From its Pixel smartphones to Google Home, the Google brand is quickly becoming synonymous with high-quality consumer hardware. Eventually, according to rumors, Google may branch out a little further by creating its first smartwatch.
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Huawei CEO Richard Yu says that despite the company not releasing a smartwatch for more than a year, it's still very interested in wearables, and is working to solve the worst aspects about them.
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Fitbit recently combed through 149 billion hours of heart rate data from more than 10 million Fitbit users to see if it could discover some unexpected trends about this vital health parameter. The results bucked conventional medical wisdom.
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Philips Healthcare, a global leader in health technology, has announced that it would be entering into a non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for a software application that provides remote patient monitoring in real-time.
The technology, known as Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit (Batdok™), uses wearable sensors that can remotely monitor a patient’s vital signs. The system, developed by the 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was intended to be used in the field so that medics can efficiently monitor multiple casualties in the field through a smartphone or tablet. The company said adaptation of this wearable technology for civilian applications will advance telemedicine capabilities.
“Many of the [Department of Defense’s] medical inventions have potential dual-use civilian applications,” said Joan Wu-Singel, senior technology manager at TechLink. “In this case, BATDOK could be used in a hospital setting, ambulances, and we’re even imagining it help address opioid abuse through dosage monitoring.”
Wireless sensors placed on the patient send information on the patient’s vitals signs and conditions to medical personnel wearing a smartphone device strapped to their wrist, allowing them to make enhanced decisions. The application also records all vital signs and information logged by the attending staff, with seamless data transfers during patient handoff.
In the past, the Pentagon has made deals with other digital health companies as well. Just last week, it made a deal with Australian sleep company ResApp to develop a mobile application that will help determine the mission-readiness of US military personnel. Philips Healthcare’s parent company, Philips, has also been actively involved in the digital health space.
Kirk Hendler, VP Business Development Philips Government Solutions DoD, said Philips will use Batdok to boost patient monitoring by combining user experience, exceptional mobility, and reliability. “This all-in-one mobile solution will enhance care delivery by bringing critical data to decision makers,” he said.
The patent license agreement, which was completed on July10, contains undisclosed financial terms. With this agreement, Philips Healthcare now have permission to finalize product development and start offering solutions to both government and civilian customers.
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Dr. Jim Kearns, technology transfer and domestic alliance manager at the 711th Human Performance Wing, said they’re confident that Philips will deliver products with numerous benefits. “The Wing has brilliant people doing cutting-edge research. Collaboration with businesses, case in point, enhances their work and gets it to the warfighter,” he said.
While wearable technology’s impact in fitness and healthcare is clearly visible, it is yet to make a firm imprint in the restaurant industry. From smartwatches to Google glasses, wearable technology can benefit the restaurant industry in big ways.
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Think about a restaurant that uses digital menus. If the eatery runs out of a specific food item, instead of notifying every wait staff, the chef could simply use the Google glass app and update the menu in real time.
Restaurant 2025 Oracle Food and Beverage study shows differing views presented by customers, restaurant staffs and restaurant owners.
Only 51 percent of restaurant owners liked the idea of guests using their wearable devices to order and pay for their meals, according to the Oracle report. It’s worth noting that Apple Watch was readily available when the research was conducted. On the consumer side, customers were slightly more enthusiastic about ordering and paying via a wearable device. 18 percent of the customers surveyed said they would definitely use wearable technology to order or pay for their meal and 41 percent said they would welcome the option, but 41 percent said it would not enhance their experience and they would find it intrusive.
On the other hand, the 2016 Restaurant Industry Forecast by the National Restaurant Association found 63% of guests say they would be willing to use tableside payment stations, up from 48% a year ago.
The Oracle study also found that 58% of restaurant owners found the idea of using wearable technology for promotions or other marketing messages to guests appealing. However, it’s not clear whether the customers would feel the same way.
The most significant finding in the Oracle report was that customers liked the idea of technology allowing them to be recognized in a restaurant without having to show a loyalty card. On the owners’ side, 51 percent liked the idea of using wearables to do this.
Wearable technology can impact the restaurant industry in many ways. This technology can provide the kitchen workers with an incredible advantage, allowing real-time communications. Chefs can video stream their cooking process using Google Glass, which will allow trainee chefs to watch the video on their smartphone and copy the process as they work.
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For the management, wearable tech can provide them with real-time inventory information right on the floor in their wearable, giving them more time with diners while performing their managerial duties.
Wearable technology can do many things to improve our restaurant experience, and it can even improve the quality of the food served there. But, will it improve the quality of airplane food?
South Korean tech giant LG has designed a new wearable robot exosuit called SuitBot, intended to enhance users' leg movements to help with activities such as lifting heavy objects.
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It looks like something that stepped out of a sci-fi movie, but the Gluuv by HTC is a real thing. You might say, why would HTC develop something as ubiquitous as a glove? Well, this isn’t your everyday glove; it’s a smart glove that syncs with the new HTC One (M8). This massive glove appears to be made of aluminum.
HTC says the wearable “lets you unleash your imagination and communicate in ways you’ve always wanted.”
This is a big comeback for the company, which only last month announced that it is laying off 1,500 employees. The news produced big headlines, some stating, HTC IS DEAD! The laying-off decision by the Taiwanese company was partly due to months of bad quarterly results and an effort to bring the company back to profitability. The layoffs will reduce 25% of HTC’s entire workforce, and the company said it expects to complete the layoffs by September.
The gluuv was all over the company’s website. According to HTC, the device also syncs with an HTC boom box called the HTC BoomBass, which is durable, humongous, and completely wireless. And, don’t forget it comes with an 87.2MP camera.
