Still deciding about whether to own a wearable? Now is the right time to get one, as prices of the Apple Watch Series 3 smartwatches have dropped. The GPS and Cellular models are now both $80 off at Walmart.
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Rokid, a Chinese innovative technology company specializing in robotics research and AI development, started mass production of its globally anticipated Rokid Glass. The Rokid Glass, designed specifically for enterprise, is a fully standalone Augmented Reality smartglass powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile XR Platform and incorporates voice-activated artificial intelligence (AI) into a powerful, lightweight and fashionable near-eye display.
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Rokid Glass provides an array of practical applications across various industries including manufacturing, engineering, construction, energy development, aerospace, warehousing and logistics. Its proprietary on-device artificial intelligence, and battery life of 4-5 hours for active use and 70 hours standby on a single charge, can help businesses boost their after-sales services and maintenance efficiencies, says a press release.
“We’re thrilled to finally offer Rokid Glass to the mass market,” said Reynold Wu, director of product at Rokid. “Through our beta program, our existing enterprise clients already span across manufacturing, education, medical, mining, maintenance and more. We’re extremely excited to see how our enterprise partners use this assistive device to increase efficiencies.”
Rokid Glass is engineered with a unique and comfortable ergonomic design. The balance point is set at the rear of the device with a forward-leaning upper brim which naturally traces the shape of users’ brows. Unlike traditional nose pads, adjustable nose pads of Rokid Glass accommodate more than 90% of users’ interpupillary distance, while a safety strap keeps Rokid Glass firmly in place in any work environment.
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“Rokid delivers an efficient and practical enterprise smart glass built on the Snapdragon 835 Platform. Rokid Glass’ optimized features including local AI algorithms enabled by the Snapdragon heterogenous compute platform, efficient power consumption and extended battery life demonstrate great strides in transforming industries and business verticals,” said Said Bakadir, director of product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
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There's more to fitness trackers than Fitbit and Garmin: The excellent Coros Pace is a GPS watch that’s perfect for runners and marathoners (and great for other activities as well), and it just got a nice 33% discount on Amazon.
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MediaTek unveiled its groundbreaking 5G chipset, a multi-mode, 7nm 5G system-on-chip (SoC) designed to power the first wave of high-end 5G smartphones at the COMPUTEX. The multi-mode 5G chipset, with MediaTek Helio M70 modem built-in, boasts 7nm process and newest CPU, GPU and APU technology for a big performance boost and super-fast connectivity. It includes Arm’s newest Cortex-A77 CPU, Mali-G77 GPU and MediaTek’s most advanced AI processing unit (APU) to meet the power and performance demands of 5G to deliver super-fast connectivity and extreme user experiences.
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The new chipset is designed for 5G stand alone and non-standalone (SA/NSA) sub-6GHz networks. It supports connectivity from 2G to 4G to bridge existing network access while 5G networks roll out globally, said MediaTek in a press release.
“Everything about this chip is designed for the first wave of flagship 5G devices. The leading-edge technology in this chipset makes it the most powerful 5G SoC announced to date and puts MediaTek at the forefront of 5G SoC design,” said MediaTek President Joe Chen. “MediaTek will power rollouts of 5G premium level devices.”
Lead customers will be able to sample the new chipset in Q3 of 2019 and it’ll be commercially ready by Q1 of 2020. The company will disclose full specifications of the chipset in the coming months.
MediaTek 5G SoC features include:
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“The industry, OEMs and consumers have high expectations for 5G. We are confident devices powered by MediaTek’s 5G chipset, with its impressive architecture, leading imaging features, powerful AI and ultra-fast 5G speeds, will deliver incredible experiences,” said Chen.
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Apple has acquired Tueo Health, a small start-up that was working on an app to help parents monitor asthma symptoms in sleeping children.
Apple hasn’t disclosed how much it paid for the startup that raised a small seed round of $1.1 million in funding in 2017. Tueo’s CEO and co-founder Bronwyn Harris and chief operating officer Anura Patil changed their employer to Apple on their LinkedIn profiles in late 2018, which is likely around the time Apple completed its acquisition of the company, reports CNBC.
The technology developed by Tueo Health can alert parents or caregivers about potential asthma-related issues in sleeping children to help better manage the child’s asthma.
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“Parents of children with asthma know that managing treatment can be an uphill battle. At Tueo Health, we’ve built a digital tool that understands your child’s daily hurdles inside and out,” the company wrote on its website. “Our goal is simple: to help all children with asthma achieve a better quality of life with more symptom-free days.”
