wave of non-invasive devices that will enable improved brain function.  It passes direct current between the cathode and anode, which are placed over the prefrontal cortex, making neurons more excitable.  This helps them to fire more quickly, improving reaction time. When the currents are removed,…

  • Home medical device data uploaded to EHRs; patient participation encourages behavior modification

    http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/07/28/century-house-call/tdupWvOQI6b3dKdKcEgdGM/story.html Boston’s Partners HealthCare has launched a system that allows patients to upload information from their medical devices directly to their electronic records in doctors’ offices.  Patients can regularly use glucometers, blood pressure cuffs, bathroom scales, and pulse oximeters at home, and send the data to their doctors.  Doctors are also becoming increasingly interested in…

  • Contact lens continuously monitors intra-ocular pressure

    http://www.sensimed.ch/en/products/sensimed-triggerfishr.html The Sensimed Triggerfish combines a non-invasive wireless soft contact lens sensor with an automated system for recording IOP related patterns for up to 24 hours. The ambulatory patient wears the device during normal activity, including sleeping.  At the end of the session, the data is transferred from the recorder to an ophthalmologist’s computer for analysis…

  • Berkeley researchers develop touch responsive “e-skin”

    http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/07/21/first-interactive-e-skin-built-on-plastic/ Berkeley professor Ali Javey has developed a user-interactive sensor network on flexible plastic. The “e-skin” lights in response to touch, emitting a brighter light as pressure intensifies.  Javey’s lab is now engineering the sensor to also respond to temperature and light.

  • Apple developing health focused iWatch

    http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/18/apple-stacks-iwatch-team-with-sensor-fitness-experts/ As they prepare to enter the Wearable Technology market, Apple is hiring hardware and software engineers and medical sensor and fitness experts to build a “fitness-oriented, sensor-laden wearable computer.” **Above photo based on rumors only

  • Crowdfunded Google Glass competitor promises “cheaper, sexier” wearable computing

    http://www.glassup.net As the explosive growth of Wearable Technology continues, GlassUp of Italy is crowdfunding their “cheaper, sexier” competitor to Google Glass. Francesco Giartosio, GlassUps’ chief executive, highlights differences between how Google Glass and GlassUp will display data.  Instead of projecting information onto the edge of the glass from an offset projector, GlassUp will use a…