The HTC Gluuv lets you ‘like’ things you see in the real world on Facebook with a cheeky thumbs-up, or chirpse a nearby stunner by swiping right, Tinder-style.
And now the truth about the Gluuv
Remember, at the start of my article I said the Gluuv is a real thing? Sorry, I said so because this ain’t the real thing. As awesome as it may sound, we just have to break it to you – it’s all a big April fool’s joke. That’s right HTC Gluuv is just an April Fool’s the company decided to pull on you!
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Usually it’s Samsung and Apple accuse each other of copying each other, but somehow these three all came up with this hilarious idea of a smartglove – Samsung Fingers, Toshiba Digit and now, the HTC Gluuv.
Ready for an all-new Apple Watch for 2018? It looks like Apple may be planning a complete redesign with improved health features. Here are all the details about the upcoming Apple Watch Series 4.
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Wearable health trackers are sure to advance our health on a wide scale. Smartphones, tablets and health wearables have become the latest tools used by clinicians. Exciting new innovations in healthcare wearables could alter the entire panorama of clinical trials where monitoring is vital to the patients’ health.
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The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy created a document called Mobilizing mHealth Innovation for Real-World Evidence Generation to lay the groundwork for plan to use mobile healthcare wearables.
Here are a few ways that digital health clinical trials are putting healthcare technology to use, according to Samsung Insights.
Participants in a trial may be asked to record certain data, which is then conveyed to their local contact, and the contact in return enters the information into a centralized database. During this process, errors could occur at each point. This could be prevented by cutting short the distance between the measurement and entry of data. Some trials have used smartphones or tablets, allowing the participants to self-report the data. This method can lower the chances of errors and is cost effective since the researchers do not need to enter the data themselves or hire someone to do it.
Using wearable device that can both collect and upload data could be another option. For example, Samsung Galaxy Watch can track wearer’s sleep patterns, steps, activity level, and heart rate and then securely send that data via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and LTE networks. This automatic method of data collection and transfer can eliminate errors.
One of the problems with clinical trials is patient dropouts. High patient dropout can ruin such trial. Sponsors and contract research organizations (CROs) require participants to both fully participate and complete the trial. Patient retention, patient compliance and protocol adherence are vital in any trial. To improve all three, some contract research organizations are providing mobile devices to participants. Participants use these devices to enter diary data as well as to receive alerts about reminders to take medications at certain times of the day. CROs may also opt to send messages to the patients, encouraging them to stay engaged.
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In any trial security of patient information is a top concern. A security platform like Samsung Knox, which provides defense-grade security built into Samsung smartphones and tablets, can isolate and secure sensitive data in an encrypted container, so trial participants can use their personal applications without risking a data breach.
Devices can be configured using Mobile device management (MDM) tools to meet the needs of any trial.
A faster and more reliable trial results can be achieved with ensuring data accuracy with mobile devices. It will, in the long run, help research teams complete their studies in a more precise, less expensive and more effective manner.
Apple AR glasses may be closer to reality than we thought. Here is everything we know so far about the augmented reality system, including the rumored specifications of Apple's Project Mirrorshades.
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The new Vivosmart packs a punch, combining new hardware and software into a thinner and sleeker device. The most notable addition to the Vivosmart line is a pulse oximeter which measures blood oxygen saturation.
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Are you interested in learning more about your emotions or the emotions of your loved ones? A smart wristband called Upmood might be your answer. A Hong Kong-based startup has developed an innovative wristband called Upmood, which is able to track your daily moods to provide you with an in-depth picture of your emotional wellbeing. Aside from your mood, the wristband also detects your heart rate and stress levels.
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According to its developers, the device can help you manage stress, get a better night’s sleep and build a healthier relationship with your family and friends.
Upmood uses a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to continuously collect ‘biodata’ from its users. PPG measures your heart rate and contractions. The device uses these collected ‘biodata’ to detect your stress level, vitality levels and your emotions.
“The algorithim Upmood uses can turn every data collected from your pulse waves into analytics through bluetooth connection to the app to let you know of your stress level, heart rate, vitality levels, and emotion,” notes the company’s website.
Upmood’s interface is as simple and easy to use as it is to wear, making tracking your everyday emotional health as easy as pie.
You can also follow your friends and family on the app and share status updates using emoji. The app even allows you to create groups with your family and friends to view their emotions in one group and receive notification whenever a group member updates their status.
“We created Upmood because we want to help bridge emotional gaps between people by helping them express themselves and reach into the hearts of those they care about. This product is designed to be enjoyed by everyone, anywhere they go, and allows people to reunite regardless of how they share their feelings,” the company said in its Kickstarter campaign.
“At Upmood, we encourage people to open up and resist the stigma of being emotional. We’ve come a long way since our first designs, and we appreciate all of your support!”
The lightweight highly-durable polyester straps come in 3 colors: black sea green and bright yellow. Choose the one that fits your mood.
However, you may have to wait a while to get your hands on one.
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The concepts for the device was first developed in May 2016 and the company just launched its Kickstarter campaign this month. A $69 pledge will get you an early bird deal, which amounts to a 30% discount.
The company plans to start production by October.
Google has revealed a redesign for its fitness tracking app called Google Fit. The new design focus is on closing rings, much like Apple (and the rest). According to Google, the rings are centered around health recommendations from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Every day, Google Fit encourage users to complete two goals: one based on “move minutes” and another based on a new concept called “heart points.”
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To earn ‘Move Minutes,’ you’ll have to make changes to your daily routine, like walking to your destination instead of driving, or climbing up the stairs instead of taking the elevator. To earn ‘Heart Point,’ you’ll have to engage in physical activity like jogging. Each minute of jogging will earn you one ‘Heart Point.’ More intense activities, like kickboxing or running will double the points.
