Wearable clothing news : November 2019

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Here’s where you still can buy an Apple Watch at Black Friday prices

Miss out on a Black Friday Apple Watch deal? Not a problem, there are still places where you can score an Apple Watch at a discount. We compiled a list of retailers where you can snag an Apple Watch for cheap.

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Cyber Week 2019: The best deals have yet to come

Cyber Week continues the online shopping focus that kicks off on Cyber Monday and follows Black Friday's in-store madness. Online merchants and physical retailers extended Cyber Monday to Cyber Week because buyers kept shopping for deals.

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Cyber Monday 2019: The best deals you can shop right now

Black Friday has arrived, but you shouldn't forget about Cyber Monday. Here's everything you need to know about the next batch of deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available on Fitbit, Samsung, Garmin

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best leftover Black Friday smartwatch deals still available.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Friday, November 29, 2019

Best smartwatch deals for December 2019: Samsung, Fitbit, and Apple Watch sales

Smartwatches make life easier by sending alerts right on your wrist. Many also provide fitness-tracking features, so now is a great time to pick one up for cheap. With Cyber Monday deals upon us, all of the top brands and models are getting steep price cuts.

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Best cheap Apple Watch deals for December 2019

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.

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Best Black Friday 2019 smartwatch deals still available: Fitbit and Samsung discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday 2019 Apple Watch deals still available

There are a lot of different Black Friday deals going on this year, but some of the most popular savings of 2019 are on Apple Watches. We've rounded up the best Apple Watch deals we could find.

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Best Black Friday 2019 Apple Watch deals still available

Cyber Monday Deals 2019: Sales you can shop right now

Black Friday has arrived, but you shouldn't forget about Cyber Monday. Here's everything you need to know about the next batch of deals.

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The best smartwatches for 2019

Tempted to buy a smartwatch? If so, then the growing number of great models available means you've got plenty to choose from. But which one should you pick?

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Best Black Friday Apple Watch deals in 2019

Get a kids’ Frozen 2 smartwatch for almost half off at Walmart for Black Friday

If you’re looking for Frozen-related gifts to give the kids, we found one that might do the trick. Frozen fever has probably already hit your home, and the Frozen 2 smartwatch for kids is almost half off right now for Black Friday at Walmart.

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Apple Watch Series 5 is available for $20 less on Amazon for Black Friday

Apple has knocked $20 off on its latest smartwatch, the Watch Series 5 on Amazon for Black Friday. The deal brings the watch’s original $399 price down to $379 and is available for both the size options.

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Xyntek, Nymi Partner Up to Add Wearable Biometric Devices to their Platform

Xyntek Incorporated, a global leader in pharmaceutical and life sciences automation and IT solutions recently signed a partnership agreement with Nymi, to use wearable technology in Xyntek’s Turnkey Biometrics Authentication Platform.

Xyntek uses Nymi Bands and other technologies such as iris and fingerprint scanning technologies into their operations and processes. These solutions bring significant improvements and efficiencies to complex and GxP controlled laboratory, manufacturing, and healthcare processes that require user authentication and electronic signatures to review/approve completion of critical process steps. Nymi’s unique wearable authentication solution, activated by a user’s biometrics, keeps workers continuously authenticated to facilitate rapid logins/e-signatures with just a tap of their wrist, said Xyntek in a press release.

“In the past a user’s identity was verified based on what we know, such as our username/passwords/PINs or what we have, such as ID & access cards,” said Mac Hashemian, P.E., CEO of Xyntek. “Biometric authentication enables user identification based on who we are, by using unique physical characteristics such as iris patterns and fingerprints to allow access to extremely sensitive systems, information and/or environments. With digital transformation and the push for mobility, we now have to factor in “what extends us” to this equation. The Nymi Biometric wearable technology provides an additional level of flexibility that provides operators with a more efficient way to achieve compliance and security without compromising productivity.”

Computer display screen — Xyntek’s complete biometric solution installed on a mobile workstation (PRNewswire photo)

Xyntek’s platform is built around a high-availability centralized authentication service which transforms a user’s biometric identity into their enterprise account credentials in seconds. Xyntek’s biometric platform supports all standard biometric devices including fingerprints and iris scanners, and our new partnership will add wearable technology, Nymi Bands, to the platform.

“We are excited to be working closely with Xyntek and integrating the Nymi Bands into Xyntek’s portfolio of solutions and services,” said Andrew Foxcroft, Vice President of Nymi. “There are many use cases in the Life Sciences GxP environments that can benefit from wearable authentication devices. By combining our technology with Xyntek’s Biometric Authentication Platform, we can address a number of important use cases featuring enterprise authentication that delivers data integrity and security, allowing highly regulated industries to achieve compliance and productivity.”