“We use commercially available sensors to monitor asthmatic children while they sleep. Our technology leverages the data from these sensors to create a personalized baseline for each child. Alerts are automatically sent to parents when there are deviations from their child’s baseline. These alerts are interactive and informative – we provide contextual information and just-in-time education and support to help them better manage their child’s asthma.”
Over the past few years, Apple has been increasing its focus on healthcare. In 2016, the tech giant acquired personal health data startup Gliimpse and in 2017 it acquired sleep tracking company Beddit.
Aside from adding ECG to its latest Apple Watch, on iOS 13, the company is also introducing a redesigned Health app that allows users to better monitor their health, including things like menstrual cycles. It’s not clear if Apple will introduce any new features that make use of Tueo Health’s technology, but there have been rumors that the Apple Watch could include sleep monitoring capabilities in the future.
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Based in Redwood City, California, Tueo Health was founded in 2015. The name Tueo (“too-ee-oh”) comes from a Latin word meaning to observe, care for, and maintain.
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In New York City? The MTA is finally bringing tap and pay systems to public transit, so you'll be able to use contactless payment options. The new system is called OMNY, and it will eventually replace the MetroCard.
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The Apple Watch has surged to prominence in recent years. If you're in the market for an iOS wearable, we've sniffed out the best Apple Watch deals available right now for all three models of this great smartwatch.
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In the market for a solid smartwatch that works with the iPhone or any Android phone? You can snag one for yourself, as Newegg is offering a special sale on the Samsung Gear S3 Frontier smartwatch that saves you 42% off the listed price.
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded funding to six organizations to support the Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program. The groups will attempt to develop high-resolution, bidirectional brain-machine interfaces that match the performance of implanted electrodes without the need for surgery.
The six organizations are: Battelle Memorial Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Rice University, and Teledyne Scientific.
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The wearable interfaces could ultimately enable diverse national security applications such as control of active cyber defense systems and swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles, or teaming with computer systems to multitask during complex missions, reports DARPA.
“DARPA is preparing for a future in which a combination of unmanned systems, artificial intelligence, and cyber operations may cause conflicts to play out on timelines that are too short for humans to effectively manage with current technology alone,” said Al Emondi, the N3 program manager. “By creating a more accessible brain-machine interface that doesn’t require surgery to use, DARPA could deliver tools that allow mission commanders to remain meaningfully involved in dynamic operations that unfold at rapid speed.”
In the past 18 years, the agency has showed success in neural control of prosthetic limbs and restoration of the sense of touch to the users of those limbs, relief of otherwise intractable neuropsychiatric illnesses such as depression, and improvement of memory formation and recall. Due to the inherent risks of surgery, these technologies have so far been limited to use by volunteers with clinical need.
Nonsurgical interfaces are needed by the military’s able-bodied population to benefit from neurotechnology. Similar technology could also greatly benefit clinical populations. By removing the need for surgery, N3 systems seek to expand the pool of patients who can access treatments such as deep brain stimulation to manage neurological illnesses.
Related British Army Exploring Utilization of Wearable Technology for Injury Prevention
“If N3 is successful, we’ll end up with wearable neural interface systems that can communicate with the brain from a range of just a few millimeters, moving neurotechnology beyond the clinic and into practical use for national security,” Emondi said. “Just as service members put on protective and tactical gear in preparation for a mission, in the future they might put on a headset containing a neural interface, use the technology however it’s needed, then put the tool aside when the mission is complete.”
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Smartwatches can get pretty expensive, but if you've been waiting for a decent discount to pick one up, Amazon is offering some great deals during its Memorial Day sale. Garmin and Samsung Gear S3 smartwatches are on sale now.
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Check out our roundup of the best new crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You may not be able to buy this stuff yet, but it's fun to gawk!
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Smartwatches make your life easier by sending alerts right on your wrist. Many also provide fitness-tracking features. So if you're ready to take the plunge into wearables and want to save money, read on for the best smartwatch deals for May 2019.
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Amazon is reportedly working on a wearable that will tell you to calm down when you’re angry. According to the latest report from Bloomberg, the wrist-worn, voice activated device is able to read human emotions. Amazon would be able to collect emotion information and perhaps share it with other health products, Bloomberg’s sources say.
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Bloomberg also reports that Amazon’s new device would use the emotion data to serve relevant ads or product recommendations to people based on their emotional state. For example, when a person is happy the device will show them ad or product recommendation that would suit his or her happy state of mind. If a person is feeling sad, angry, fearful or any type of negative emotions, that person would get different recommendations to suit their mood.