All you need is only half-an-hour of brisk walking five days a week to reach the American Heart Association and World Health Organization’s recommended amount of physical activity, which is shown to lower the risk of heart disease, enhance your sleep, and boost overall mental well-being, according to Google.
Throughout the day, Google Fit will use your phone or watch sensors to automatically detect any activity you perform such as walking, running or biking and gauge the number of Heart Points you’ve earned. If you are not into running or jogging, you can choose a different type of activities such as rowing, pilates or gardening; Google Fit will measure your Heart Points and Move Minutes during these activities as well. Google Fit can also be integrated with other fitness apps such as Runkeeper, Strava, MyFitnessPal and Endomondo, so you get credit for every Move Minute and Heart Point you earn.
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Patrick Wayte, Senior vice president for the center for health tech at AHA, says his organization has contributed to the new system as an active collaborator rather than a full partnership with Google. The recommendation by AHA will appear directly inside Google Fit if users want to find out what these Heart Points are all about. “This gives us an opportunity to get people oriented around the science,” Wayte says. Based on your activity, Google Fit will provide you with tips and help you adjust your goals over time.
The likes of Skagen and Diesel have unveiled new Wear OS smartwatches at IFA 2018. You shouldn't buy them, because they're utilizing an old processor. Qualcomm is expected to announce a new wearable processor next month.
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A smart new hearing aid from Starkey Hearing Technologies can not only automatically translate between 27 different languages, but also track wearers' fitness and even detect falls.
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Hearing aid giant Starkey Hearing Technologies, which back in 2014 launched one of the first hearing aids that connect directly to an iPhone, has unveiled Livio AI, an Artificial Intelligence-powered hearing aid that automatically translates foreign languages, and tracks both your physical and mental health.
With the new device, Starkey wants to prove that hearing aids aren’t just medical devices for older folks, but they can also be wearables for the tech-savvy young generation. Starkey promotes its new hearing aid as a multifunctional device with a combination of features including sets of a hearing aid, fitness tracker, and AI coach with language translation program. The company hopes to upgrade the device in the future to detect dangerous falls.
“Artificial intelligence, coupled with advanced sensing devices, is rapidly changing the world around us,” said Dr. Achin Bhowmik, Starkey’s Chief Technology Officer and EVP of Engineering. “We are proud to introduce these transformational technologies into the world of hearing aids to both optimize the users’ hearing experiences and enable them to continuously monitor and improve their overall health besides treating hearing loss, reducing the associated risks of dementia, anxiety, and social isolation.”
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As a hearing aid, Livio AI will improve your hearing by automatically compensating for loud environments and switch modes based on location, with a mobile app providing fine-tuning.
The fitness tracker in the Livio AI hearing aid has inertial sensors that can integrate with Apple Health and Google Fit. Using these sensors, the wearer can use their hearing aid to track their physical activity.
“Livio AI lets you help patients of all ages take a proactive approach to their overall wellness,” the company explains on its website. “3D motion sensors that detect movement, activity, and gestures are integrated into each hearing aid. This information gives your patients access to feedback about their overall body fitness and mental fitness. Users can easily view and manage their health information with the Thrive Hearing app and receive daily feedback on their progress by viewing their Thrive Wellness Score. This full-featured, user-friendly app allows patients to also see activity progress via the Body Score, and the benefits of wearing hearing aids to their mental fitness via the Brain Score.”
The language translation works in conjunction with a smartphone app and is able to translate between 27 languages. The company worked with several leading AI companies to integrate the language translation feature. If an English speaker wearing Livio AI says something to a Chinese speaker, the system would translate the words he spoke and display them in Chinese characters on the smartphone screen of the English speaker. And, when the Chinese speaker says something in return, Livio AI would translate those words directly into spoken English in the ears of the wearer, in this case, the English speaker.
So, why the translation function? Bhowmik says, because many potential customers are older people with the time and money to travel and they seemed eager to have that capability.
The device is available in North America right now, but the company plans to supply these to over 20 countries in 2019.
One day ahead of IFA 2018 in Berlin, Skagen announced it's launching a new smartwatch to add to its lineup, and it's called the Falster 2. The new smartwatch features a heart-rate sensor, built-in GPS, and more.
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Diesel's new smartwatch is the On Full Guard 2.5, and no, you didn't miss version 2.0. Diesel feels the advances made warrant the substantial version jump, so we spoke to the brand about what makes the new watch special.
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Casio continues to refine its Pro Trek Wear OS activity smartwatch. The new WSD-F30 adds several new features, including another new battery-saving mode that makes great use of the dual-screen technology.
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In mid-2015, after selling his software company, Gabriel Glynn found himself between startups. He was launching his next project, a podcast about the manufacturing industry. What he didn’t know at the time is that the podcast would eventually lead him to his next business, insurtech startup MākuSafe.
Glynn, who grew up in Iowa around the manufacturing industry, started interviewing the owners and managers of manufacturing plants for his podcast. One day, while touring, Glynn saw an employee file a claim against a company after losing his hearing. Glynn couldn’t believe the frustrations that accompanied an audit by the regulatory board.
“That was the first time that I discovered how facilities manage the environmental impact on workers. These facilities test things like lighting, air quality and sound, and they do it on an annual basis,” said Glynn.
He said that’s when he realized there was an enormous opportunity to turn that process into something that is viable.
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That idea became MākuSafe, a wearable communication device that captures everything from near-miss activity to quality assurance and LEAN reports. The still-in-development MākuSafe is a wearable sensor-equipped armband that tracks noise, temperature and movement to help spot accident sites and help prevent falls and catastrophes.
“Through the research, we found that more than 1,000 a day die in work accidents around the world. That’s 1,000 people a day who don’t go home from work and environmental factors can be a big part of that,” said Glynn. “In addition to that, hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on claims that really could and should have been avoided.”