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Thursday, November 28, 2019

MediaTek’s Dimensity 1000 5G Chipset Delivers Ultra-Fast Speed and Seamless Connectivity

Taiwan-based MediaTek unveiled Dimensity, the company’s family of powerful 5G system-on-chips (SoCs) offering an unrivaled combination of connectivity, multimedia, AI and imaging innovations for premium and flagship smartphones. Dimensity 1000 is MediaTek’s first 5G mobile SoC in its 5G family of chipsets.

MediaTek’s Dimensity 5G chipset family combines smart connectivity and ultra-fast speed to power the world’s most capable 5G devices. Dimensity represents a step toward a new era of mobility – the fifth dimension – to spur industry innovation and let consumers unlock the possibilities of 5G connectivity, said MediaTek in a press release.

“Our Dimensity series is a culmination of MediaTek’s investment in 5G and positions us as a leader driving 5G development and innovation. Our 5G technology goes head-to-head with anyone in the industry,” said MediaTek President Joe Chen.

“We chose the name Dimensity to highlight how our 5G solutions are driving new waves of innovation and experiences, much like the fabled fifth dimension,” added Chen. “Our first announced chip, MediaTek Dimensity 1000, gives consumers a significantly faster, more intelligent and all-around incredible mobile experience.”

A person playing video game on a mobile phone — MediaTek’s Helio G90 provides incredible gaming experience (Image: MediaTek)

Features and technology in the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 include:

World’s First Dual 5G SIM: In addition to support for services such as Voice over New Radio (VoNR), the world’s first dual 5G SIM technology delivers seamless connectivity across networks and offers consistent speeds.
Most Power Efficient 5G Modem: The chipset’s integrated 5G modem delivers extreme energy efficiency and is a more power efficient design than competing solutions. This compact, integrated design also lets brands use the extra space for other features like a bigger battery or larger camera sensors.
Seamless Handover: With 5G carrier aggregation, the chipset posts higher average speeds and performs a seamless handover between two connection areas (high speed layer and coverage layer) for seamless high-speed connections when users are on the go.
Unparalleled Imaging: With the world’s first five-core image signal processor (ISP) combined with MediaTek’s Imagiq+ technology, Dimensity 1000 provides a truly extraordinary camera and video experience. The chipset supports 80MP cameras sensors at 24 frames per second and a range of multi-camera options such as 32+16MP dual cameras.
Powerful APU Camera & Video Support: The APU supports advanced AI-camera enhancements for autofocus, auto exposure, auto white balance, noise reduction, high-dynamic-range (HDR) and facial detection, along with the world’s first multi-frame video HDR capability.
Stunning Graphics and Video: The chipset delivers stunning graphics with support for Full HD+ displays up to 120Hz and 2K+ up to 90Hz. Dimensity 1000 is the first mobile SoC to support Google AV1 format up to 4K resolution at 60fps, elevating the video streaming experience to new levels.

The first Dimensity powered devices will start hitting the market in Q1 of 2020.

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Black Friday 2019 deals under $250: Huge savings on iPad, Apple Watch, HomePod, Kindle, Xbox, PS4 - CNET

Our updated list of deals on headphones, game consoles, wearables and more from Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Kohl's, all available now.

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How to unpair an Apple Watch

Has your Apple Watch seen better days? Do you want to replace it, resell it, or give it to a friend? First, you have to unpair it from your devices and erase the settings. We'll show you exactly how to do it.

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IDC Profiles Hearables Makers Bragi, Nuheara, and Waverly Labs as IDC Innovators

International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new IDC Innovators report profiling three companies – Bragi, Nuheara, and Waverly Labs – for taking a traditional audio-centric hearable device and augmenting it with new features and functionalities.

Over the past five years, consumers have adopted wearable devices through fitness trackers and smartwatches. More recently, the introduction of new business and enterprise applications have started to bring these devices into the workplace. The same trend can be seen within a fast-growing segment of the smart earwear market, also known as hearables, where new capabilities are being added to the devices that expand the ways in which people communicate, reports Business Wire.

Hearables are technically advanced, electronic in-ear-devices designed for purposes ranging from wireless transmission to communication objectives, medical monitoring and fitness tracking. Hearables must also provide language translation on the device; and enable smart assistants at the touch of a button or through keyword detection, even if the assistant is running on another device.