Bloomberg reviewed internal Amazon documents, which reportedly show the Alexa voice software team and Amazon’s Lab126 hardware division are collaborating on the wearable in development.
“Designed to work with a smartphone app, the device has microphones paired with software that can discern the wearer’s emotional state from the sound of his or her voice, according to the documents and a person familiar with the program. Eventually the technology could be able to advise the wearer how to interact more effectively with others,” reports Bloomberg.
Amazon’s new venture suggests the company might be on to something. According to a 2016 Nielsen research, ads that considered human emotion and elicited an emotional response generated a 23% gain in sales volume, compared to those that didn’t include emotional elements.
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A diagram in the patent filed in 2017, says “the technology can detect an abnormal emotional condition and shows a sniffling woman telling Alexa she’s hungry. The digital assistant, picking up that she has a cold, asks the woman if she would like a recipe for chicken soup,” Bloomberg reports.
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Amazon is discounting a number of different items. Smartwatches, tablets, 4K TVs, smart home devices, and laptops are all getting discounts to stay competitive with prices from Walmart and Best Buy.
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Smartwatches are more in style than ever, with the world of wearables now inundated with options. Two big brands are now available at deep discounts, with the Apple Watch Series 3 and the Samsung Gear Sport smartwatches on sale on Amazon.
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On this episode of DT Live, we discuss Amazon’s new wearable device that recognizes emotions, the Boring Company hitting the jackpot in Las Vegas, Baltimore’s ransomware woes, Samsung’s deepfakes, Airbus’ flying taxi, and more.
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Amazon may be looking to enter the wearable space. According to a new report, Amazon is looking into building a wearable device that can track a user's emotions, which would be a first for a fitness-tracking device.
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Regulating your body temperature can sometimes be tough. Engineers from UC San Diego have developed heating and cooling wearable tech which could be embedded into future smart clothing.
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After gaining a major market share as a successful sleep tracker, Oura ring now has a new feature called Moment, which can track your meditation and other mindfulness practices.
“What I’ve appreciated the most about the Oura Ring is that simply wearing it is a powerful reminder of how important sleep is to my health. Now, with the Moment feature, I have a great reminder of my meditation practice, and one that will help me understand how I’m doing,” said Jack Dorsey, Founder and CEO of Twitter and Square.
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Built on Oura’s sleep tracking features, Moment gives users with information about their heart rate, HRV, body temperature, respiratory rate, and sleep stages. The app also provides analysis of optimal sleep schedules, sleep trends over time, readiness for peak mental and physical performance, and overall recovery, said the company in a press release.
Moment uses resting heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) to track the impact of a session, two data points highly correlated with stress and heart health. Oura Ring users can now see precisely how meditation affects stress levels, sleep, and overall health.
Oura was deliberately designed as a ring (rather than a wrist worn device) because the arterial pulse at the finger delivers a significantly more accurate reading than what can be collected from the wrist. The Oura Ring measures blood volume pulse directly from the palmar arteries of the finger with infrared LED sensors. The personalized data allow users to work toward decreasing stress and increasing heart health.
“Oura is solving a universal problem of helping people to get enough quality sleep. Moment is a natural adjacency of the Oura Ring into the growing meditation space, I’m excited that companies like Oura are helping users understand the connection between body and mind,” said Michael Dell, Chair and CEO of Dell Technologies and MSD Capital, an investor in Oura.
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Oura Ring’s performance has convinced well-known biohackers and longevity leaders like Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey and tech leaders like Digg founder Kevin Rose to become investors in the company. Oura is also worn by professional athletes like Drew Brees, Kevin Love, Lance Armstrong, and Manu Ginobili and actress Ali Landry.
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Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness. Seizure symptoms can vary widely. Some people with epilepsy simply stare blankly for a few seconds during a seizure, while others repeatedly twitch their arms or legs. However, there isn’t much you can do to stop a seizure once it starts. But advancements in wearable technology is allowing the patient and their loved ones to know beforehand when a seizure will occur. Now, a team of European researchers believe they have found a way to halt seizures with the help of tiny flakes of graphene.
The researchers from Sissa (International School for Advanced Studies) in Italy, and the Universities of Trieste, Manchester, and Strasbourg, have shown that these particles are able to interfere with the transmission of the signal at excitatory neuronal synaptic junctions. Furthermore, in animal models the research team demonstrated that they do so in a reversible manner because they disappear without leaving a trace a few days after they have been administered. The injection was done directly into the brain using a syringe, but there was no noticeable increase in inflammation or immune response, reports MedGadget.