The device also has a recording button that allows workers to push to instantly report near-miss incidents without having to leave the floor or use a cellphone.
MakuSafe recently received a patent, which should keep competitions away as it goes to market in 2019.
“This patent is pretty broad-based for what we’re doing,” Glynn said. “If somebody tried to do something similar to ours, we’d have the ability to take action against them.”
MākuSafe has been tested in several Iowa factories, including at Summit Products, an Altoona maker of metal and plastic RV accessories.
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“We have real-time data, we can serve as a conduit to deliver these types of resources to the end-user customer in a way that’s active instead of reactive,” said Glynn. “Really trying to bridge that gap is one of the things that’s unique about MākuSafe. We’re not just a hardware company trying to gather data on the environment, we’re really a data company trying to connect the dots between critical resources and the end-user customer and their needs.”
Glynn added that there’s one more thing driving MākuSafe.
“Ultimately, our goal is to send more people home from work every single day.”
Google has announced an update to Wear OS, its smartwatch operating system, which brings more concise notifications, a better Google Assistant, and the recent changes to Google Fit to your wrist.
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We shouldn’t be surprised if an upgrade of Apple Watch come out of Apple’s iPhone event in September.
The Apple Watch Series 3 was announced on 12 Sept 2017, and went on sale 10 days later. Which means it’s almost time for the next update. Besides all the rumors going around detailing the next-gen Apple Watch already, there are hints that Apple Watch 4 is indeed set to launch next month. That’s because French Apple site Consomac has found the model numbers for the upcoming Apple Watch Series 4 family in an official regulatory filing, reports Chris Smith in BGR.
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Apple’s new model numbers suggest. Apple will launch six distinct Series 4 watches, likely three for each size. The models are: A1977, A1978, A1975, A1976, A2007, and A2008.
The rumors surrounding Apple Watch 4 include a larger screen, bigger battery, and maybe an official sleep tracking app, given all of the company’s digital health initiatives.
It sounds like the new Apple Watch will boast a 15% larger display, made possible by reduced bezels. The new Watch 4 may also be thinner and lighter. According to one source, the Apple Watch 4 will have an edge-to-edge display, which would be larger than the one on the Apple Watch 3, according to Mac World.
Another rumor suggests Apple Watch 4 will have a round face, much like a traditional analogue wristwatch.
The Apple Watch 4 could feature modular straps, loaded with technology for monitoring your health, and even provide an extended battery life. Modular straps could also be useful for health monitoring.
According to a report from late 2017, the Watch 4 could get an upgraded heart rate tracker with EKG technology, which a first for Apple. The rumor comes from Bloomberg who spoke to people familiar with Apple Watch 4 plans.
It’s almost certain the Apple Watch 4 will run the newly announced watchOS 5 software, which is going have upgraded fitness features, the Siri watch face and much more.
You can use your current Apple Watch as a camera viewfinder to take a remote photo with your iPhone, but you can’t use it to take photos by itself or make video calls. Now, it appears that a camera could find its way into the new watch, if the rumors about the modular straps are correct.
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There’s no word on the Apple Watch 4 price, but it’s likely to be around the same as the Apple Watch 3 which is around £329 / $329 / AU$459 for the smaller 38mm version.
Possibly September 2018 alongside new iPhones.
Looking for a smart way to scare off mosquitoes? The Nopixgo wristband emits electromagnetic signals that trick mosquitoes into thinking a storm is brewing and that they should go and hide.
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IPC’s D-70 E-Textiles Committee has released IPC WP-024, IPC White Paper on Reliability and Washability of Smart Textile Structures – Readiness for the Market. This white paper provides insights from a team of researchers on e-textiles washability testing parameters and initial results from those tests. It’s expected to be the first in a series of papers from industry. Current research in smart textiles and e-textiles indicates that they are not yet ready for the market at a large scale due to problems that exist with reliability and the difficulty with laundering e-textile structures.
Specific to reliability, e-textile structures should be in good functioning condition over a period of several years, if used in accordance with product guidelines. However, the additional issues of integration, connector elements, and overall supply chain integration are critical for success. IPC-WP-024 emphasizes all the problems inherent in creating effective e-textiles, encompassing efforts that industry and research laboratories must undertake to make e-textile structures more robust.
Committee chair, Stephanie Rodgers of Apex Mills says, “Home laundering and commercial cleaning is an everyday reality for millions of textile wearable products. Explosive growth in e-textiles is just starting to break through performance market segments making standardization urgently necessary. This e-textile laundering research identifies with the procedure and requirements gap of these merging manufacturing technologies. The IPC E-Textiles Committee is corralling industry manufacturers to participate in the discussion of new e-textiles standards creation.”
E-Textiles 2918 Sept. 13 in Chicago
In partnership with leaders of the e-textiles industry, IPC has created a one-day workshop, September 13, 2018, on a range of topics concerning the e-textiles market. IPC E-Textiles 2018 will provide a venue for active participation during technical presentations as well as hands-on learning and networking in the technology showcase. The event will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Chicago O’Hare Airport.
In addition to the technical education and networking on September 13, IPC E-Textiles 2018 will also be host to standards development committee meetings on September 12. For more information about this event and the standards committee, email Chris.Jorgensen@ipc.org.
IPC-WP-024 will be provided free of charge to all IPC E-Textiles 2018 attendees. The D-70 committee plans to discuss how standards should address washability reliability during the standards committee forum, which will take place September 12, 2018, the day before E-Textiles 2018. To register for IPC E-Textiles 2018, visit https://ift.tt/2LtdnEJ.