“Hearables are quickly becoming the hot product within the wearables market, and while many focus on streaming audio and making phone calls, these companies help their wearers with personal and/or professional productivity,” said Ramon T. Llamas, research director with IDC’s Mobile Devices team. “Two of these companies recognize and help solve the challenges that some people have simply to communicate, and the third adds new AI-based functionalities to other companies’ hearable devices. The end result: wearers who communicate more easily and devices with extended usage and life cycles.”

A man listening through earbuds — Image: Nuheara

Here are what the 3 companies profiled in the report offer:

Bragi helps its customers to develop smart audio products by enabling hearables to execute computing and data analysis on the device instead of the cloud using the smallest amount of power and memory.
Nuheara is a hearing healthcare company that has developed situational-use hearable devices that augment a wearer’s hearing in real time with amplification, noise reduction, and audio beamforming.
Waverly Labs offers a hearable device that translates 20 languages in close to real time and expands the experience from understanding someone speaking in a foreign language to a two-way conversation.

IDC Innovators reports present a set of vendors – under $100 million in revenue at time of selection – chosen by an IDC analyst within a specific market that offer an innovative new technology, a groundbreaking approach to an existing issue, and/or an interesting new business model.

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Empatica’s Embrace Plus Smartwatch Will Monitor Health of Astronauts Aboard Mars Mission

Empatica, an MIT Media Lab Spin off that develops medical wearables using AI, announced their new smartwatch EmbracePlus built in partnership with Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH). EmbracePlus was chosen by TRISH to be the first wearable to monitor the health of the astronaut crew that will board the first manned mission to Mars.

EmbracePlus has been designed from the ground-up as a space-ready device suitable for health monitoring during deep space missions. EmbracePlus can support longitudinal diagnostics, giving astronauts actionable insights into their health without the need of wearing invasive instrumentation, said Empatica in a press release.

Empatica was chosen because of its track record and success in creating the first smart watch used in neurology to detect seizures, the Embrace2, which has received FDA clearance for both its hardware sensors and its software alerting algorithm. The brand new EmbracePlus will provide the highest quality measures for long-term medical sensing while functioning reliably and robustly, despite harsh and challenging environments. The device also offers powerful on-board advanced processing that can run custom AI algorithms to provide support to the wearer.

Humans on Mars — Artist’s conception of first human habitat on Mars (Image: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Nasa)

The breakthrough features of EmbracePlus include:

An e-ink face giving reminders and prompting the wearer with questions, facilitating engagement
A powerful microcontroller unit (MCU), for running advanced AI algorithms
A comfortable, swappable and customizable strap, which runs circuitry inside to power electrodes
Customizable sensor data sampling
Wireless communications and fast data streaming using Bluetooth 5
Custom LED and photodiode configuration detects high-quality heart rate and heart rate variability
Custom electrodermal activity sensing provides continuous changes in autonomic stress
A portal with secure access to raw data and tools to ease the management of large studies
On-wrist charging with a revolutionary new patent-pending sleek pod, ensuring the device never needs to be taken off unless the wearer wants to
Waterproof package

Empatica will start shipping Embrace Plus in the summer of 2020.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Black Friday 2019 deals under $250: iPad, Kindle Oasis, Apple Watch, Xbox, PS4 and more - CNET

Our updated list of deals on headphones, game consoles, wearables and more from Amazon, Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Kohl's, all available now.

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Best smartwatch deals for November 2019: Samsung, Fitbit, and Apple Watch sales

Smartwatches make life easier by sending alerts right on your wrist. Many also provide fitness-tracking features, so now is a great time to pick one up for cheap. With Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals upon us, all of the top brands and models are getting steep price cuts.

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Best Cyber Week Deals 2019: Everything you need to know

Best Black Friday Apple Watch deals in 2019

Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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The best Wear OS apps

Looking for some ways to spruce up that new Android smartwatch of yours? Here are the best Wear OS apps to download and use with any Android smartwatch, including a few specially enhanced for Wear OS 2.0.

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Honor Unveils its Magic Watch 2 with Health Monitor and 14-Day Battery Life

Honor has officially unveiled its Magic Watch 2 at an event in Beijing, China. The Magic Watch 2 comes in two sizes – 46mm and 42mm – and offers GPS, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking and a virtual pace-setter.

“Honor Magic Watch 2 is another strong product that helps to achieve the 1+8+N IoT strategy,” said George Zhao, President of Honor. “Honor Magic Watch 2 marks Honor’s another big step in the brand’s own ecosystem integration of connected smart products as well as the global wearable market. The Honor Magic Watch 2 cements our forward-thinking in smartwatch design and development of wearable products. Whether you are out for fitness training or work, Honor Magic Watch 2 will keep you at your optimal performance inside and out.”