Scientists in Australia have developed a low-cost wearable that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) system to predict and alert an epileptic patient when a seizure is likely to strike. The predictive algorithm has sensitivity of up to 81.4% and false prediction rate as low as 0.06/hour. For their study, researchers proposed a generalized, patient-specific, seizure-prediction technique that can alert epilepsy sufferers within 30 minutes of the probability of a seizure.
Embrace2 is a FDA-cleared smartband that uses advanced machine learning to detect unusual patterns that may be associated with convulsive seizures, and immediately notifies caregivers. It also provides rest and physical activity analysis to better understand your lifestyle. And with fast charging and a 48+ hour battery life, it gives you more freedom to do more of what you love. Beyond helping people with epilepsy better monitor their seizures, Embrace2 also tracks rest and physical activity, providing valuable insights into your health.
Researchers at Kempenhaeghe and Eindhoven University of Technology in collaboration with multiple partners have developed nighttime seizure alert device for people with epilepsy. Nightwatch, the wearable device is designed to wear at night. It alerts the caregiver of imminent seizure by triggering an alarm. The device is an upper arm strap-on that measures the heart rate and movement of the sleeping person, directly from the body. There is no discomfort. You almost don’t notice that you’re wearing the armband.
European organization EIT Health partnered with several other European companies and Universities to deliver a clinically accurate seizure detection system called SeizeIT2. This discrete wearable device monitors several biosignals to allow a more precise quantitative analysis of seizure activity, so that people with epilepsy can receive treatment optimized for their specific condition, reports EIT Health. The first prototype of this wearable allows comfortable and unobtrusive seizure monitoring outside of a hospital setting. Accuracy level of SeizeIT2 is 70-90%, compared to the typical accuracy level of less than 50% in a seizure diary, and the device offers an improved patient experience.
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If you've been thinking about picking up a new wearable, an Apple Watch is one of the best smartwatches you can buy. With Memorial Day sales from Walmart and Amazon springing up all over the place, now is a great time to save.
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REI is currently dropping prices on Garmin Fenix and Suunto smartwatches for its anniversary sale. With fitness tracking, GPS, and smartphone connectivity, a solid wearable is one of the best companions outdoorsmen could wish for.
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On Tuesday's episode of DT Live, we discuss Google’s new version of Glass, the Impossible Sausage debuts at Little Caesar’s, the post office’s self-driving truck trials, Stanford’s new robot dog, and more.
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Cold weather is here, and a good action camera is the perfect way to record all your adventures. You don't need to shell out the big bucks for a GoPro: Check out these great GoPro alternatives, including some 4K cameras, that won’t leave you broke.
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Google unveiled Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, a new version of its business-focused augmented reality wearable. The company's smartglasses ship with a faster processor, an updated camera, and safety frames from Smith Optics.
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The Apple Watch has surged to prominence in recent years. If you're in the market for an iOS wearable, we've sniffed out the best Apple Watch deals available right now for all three models of this great smartwatch.
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Samsung has updated software for its Galaxy Watch, Gear Sport, and Gear S3 watches to implement its updated and simplified One UI interface. The update also offers new watch faces, battery life improvements, and health and fitness features.
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MC10, a Massachusetts-based startup specializing in wearable digital health sensors, and AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, are working together on clinical trials in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using the BioStamp nPoint system.
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The new partnership aims to explore the use of data from the nPoint® System in order to provide unique insights into MS clinical studies.
“We are excited to work with a world leader in CNS therapies and look forward to exploring novel data and metrics that help to advance clinical development,” said Dr Arthur Combs, Chief Medical Officer of MC10.
BioStamp nPoint System, which received 510(k) from the FDA, was developed for use in clinical trials and other applications for the continuous collection of physiological data. The system is optimized for both in-home and in-clinic use. The BioStamp nPoint System reports vital signs, activity and postural classifications and a suite of sleep metrics. Today, numerous pharmaceutical companies and academic research across several therapeutic areas use this system, said MC10 in a press release.
Dr. Michael Gold, Vice President, Development Neurosciences, of AbbVie said:
“We are excited to explore the BioStamp nPoint System’s ability to unobtrusively collect clinically relevant data continuously from subjects in more natural settings. This technology has the potential to improve the quality of data we collect and at the same time reduce the burden on study participants.”
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Based in Lexington, Massachusetts, MC10 combines its proprietary ultra-thin, flexible body-worn sensors with advanced analytics to unlock health insights from physiological data.
Lake Bluff, Illinois-based AbbVie was founded in 2013 as a spin-off of Abbott Laboratories.