To purchase the white paper, visit https://ift.tt/2MAiRmh. The committee invites readers to also provide white papers with their own findings and perspectives on e-textiles washability reliability. To propose a white paper topic, email etextiles@ipc.org.
Fitbit has sold millions of fitness trackers and smartwatches with the aim of helping people get fitter and healthier.
Now, the company is going beyond making you fitter, and exploring the possibility of detecting and monitoring serious health conditions, with the introduction of its SpO2 sensor that is featured in its Ionic, Versa and Charge 3 devices.
Over the last few years, several Fitbit devices have helped in hundreds of clinical studies and trials, changing the way medical research are conducted, reports Wareable.
While Fitbit does have a Health Solutions division for its researchers, it’s had some help from the folks over at Fitabase. The analytics company has been key to much of the medical work done with Fitbit trackers.
Attempting to investigate the “ambulatory function” of sufferers of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers at the University of California used Fitbit Flex in a study published in 2016.
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MS affects the myelin sheath that coats nerves, disrupting the signals sent through the central nervous system. Its effects are wide-ranging, but include difficulty walking and muscle spasms.
“Current metrics fail to capture potentially important variability in walking behavior,” the research abstract reads. Researchers used Fitbit Flex to measure the activity of participants for four weeks, including an initial seven days where the Flex’s readings were compared with those of an ActiGraph, a medical-grade (and much chunkier) tracker.
The results were quite interesting. Researchers found that Fitbits do tend to overestimate step counts. However, the participants tended to use the Fitbit Flex much more consistently than the ActiGraph “pro” tracker: “96% compared to 91% wear-time”.
After the four-week trial, all but three of the 99 testers were still on-board too. Two left citing “personal preference” and one couldn’t get it to work with their PC or phone. The rest stayed involved.
In another study, conducted by Mayo Clinic, researchers monitored the recovery of patients following a total hip replacement using an ankle-worn Fitbit. A total of 33 patients over the age of 60 were monitored.
“Recommended activities include gradually increased walking and light household activities. Movement is essential to a healthy recovery,” says the Rothman Institute’s Fabio R. Orozco, a hip and knee surgeon.
“Little is known objectively about the recovery of mobility in the early post-operative period,” the researchers wrote.
The study found that 89% of the participants adhered to using Fitbit over the 30-day study period. That seems pretty impressive given the Fitbit would have had to be recharged a few times during the tests, and some of the participants were over 80.
In one of the more interesting and controversial studies, researchers wanted to shed some light on the anecdotal theory that “offspring born to mothers who exercise during pregnancy have been shown to have reduced birth weight and body weight during adolescence.”
Researchers used a Fitbit Flex to monitor the step counts of mothers in the last six months of pregnancy. They were then split into groups, those who took more than 6000 steps a day, and those who didn’t.
The excised foreskin of male babies was then analyzed by the researchers. The trial took place in the US, where approximately 71.2 percent of males are circumcised according to a 2016 study.
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Researcher found that “Low levels of physical activity during pregnancy are linked with increased gene expression of markers of adipogenesis and decreased markers involved in insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake,”
Perhaps the largest Fitbit-related trial of all is currently on-going. The company announced in November, 2017 that thousands of its trackers would be used in the US National Institute of Health’s All of Us program.
The study is supposed to have one million participants, although the announcement says only 10,000 Fitbits will be used initially. So right now, 10,000 people across the US are using Fitbits. Their activity, sleep and heart rate data will be gathered to see how it corresponds to their location, age and any conditions they may have, said the Wareable report.
A number of new companies are now making AI enabled headphones that claim to adapt sound quality to fit each individual’s unique hearing using a basic hearing test.
Even’s H2 headphones are one such hearable with an “EarPrint”-enabled pair of on-ears that were the predecessor to the company’s new H3 model. EarPrint technology builds a custom sound profile as unique as your ears.
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With brushed metal accents and beautiful black/wood earcups, many may find the design alone to be a prime factor for choosing the H3, reports Digital Trends.
Like the H2, the new headphones have volume, play/pause, and equalization on/off buttons on the right earphone, with a 3.5 mm port also available on the bottom of the right side for wired listening.
The H3 have a plush and comfortable leather headband and earcups. The headphones even come with a nice hard case to protect them on the go. The sleek look and metallic finish of the H3 make them look like professional audio-engineering equipment, not everyday earbuds.
Your custom EarPrint profile is visualized as a circle on your smartphone, with lines stretching inward at various frequencies. It shows which frequencies you can hear very well, normally, or not well at all. Once you’ve gone through the process, you can switch your EarPrint on or off either with a button or the companion app.
The Even H3 sound very much like the H2 model, first and foremost notable for their warm and dynamic midrange; to put it simply, the sound quality of these headphones is phenomenal.
You can’t complain about the usability of these headphones. They give you 20+ hours of battery life and a solid Bluetooth connection.
The headphones tend to bleed noise pretty easily.
For some folks, wearing them for more than an hour may give headache. The padding also tends to get a bit hot, which may cause your face to sweat.
When connected via Bluetooth, the H3s will pause after every song is finished playing.
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For the $150 price tag, the Even H3 are an interesting pair of headphones; they sound good and offer enough compelling functionality. Overall, the H3 headphones are a great buy if you’re looking to spend less than 200 bucks.
We usually expect computers to be more unbiased than humans. However, over the past several years, we’ve witnessed multiple controversies over Machine Learning-enabled systems producing biased or discriminatory results. In 2016, for example, ProPublica reported that ML algorithms U.S. courts use to gauge defendants’ likelihood of recidivism were more likely to label black defendants as high risk compared to white defendants from similar backgrounds.
The increasing role of Machine Learning (ML) in decision-making systems, from banking to bail, presents us with an opportunity to build better, less biased systems or run the risk of reinforcing these problems, explains VentureBeat.
