Smart Necklace Wearable Device Tracks Smoking Behavior to Improve Success of Smoking Cessation Programs, Study Finds

Medicine & Technology Feb 14, 2023

A new device developed by Northwestern University tracks smoking behavior through sensors worn on the fingertips. Read on to learn how it can aid smoking cessation efforts.

Two-Way Sensor Doubling as ‘Chip-Less’ E-Skin Developed to Analyze Sweat Metrics, Heartbeat, Ultraviolet Exposure

Aug 20, 2022

The ‘Chip-less’ e-skin can be used for analyzing sweat metrics, heartbeat, and even exposure to ultraviolet radiation. Read to know more about this technology.

Bionic Clothing for Mobility Challenged Individual Provides Full Leg Assistance

Jul 20, 2022

Cionic and fuseproject collaborate to build wearable clothing that can enhance, analyze, and predict human movement. Continue reading to know more about the advanced mobility technology and how it can help mobility-challenged individual

Common Cold, Influenza Detectors: How Do These 'Smart' Gadgets Spot a Person with Viral Infection?

Sep 30, 2021

A new study recently suggested that "smart gadgets" such as Apple watches and Fitbits, among others can be used to spot if a person has viral infection days before they become infectious.

New Technology Could Power Wearables Only Using Body Heat

Apr 06, 2021

One persisting limitation for these gadgets, however, is the need to charge them - and new technology could soon overcome this restriction.

Printed Wearable Electronics Could Be Key to Biosensors, Smart Bandages, and Electronic Tattoos

Oct 08, 2019

New electronic printing technique opens doors for customized medical bandages and wearable diagnostic tools, as well as the mass dream of electronic tattoos.

Friends, Not Fitbit, More Predictive of Health, Says Studies

Jun 28, 2019

What the researchers discovered was the social network structure provides a significant improvement in predictability of wellness states of an individual over using the data derived from wearables, like the number of steps or heart rate

Shimmer Partners With ClearSky to Enhance Analysis of Wearable Sensor Data for CNS Diseases

Jun 22, 2019

The excitement is all about the potential for their clinical research customers to leverage ClearSky’s experience and datasets to develop endpoints for a wide variety of CNS disorders based on Verisense data

After Surprise Profits, Blackberry Targets Wearable & Medical Software

Apr 04, 2017

BlackBerry's profit overseeds expectations. With the surprise results, Blackberry is eyeing the wearable industry among other alternate software domains.

Wearable Technology Tends To Overestimate Sleep Hours

Dec 29, 2015

Although these wearables promise to keep track of physical activity and other behaviors, users are warned as they are inaccurately measuring sleep, according to a new research.

Apple's Big Unveil of the Apple Watch

Mar 09, 2015

Ever since Apple gave the world a short glimpse of the Apple Watch, we have been waiting with bated breath to learn more about this latest gadget. Today during the Apple event in San Francisco, Apple CEO Tim Cook lifted the veil of the device revealing many of the details so many have waited anxiously to see.

Google Glass Turns to Intel for Second Generation—Bye Bye TI

Dec 01, 2014

Perhaps one of Google’s more ground-breaking inventions, the Google Glass has made quite a splash since it was released to consumers earlier this summer. A head-mounted device, resembling a pair of glasses, Google Glass has allowed people to surf the internet, take pictures, and see the world in a different light. But the setback was that the first generation of the device was not too popular with the masses, in that its high price-tag in the thousands made it virtually unobtainable to the average consumer. And on top of that, not everyone was quite convinced with the privacy plans put in place.