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If you’re in the market for a full-featured smartwatch that can do double duty as a detailed fitness tracker, look no further: For its Anniversary Sale, REI is offering savings of up to $150 on a few of the best Garmin fitness watches.
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On this episode of DT Live, we look at the national emergency that effectively bans Huawei from the U.S., Comcast's sale of its Hulu shares to Disney, a $500 price prediction for the PlatStation 5, flying taxis, and more.
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Apple just refreshed its AirPods, making an solid product even better. The newest AirPods make the case chargeable using Qi charging, always-on Siri, and better Bluetooth connectivity. While they're out of stock on Amazon, you can order now to lock in a $20 discount.
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Leading nanoelectronics research and innovation hub imec and its spinoff Bloomlife have showcased a prototype of the world’s first wearable 5-channel ECG chip to continuously and accurately monitor fetal heart rate and mobility at the FutureSummits this week.
Fetal heart rate and mobility are the two important indicators of a baby’s wellbeing. The new system can accurately measure the fetal ECG as early as week 20 in a woman’s pregnancy.
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Although often a time of excitement, pregnancy can come with uncertainty. The parents may worry about the baby’s wellbeing. At-home pregnancy monitoring systems could take away some of that uncertainty and provide valuable insights and data. However, today’s wearable solutions are typically limited to tracking maternal health parameters, spot-checking or contraction monitoring and are not providing a real-time, continuous report of a baby’s wellness.
Bloomlife’s purposely-built BeatleIC chip, which leverages imec’s unique integrated circuit (IC) technology know-how, is the only chip on the market today that has all required characteristics to accurately track a fetus’ wellbeing indicators – such as heart rate and mobility – throughout the second half of a woman’s pregnancy. Existing chips either consume too much energy to be of any practical use in wearable solutions or are not capable of tracking the right fetal parameters, reports a news release.
The BeatleIC chip features:
“Our next step in bringing this technology to market includes a clinical trial to further validate the chip’s measurement results. And, ultimately, we plan to launch not only a consumer product – consisting of a sensor device integrated in a wearable patch and a smartphone application – but also a risk management platform that can be used by medically qualified staff. We are excited about the significant impact of these advancements as we continue to work towards our mission to bring much overdue innovation and solutions to help solve the biggest challenges in prenatal care, including preterm birth,” says Eric Dy, Co-Founder/CEO at Bloomlife.
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Nick Van Helleputte, R&D manager circuit development for connected health solutions at imec described this collaborative effort with Bloomlife as a concrete example of how his company’s expertise in nanoelectronics and digital technologies translates into increasingly smaller, accurate and yet more energy-efficient components that find their way in a wide variety of applications. “When it comes to developing smart health solutions, in particular, imec’s research and insights in wearable technology and artificial intelligence can provide partner companies with a significant head start. Efforts like these are fully in line with our ambition to bringing wearable health technology within the reach of everyone, helping people track health parameters over extended periods of time so as to identify health risk factors and illness triggers,” he said.
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If you’re looking for an easy way to keep track of your fitness goals, a fitness tracker might be just what you need. The Garmin Forerunner 35 is one of our all-time favorites, and it’s on sale right now for $120.
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In the arena of action cameras, GoPro has long held a firm grasp on the top spot. Now, thanks to GoPro alternative Dragon Touch, which is currently on Amazon for just $50, you have a more affordable choice.
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Coros continues to turn heads in the fitness watch market. With a titanium frame and 45 days of battery life, the new Coros Vertix is the lightest and longest lasting adventure watch now available.
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Finland-based leading sports physiology company Firstbeat Sports has launched its next generation Firstbeat Sports Sensor and Live app that promises to bring focus and mobility to coaching by introducing a sensor utilizing Suunto Movesense technology, and a Live app (for iPad).
Firstbeat will be exhibiting at the WT | Wearable Technologies Show at MEDICA 2019. The world´s biggest medical trade fair is the hotspot for wearable technologies in the healthcare segment where decision-makers from all over the world come together. At the WT | Wearables Technologies Joint Pavilion 45 exhibitors are showcasing which latest innovations and developments are available on the market today and which ones will become a part of our everyday life in the near future.
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The Live app introduces the most advanced, and efficient, real-time monitoring experience yet. Coaching staff can now access key load and intensity data – including real-time TRIMP/min for the first time – on the move and upload data with ease, reports Firstbeat.
“At Firstbeat, we work with over 1,000 elite teams and pride ourselves on providing physiological insights that give coaches, sports scientists and players the confidence to make the right decisions in pursuit of optimized performance and recovery. This new solution makes accessing these insights easier than ever before, whether on the move during practice or during post analysis. Ultimately, it allows teams to focus on optimizing player performance using Firstbeat’s advanced performance analytics,” said Veli-Pekka Kurunmäki, Firstbeat Director of Sports Performance Products.