Some people may call these biases “racist algorithms.” However, the problem isn’t the algorithms themselves, it’s the data fed to them. For example, collecting data from the past is a common starting point for data science projects — but “[historical] data is often biased in ways that we don’t want to transfer to the future,” says Joey Gonzalez, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley and a founding member of UC Berkeley’s RISE Lab.
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This is where explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI) could come in. Humans might be able to correct for bias before it has a serious impact, if they could check in on the “reasoning” an algorithm used to make decisions about members of high-risk groups.
What fuels the machine learning system are the data it learned from. Therefore, it differently from a standard computer program where humans explicitly write every line of code. The accuracy of an ML system could be measured by humans, but visibility into how such a system actually makes decisions is limited.
According to the Venture Beat report, explainable AI asks ML algorithms to justify their decision-making in a similar way. For example, in 2016 researchers from the University of Washington built an explanation technique called LIME that they tested on Google’s Inception Network, a popular image classification neural net. Instead of looking at which of the Inception Network’s “neurons” fire when it makes an image classification decision, LIME searches for an explanation in the image itself. It erases various parts of the original image and feeds the resulting “perturbed” images back through Inception, checking to see which perturbations throw the algorithm off the furthest.
By doing so, LIME can attribute the Inception Network’s classification decision to specific features of the original picture. For example, for an image of a tree frog, LIME found that erasing parts of the frog’s face made it much harder for the Inception Network to identify the image, showing that much of the original classification decision was based on the frog’s face.
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While these are promising developments, making AI bias-free comes down to one thing, and that is data. Bias is likely to occur if the data an algorithm is trained on doesn’t fairly reflect the entire population that developers want to serve.
“It is an incredibly hard problem,” acknowledged Gonzalez. “But by getting very smart people thinking about this problem and trying to codify a better approach or at least state what the approach is, I think that will help make progress.”
Electronics giant LG has developed a wearable robot that supports and enhances a user’s legs by adding lower limb strength and increase mobility. LG is planning to showcase its new robot at the IFA, a consumer electronics event in Berlin from August 31 to September 5. The company calls its exoskeleton the first “human-centric” wearable robot.
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The LG CLOi SuitBot, looks similar to the exoskeleton other companies have been bringing out.
The new powered suit was designed in collaboration with the startup SG Robotics, which has been studying how wearable robots can enhance our quality of life.
This exoskeleton could be used in a work scenario to help avoid injuries and increase ease for physical work.
LG says the exoskeleton is a comfortable fit. Its naturally rotating joints allow the robot to move more easily and in a natural way to enhance the lower body while walking, standing or working.
“Its sandal-type shoes and automatic adjustment feature allow the wearer to get in and out of the suit more easily, differentiating LG CLOi SuitBot from many other exoskeletons,” says LG.
The LG CLOi SuitBot can connect to other LG service robots to become part of a smart working network to deliver information and tools required at workplaces such as manufacturing, logistics and distribution, reports Robotics & Automation.
According to LG, the CLOi SuitBot uses artificial intelligence (AI) to learn and evolve through the recognition and analysis of biometric and environment data. That should ultimately mean the optimum movement is suggested for maximum power efficiency.
“LG CLOi SuitBot is evidence of our full commitment to expanding our portfolio of service robots that deliver tangible convenience and innovation in our lives,” says Song Dae-hyun, president of LG’s Home Appliance & Air Solution Company.
“It’s just one example of a wide range of revolutionary AI products designed to interact with users to dramatically elevate user convenience and create new opportunities to advance our robotics initiative into a next-gen growth engine.”
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LG’s previously announced robots include Guide Robot, Cleaning Robot and Serving Robot. But, unlike the others, the new LG CLOi SuitBot does not navigate airport lounges and hotel hallways by itself.
It’s very important to track heart rate. It can help you set fitness goals and reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke, and heart attack by helping you to maintain a healthy heart.
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Remember in school, when they taught you how to track your heart rate? It was a bit complicated process – you had to put your finger on a pulse point and count how many pulses you feel per minute. But, now with wearable activity trackers, it’s dead simple to track your heart rate, according to Wired.
Here’s how to do it
Once you strap on your fitness tracker or Smartwatch, you’ll start seeing your bpm on the screen.
“It’s important to understand that there is a spectrum of what constitutes a normal heart rate,” says Dr. Gregory Marcus, Director of Clinical Research for the Department of Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
You might have read that a healthy resting heart rate typically falls between 60 and 100 bpm. But according to Dr. Marcus, it’s not so simple, since heart rates vary from person to person.
“In many cases, the more fit a given individual is, the more their heart rate will slow while they’re at rest or while they’re asleep,” says Dr. Marcus. This means that a good athlete might see their resting heart rate slows to 30, even 20 bpm. This is because the heart muscle of a physically fit person doesn’t have to strain as much to support the body’s needs.
Wired report urges you to start by determining your target heart rate. You should keep in mind that this target heart rate is the one you achieve during exercise. You may want to get help from a physician or trainer to determine your target heart rate.
There are some rough guidelines provided by the American Heart Association. First, you need to calculate the average maximum heart rate for someone your age. It can be done by subtracting your age from 220. For example, if you are 25 years of age, your maximum heart rate would be around 195 bpm. Your target heart rate can be anywhere between 50 and 85% of your maximum heart rate.
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During workout, simply glance at your wearable tracker. Wearables like Garmin, Fitbit, and Apple Watches have compatible apps that graph your heart rate over time. You can easily see your bpm and have a solid idea of the intensity of your workout.
Get the right wearable
It is very important that you buy the right fitness tracker. Some wearables give more accurate heart rate readings than others. While wrist wearables are for the most part precise enough for everyday use, chest wearables give you the most accurate readings.
Europe's biggest technology show is just around the corner, and this is a year you will not want to miss. We've rounded up the trends and secrets you need to know ahead of the show's launch later this week.
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Ready for an all new Apple Watch for 2018? It looks like Apple may be planning a complete redesign with improved health features. Here are all the details about the upcoming Apple Watch Series 4.
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Now available to order on Kickstarter, LogicInk's temporary tattoo-style device provides you with at-a-glance information concerning whether or not you’ve had enough sun for the day.
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J’adore Adorn Launches Luxury Swarovski Elements Crystal Earphones for Women
Seetal Fatania, founder of J’Adore Adorn is passionate about personal expression, therefore it is not surprising that in a world so heavily dominated by technology, she would understand the need for women to be able to express themselves through their communication tools. So, J’adore Adorn launched Swarovski Elements® crystal earphones, made especially for women.
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“Historically, technology and gadgets have predominantly been playground for men. Perhaps one of the biggest observations from women last year is the lack of aesthetic qualities. You know, women want more options, particularly more stylish designs, Fatania said. “So, in response to the growing demand of women wanting more technological products that not only look luxurious but, are also beautiful to wear, we creative an innovative necklace-style wireless headset.”
The wireless necklace, which doubles as a sparkling pendant necklace, is made of 18KT gold-coated beads and houses 3‐buttons that allow the wearer to control the phone. Connecting via Bluetooth, the ultra-lightweight earphones produce excellent sound quality and noise cancelling technology. Designed to be compatible with a range of devices including Apple and Android mobile phones, the device also has full control of Siri functionality, a wireless range of up to 10m and a charging time of 2 hours, reports FashNerd.
“One of the key features of our headsets is it looks like you’re wearing a stunning necklace or a piece of jewelry. Whilst also been able to have a hands-free experience,” Fatania said.
J’dore Adorn pendant is exclusively designed in the UK and it comes in 9 different designs and several colors.
“The way we dress and accessorize is a reflection of who we are. It’s a way of giving reverence to the events that have shaped our lives and tells everyone that we are proud to be different. At J’adore Adorn, we celebrate this freedom of expression through our exclusive range of opulent essentials for modern living. Each collection is designed around an expression, be it passion, beauty or rebellion and is created in admiration of women who want to showcase their individuality,” says Fatania.
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The fashionable headsets are available at London’s luxury department stores Harrods and Selfridges, you can also grab these for £189.00 at the company’s website: jadoreadorn.com.
Fossil teamed up with safety platform Noonlight to bring an emergency feature to its fourth-generation lineup of Wear OS smartwatches. Whenever there is an emergency, users can alert dispatchers straight from the watch face.
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English Pemier League champions Manchester City have launched an artificial intelligence-powered wearable smartband called Fantom in collaboration with Swedish start-up Turnpike Group.
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The football smartband, priced at £80 ($103), will be primarily based on content from Manchester City with a huge collection of special features, including live match reporting, 24/7 inside information, updates, real-time match stats, breaking news, fan polls and quizzes.
The Fantom is also being claimed as a football first that will help in seamless ticket distribution and payments during the home games in Etihad stadium, reports Inside Sport.
If you’re a City fan you can grab one of these bands and you’ll regularly receive match stats, news, club information, enter quizzes and do more from your wrist.
The Fantom Smart Band also has near field communication (NFC) capabilities, meaning it can double as your season ticket allowing you an easier access to the ground; you don’t have to reach in your pocket to pay for your half-time snack. The tech will also detect when other City fans are nearby to help ‘spark new connections’.
“Fantom is an instant tribe telegraph on your wrist, making you feel connected to everything happening around the club. For clubs, it’s incredibly exciting because it enables them to understand and reach their most loyal fans in a completely personalized way, without cannibalizing existing sales, relationships or channels,” said Fantom co-founder Carl Norberg.
The smartband is packaged in a premium aluminum housing and it features a touch display and soft silicone straps. The full release of the smartband ‘fan-tech’ platform follows a soft launch earlier this month that sold out within days of its release.
“Every part of Fantom is designed from the ground up. Everything is custom made, from the chipsets and industrial design to the operative system and the innovative user experience with the sole focus of creating a unique fan experience. We see an enormous potential for the platform,” said Fantom co-founder Björn Ögren.
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The team behind this new platform is looking at adding more features in the future with a big emphasis on AI to offer more personalized content for individual wearers.
The iOS and Android-friendly wearable is available to buy from getfantom.com .
According to a recent study in JAMA, two popular commercially available baby monitors that promise to keep parents informed about their babies’ vital signs scored poorly compared with actual hospital quality monitors in a test.
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The study looked at two wearable baby monitors, the Owlet Smart Sock 2 and the Baby Vida. These commercially available monitors, which are not approved by the FDA, are worn on the baby’s leg and monitors their heart rate and blood oxygen levels. They promise to sound an alarm via parents’ smartphones if the baby’s heart rate or blood oxygen levels move into danger zones, according to Reuters.
Of the two monitors, the Owlet Smart Sock 2 performed better. But it still often sounded the alarm when there was nothing wrong and sometimes missed instances when blood oxygen levels were too low. The other monitor, the Baby Vida, performed even worse, completely missing unhealthy vital signs.
“There are lots of reasons parents should probably not be using consumer vital sign monitors,” said study leader Dr. Chris Bonafide of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. “There is no evidence that these monitors prevent SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). And the issues with accuracy . . . make me concerned that they could not just be unhelpful but that they could also create problems.”
In the study, the Owlet missed nine occasions in which the baby’s blood oxygen level was “alarmingly low.” It also falsely claimed something was wrong 26 times, though it did accurately catch low oxygen saturation 71 times.