Key benefits of the new Firstbeat Sports Sensor and Live app include:
The introduction of TRIMP/min as a real-time metric is a first for any player monitoring solution and can be used when trying to replicate game intensity in practice.
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Firstbeat Sports Sensor incorporates Suunto Movesense technology alongside Firstbeat’s Heart Rate Variability monitoring technology. This builds on a long-standing relationship between Suunto and Firstbeat that stands from 2004 when Firstbeat analytics were used with Suunto watches for the first time.
WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in San Francisco on July 9-10
The most innovative wearables event will be back on July 9-10 in beautiful San Francisco at SEMICON West to celebrate the 34th edition of the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference Series. Topics include data analytics in professional sports, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation with wearables, the future of digital health, medication and adherence, smart patches, workflow optimization and workforce safety and much more – featuring international leaders and experts of the wearables industry´s biggest names including Abbott, Autodesk, Datwyler, Kopin, Maxim Integrated, Multek, NFLPA, Omron, SharkDreams, Qualcomm, and many more. Register now to be part of #WTUS19
The Apple Watch is highly customizable, due to the ease with which the straps can be changed. Here's how the latest springtime 2019 straps look, and our accessory pick to keep them safe and looking their best.
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The Apple Watch has surged to prominence in recent years. If you're in the market for an iOS wearable, we've sniffed out the best Apple Watch deals available right now for all three models of this great smartwatch.
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Check out our roundup of the best new crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the web this week. You may not be able to buy this stuff yet, but it's fun to gawk!
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Today’s smartwatches are a far cry from the blocky, rubber devices of yesteryear. Fashion brands like Kate Spade and Michael Kors are offering their own stylish smartwatches for women, and a number of them are on sale right now.
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Fitbit is now selling the Ace 2 fitness tracker for kids. The entry-level wearable counts steps, tracks active minutes, and monitors sleep to help keep kids active and encourage healthy habits throughout the day.
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Casio has released the most desirable new Gravitymaster connected watch -- the GWR-B1000X-1A. Made from carbon fiber, titanium, and sapphire, it also has a Bluetooth link to make using the watch's features a breeze.
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Ava was founded in Switzerland in 2014. The company specializes in new developments in the field of medical technology related to female reproductive health. Ava was voted startup of the year in Switzerland in both 2017 and 2018 and won the Swiss Medtech Award in 2018. The Ava bracelet is the firm’s first product and uses state-of-the-art sensor technology together with clinically proven methods to pinpoint a woman’s fertile days in real time. Ava is the world’s first clinically proven wearable cycle tracker and is worn as a bracelet on the wrist only during the sleep. It’s the modern woman’s way to detect fertile days and learn more about her body. The tracking of a woman’s cycle, fertility, and pregnancy is just the start of many exciting possibilities. Ava is conducting several ongoing clinical trials with the University Hospital of Zurich.
Curious to learn more about Ava´s wearable device? Lea von Bidder, Co-Founder & VP Marketing, President at Ava Science will be speaking about AI in women´s health at our upcoming WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in San Francisco on July 9-10. Don´t miss the chance to listen to inspiring talks on AI and big data in the wearable market and register today!
Smartwatches make your life easier by sending alerts right on your wrist. Many also provide fitness-tracking features. So if you're ready to take the plunge into wearables and want to save money, read on for the best smartwatch deals for May 2019.
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Google and Qualcomm have released a new development kit aimed at making it easier for manufacturers to add Google Assistant support to headphones and headsets. The development kit is now available.
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Biofourmis, a Singapore-based health-tech startup, has received FDA clearance for its cloud-based software, RhythmAnalytics, which helps healthcare professionals in detecting cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat.
The cloud-based software uses enhanced deep learning to detect over 15 types of cardiac arrhythmia with beat-by-beat morphology computation that includes ventricular arrhythmias, ventricular ectopic beats and all non-paced arrhythmias including Atrial Fibrillation (AFib).
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The AI-models were trained using over a million ECG recordings collected using various FDA-cleared ECG monitoring wearables. ECG recordings were collected from patients who have a history of cardiac arrhythmia using ambulatory ECG monitoring devices like the ePatch extended holder monitor from BioTelemetry, which was the same cardiac monitor used in Apple’s heart study, says a press release.