The Baby Vida missed 102 times that the blood oxygen level was too low. While it didn’t sound any false alarms, it did display low pulse rates when they were normal.
Owlet co-founder and CEO Kurt Workman, noted in a statement emailed to Reuters Health that the most accurate method of assessing oxygen saturation involves testing blood that’s been drawn from an artery. “Owlet is designed for in-home use, with healthy babies while they sleep, to provide parents with information about their child’s well-being,” he said.
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“Owlet sensor accuracy has been validated in studies performed by independent laboratories and when compared to arterial blood gas measurements the sensor performed well within international standards for pulse oximetry,” he added. “The accuracy and performance of the Owlet Smart Sock is something that we take very seriously.”
While Owlet insists that its Smart Socks are made to track baby’s wellbeing and help keep parents worry free, the only way it works is if the parents trust the results produced by the device. However, that trust will disappear if there are false alarms that send them to the emergency room late at night or worse, missing a sudden blood oxygen drop.
Last year, LogicInk, a San Francisco, CA-based startup and a pioneer in programmable materials, announced its first product LogicInk UV, a wearable that resembles a temporary tattoo and monitors your UV exposure, signaling when it is time to get out of the sun in order to prevent skin damage.
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Now, the company’s UV temporary tattoo is complete, and it has launched a Kickstarter campaign to leverage its existence in an interesting way. For at least $14 you can get two UV tattoos by November 2018. However, for LogicInk, this is about taking it to the next stage, reports Wareable.
LogicInk co-founder and CEO Carlos Olguin told Wareable that his company wants to use all its proceeds from the Kickstarter campaign to fund new temporary tattoos that focus on hydration, blood alcohol level, pollution and more.
The UV has two rings: the inner ring responds to the harshness of the sun, turning from white to purple; while the outer ring tells you when you’ve had enough sun by turning from pink to purple.
LogicInk is working on a tattoo that can detect blood alcohol level. The tattoo changes color as your blood alcohol level gets higher, letting you know how drunk you are. The tattoo has been certified by the National Institute of Health.
About the hydration sensor, Olguin told Wareable that it isn’t just meant for athletes or fitness fanatics, but it’s also aimed at the elderly and other groups who might not realize that they’re dehydrated. Similarly, the tattoo would change color based on how hydrated you are.
The blood alcohol and the hydration sensors work by detecting your sweat and the skin voluntiles that come from your skin, and the detection triggers a color change in the tattoo.
According to Olguin, the core mission of these sensors is to empower users to understand how their body is being affected by outside forces.
LogicInk has also been looking at balancing how quickly the color changes. The company has found that those with sensitive skin like how quickly it tells them they’ve got their fill of the sun, while those without sensitive skin find it moves too fast.
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While the $14 pledge will get you two UV tattoos, the second reward for pledges $79 and up, will get you whatever the next sensor from LogicInk is. And, about the type of the next sensor, that’s up to the backers, who gets to participate in choosing which technology the company moves toward first.
“It’s important for people to see that this isn’t just blue sky dreaming, there is work done already,” Olguin said.
Soul Electronics, a Lake Mary, Florida-based global leader in consumer electronics and manufacturing, has developed Run Free Bio – a set of smart sports headphones that wants to help runners become better runners. The headphones include innovative tech that’s capable of delivering the same kind of gait analysis you’d normally have to go to a specialist running store for.
The wireless in-ears were unveiled back in January at CES and they’re now available to buy in the US for $149.99 with a launch outside of the US slated for later in 2018, reports Wareable.
The Run Free Bio looks just like an average pair of sporty in-ear headphones. Available in red or gray, the headphones have a built-in remote for music and call control with a small compartment hiding away the microUSB charging port.
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The sweat proof in-ears include replaceable ear tips and ear hooks to give you the most comfortable fit.
For the night time runners, the reflective cable aids visibility and there’s an LED safety light in the bottom of the battery that’s built into the cable. It can be switched on or off depending on the time of the day you choose to run.
As for the sound quality, although they don’t roar, but they’re definitely not on the quiet side either. Wareable’s Michael Sawh tried out a pair of these and he wrote: “It’s a nice balance and it was overall a solid listening experience with decent isolation and no signs of leaking. There’s no in-app equalizer to tinker with the sound profile, but most people are going to be satisfied with what these muster up out of the box.”
The BiomechEngine collects data on cadence, head angle, vertical oscillation, step width, symmetry and shock, which is then used to offer more advanced running metrics to review post run in the app.
If you want to get the coaching hit you’ll need to download the Soul Fit smartphone app, which is available for both iOS and Android. Along with cadence, step width etc., it also gives you data related to injury risk with information related to leg stiffness, shock, max force, symmetry and consistency.
The headphones do not have built-in GPS sensors, so you’ll need your phone with you to track routes and to experience the real-time coaching.
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“The Run Free Bio has something going for it that the Lumo Run doesn’t though, and that’s building its coaching powers into headphones, something I and no doubt a lot of people will always run with. It’ll take a fair few more runs to really know if those coaching insights are making a difference, but it looks like the folks at Soul Electronics could be on to something here,” wrote Sawh.
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Apple has launched an update to its Apple Watch operating system, WatchOS 4.0. The update brings an intelligent Siri watch face, along with better activity tracking and updates to the Music app, among other things.
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You could have earned a Bachelor's degree in the time it took Google to deliver a significant update to its Fit app. Well, the big Google Fit update is finally here, and it's not just a redesign. We took it for a spin.
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Apple announced its latest software update for the Apple Watch at the 2018 WWDC, and new betas suggest a final release is imminent. WatchOS 5 brings a number of new features to the table including new watch faces as well as improved health tracking.
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