In a recent arXiv paper, the company demonstrated cardiologist-level arrhythmia detection and classification using a novel-deep learning architecture, which was submitted to the FDA to demonstrate clinical evidence in addition to various other clinical trials data. Over 120,000 single-lead ECG episodes were used to train the neural network with over 30 distinctive cardiac arrhythmias. The company demonstrated that RhythmAnalytics outperforms two other similar deep learning systems 2,3 as well as a panel of cardiologists with Sensitivity of 90.8%, Specificity of 98.2% and an overall F1 score of 0.834.
“Comprehensive diagnosis of a patient’s cardiac health requires longer continuous monitoring and full characterization of multiple arrhythmias. We are on a mission of predicting and preventing serious medical events using software-based therapeutic intervention and RhythmAnalytics is an integral part of our Digital Therapeutics platform that would enable prescription of the right dose, to the right patient at the right time,” said Kuldeep Singh Rajput, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Biofourmis. “We are excited about this milestone and look forward to using RhythmAnalytics to enable clinicians to detect a wide range of cardiac arrhythmias and provide appropriate treatment and therapy.”
Biofourmis plans to offer RhythmAnalytics cloud-based API as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to cardiac monitoring organizations to improve accuracy and scalability of their ECG analysis, thereby improving throughput and efficiencies in their cardiac monitoring centers.
Dr. Maulik Majmudar, cardiologist and a member of Biofourmis’ clinical advisory board, said:
“Diagnostic interpretation of ambulatory ECGs are not only resource intensive but can also carry high rates of diagnostic errors. Given the interest in, and availability of, OTC consumer-focused ECG acquisition devices on the market today, there is a growing need for rapid, automated, and highly accurate interpretation of single-lead ECGs for a wide array of cardiac rhythm disorders. The FDA-cleared RhythmAnalytics platform directly addresses that need.”
Biofourmis also announced its partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in November 2018, where RhythmAnalytics is currently being used to continuously monitor for cardiac arrhythmias and manage patients at home, at Brigham’s Home Hospital Program. The patient numbers have doubled on a month-on-month basis.
WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in San Francisco on July 9-10
The most innovative wearables event will be back on July 9-10 in beautiful San Francisco at SEMICON West to celebrate the 34th edition of the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference Series. Topics include data analytics in professional sports, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation with wearables, the future of digital health, medication and adherence, smart patches, workflow optimization and workforce safety and much more – featuring international leaders and experts of the wearables industry´s biggest names including Abbott, Autodesk, Datwyler, Kopin, Maxim Integrated, Multek, NFLPA, Omron, SharkDreams, Qualcomm, and many more. Register now to be part of #WTUS19
Smartwatches are all about accessing the information you need, when you need it. Wear OS is about to get a whole lot more convenient with a new interface called Tiles. Google demoed it at I/O 2019 -- here's what it's like.
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The MEDICA MEDICINE + SPORTS CONFERENCE is the leading platform for the interdisciplinary exchange between international sports medicine experts, professional athletes and sport techies, the sporting goods and healthcare industries. The internationally established conference is a melting pot and a platform for industry professionals to connect healthcare, prevention and exercise medicine with innovative technologies resulting in new and breakthrough advancements. The cooperation platform of the conference fosters new exchange formats, new sport medical therapies, and innovative approaches for prevention, recovery and population health management. The 7th edition will take place during MEDICA 2019 in Dusseldorf, Germany on the 20th & 21st of November 2019.
Proposals can be submitted under the following topics:
Deadline Call for Speakers May 30th, 2019
Fitbit and Garmin make some of the best trackers on the market, and REI has a handful of them on sale right now. These deals let you save as much as $150 on high-end smartwatches like the Garmin Fenix 5.
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What if your smartwatch could recognize every movements made by your hands? Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a way to make smartwatches more contextually aware.
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Abbott launched a smartphone-compatible next-gen insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) called Confirm Rx™ for more accurate remote monitoring of unpredictable heart rhythm problems. The small paperclip-sized implantable device offers more accurate detection of arrhythmia than traditional devices.
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An arrhythmia is a problem with the rhythm of your heartbeat. The most common type of arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation, which causes an irregular and fast heartbeat. For the 33.5 million people living with atrial fibrillation (AFib)—the most common arrhythmia—many do not even know they have the condition.
The device is inserted just under the skin in the chest above the heart during a quick, minimally invasive outpatient procedure. It is the only ICM on the market that syncs to a smartphone via Bluetooth® and transmits information to the physician to help identify irregular heartbeats quickly. With the mobile app there’s no need for an additional transmitter. This user-friendly health technology is translated in nearly 40 languages, says a press release.
“Through new advances like Abbott’s next generation of Confirm Rx ICM, physicians can act more proactively and efficiently in their treatment approach, and patients can stay engaged and connected,” said Avi Fischer, M.D., medical director of Abbott’s Cardiac Rhythm Management therapies.
Currently available wearables for tracking cardiac arrhythmias have drawbacks when it comes to making a clinical diagnosis. Some require recharging at night while others require some level of interaction by the person to record symptoms. These may cause inaccurate data being delivered.
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“Many of these devices still aren’t leading to an improved diagnosis or solving the key clinical challenges for people at risk,” said Sean Beinart, M.D., a cardiologist with Adventist Healthcare in Rockville, Md. “Like a guardian for heart health, Confirm Rx ICM can relay important data about a person’s heart rhythm through their smartphone and alert their care team to a potentially dangerous heart event. With Abbott’s new technology, I can better identify risk—making it actionable for me and life-changing for my patient.”
WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in San Francisco on July 9-10
The most innovative wearables event will be back on July 9-10 in beautiful San Francisco at SEMICON West to celebrate the 34th edition of the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference Series. Topics include data analytics in professional sports, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation with wearables, the future of digital health, medication and adherence, smart patches, workflow optimization and workforce safety and much more – featuring international leaders and experts of the wearables industry´s biggest names including Abbott, Datwyler, Kopin, Maxim Integrated, Multek, NFLPA, Omron, SharkDreams, Qualcomm, Viewpointsystem and many more. Register now to be part of #WTUS19
Apple’s AirPods are among the best fully wireless earbuds we’ve seen, but they’re not perfect. If you’re having trouble, take a look at our guide to the most common problems and what you can do to fix them.
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Garmin's Forerunner 945 has a feature list that is seemingly endless. This bulleted list looks good on paper, but does it translate into real-world performance? We spent some time with the Forerunner 945 to find out.
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Tag Heuer’s known for its sporting partnerships, and this new Golf Edition Connected Modular 45 smartwatch is so into the game, it even comes with three specially-branded golf balls. It has got the looks, but has it got the talent?
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Garmin has added a new feature for its female users allowing them to track menstrual cycles through Garmin wearables and smartwatches. The new feature gives users the ability to log symptoms and track cycles, and offers up additional context via Garmin Connect, the company’s mobile app. Throughout the month, users will get educational content on subjects like nutrition and training specific to the current phase of their cycle.
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“Garmin has leveraged our unparalleled fitness expertise into a feature that lets active women track their cycle in the same place they tracked their last run,” said Susan Lyman, Garmin vice president of global consumer marketing.
A customized cycle tracking will show whether a cycle is regular, irregular, or transitioning into menopause. Women can track daily physical and emotional symptoms and even add their own notes. Cycle tracking brings awareness to fluctuations in things like sleep, mood, appetite, athletic performance and more. With regular symptom logging, women can begin to predict how they will feel at a given point in their cycle in case they want to adjust their diet or activities. Those with a Connect IQ compatible device also have the option of getting cycle tracking information and discreet period reminders right on the wrist.
“Cycle tracking was developed for women, by Garmin women – from the engineers, to the project managers, to the marketing team. In this way we could ensure that we were authentically addressing a woman’s actual wants and needs,” said Lyman.
Currently, the feature is available to: Forerunner 645 Music, vívoactive® 3, vívoactive 3 Music, fēnix 5 Plus Series.
The menstrual cycle feature will be available soon to: fēnix® 5 Series, fēnix Chronos, Forerunner® 935, Forerunner 945, Forerunner 645, Forerunner 245, Forerunner 245 Music.
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Garmin Health is currently sponsoring a research study at The University of Kansas Medical Center to examine how wearables, and the array of biometric data they produce, could potentially assist with menstrual cycle tracking and ovulation prediction.
Garmin Connect is a free online fitness community that allows users to analyze training progress, set and track goals, and share activities with other Garmin Connect users or on social media sites.
WT | Wearable Technologies Conference in San Francisco on July 9-10
The most innovative wearables event will be back on July 9-10 in beautiful San Francisco at SEMICON West to celebrate the 34th edition of the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference Series. Topics include data analytics in professional sports, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation with wearables, the future of digital health, medication and adherence, smart patches, workflow optimization and workforce safety and much more – featuring international leaders and experts of the wearables industry´s biggest names including Abbott, Datwyler, Kopin, Maxim Integrated, Multek, NFLPA, Omron, SharkDreams, Qualcomm, Viewpointsystem and many more. Register now to be part of #WTUS19