The Honor Magic Watch 2 has a slimmer build than the first device, with small crowns. The watch supports 15 goal-based fitness modes including 8 outdoor and 7 indoor sports, from outdoor modes like running, hiking, cycling and triathlons to indoor pool swimming, free training and rowing machine etc., said a press release.

The smartwatch is also supported by 13 professional indoor and outdoor running courses from beginner to advanced levels. Whether you’re just starting out or already an experienced runner, Honor Magic Watch 2 is able to offer perfect courses and motivation to go further. The Magic Watch 2 is also packed with a virtual pace-setter with real-time actionable advice to help enhance workout efforts at the runner’s pace.

Equipped with Huawei TruSleep 2.0 technology, the Honor Magic Watch 2 can precisely track and diagnose 6 common types of sleep disorders and provide over 200 corresponding suggestions tailored to the user’s sleeping habit to improve sleep quality. The watch can also detect stress level and provide suggested breathing exercises to help you to get some peace of mind with the support of Huawei TruRelax technology.

The smartwatch uses Huawei’s TruSeen, to track your heart rate 24/7 and send an alert when it goes above or below normal levels. With water resistance up to 50 meters, the Magic Watch 2 also performs well underwater to monitor the user’s heart rate and record SWOLF score, distance, speed and burned calories. All personal health data can be synced to smartphone pre-installed the Huawei Health app, which helps users to keep records and learn better about themselves.

The price for the Honor Magic Watch 2 starts at $197 for the 42mm size and $208 for the 46mm size.

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This Wearable Device Can Improve Speech of People Living with Parkinson’s Disease

People afflicted with Parkinson’s disease usually develop speech impediment; their speech become quieter and less clear that before the disease affected them. In many cases, these people improve their speech with speech therapy. Now, Purdue University researchers have developed a wearable device that can help people with Parkinson’s speak louder and more clearly, by working on a natural reflex that aids in overcoming difficulties with speech.

The device, dubbed SpeechVive, uses a reflex to improve communication. It plays noise in a user’s ear when they are talking, which elicits the reflex, resulting in speech that is automatically louder, clearer and lower, reports Purdue University.

“Since the wearable device elicits a reflex, the patient does not need to remember to use therapy techniques to communicate in everyday life,” said Jessica Huber, a professor in Purdue’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, who developed SpeechVive. “When people with Parkinson’s disease cannot be heard or understood, they withdraw from communication exchanges, leading to social isolation. This device makes it possible for patients to continue to communicate with their loved ones well into their disease.”

A man and a woman — Image credit: SpeechVive Inc.

More than 1 million people in the United States are diagnosed with Parkinson’s, one of the most common degenerative neurological diseases.

The device was recently commercialized by SpeechVive Inc. it is already being made available to patients using VA hospitals and through other venues.

“We are working to develop additional routes for individuals to obtain the device,” said Huber, who is also the associate dean for research in Purdue’s College of Health and Human Sciences. “I enjoy developing and testing devices and therapies that can improve the quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease.”

SpeechVive Inc is one of the companies selected for the Purdue Foundry’s Double Down Experiment, which consists of nine businesses ready to reach the next level with technologies designed to advance the world.

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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Best Buy Black Friday sale: Samsung Galaxy and Apple Watch deals

Best Buy is offering Black Friday prices on two popular smartwatches today. Both the Samsung Galaxy Watch and Apple Watch Series 4 have gone on sale.

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Best Cyber Monday Deals 2019: What you need to know before Black Friday

Cyber Monday continues the end-of-year holiday buying excitement that starts with Black Friday. Since the first Cyber Monday in 2005, online retailers promote the Monday after Thanksgiving as the best time of the year to find deals online.

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Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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WPI Researchers Develop Flexible Wireless Oxygen Sensor for Monitoring Infants

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts have developed a prototype flexible sensor the size of a Band-Aid that will measure a baby’s blood oxygen levels, a vital indication of the lungs’ effectiveness and whether the baby’s tissue is receiving adequate oxygen supply. The wearable device, which is wireless and inexpensive, may allow sick newborns to leave the hospital and be monitored remotely.

Ulkuhan Guler, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of WPI’s Integrated Circuits and Systems Lab, is leading the project focused on enabling sick, hospitalized babies to be untethered from wired sensors, so they can more easily and frequently be examined, held, and even allowed to go home. Guler and her team have developed a miniature oxygen monitor for babies, which measures blood gases diffusing through the skin and reports the data wirelessly, reports WPI.

“Extended stays in the hospital are costly and can be a strain on families,” said Guler. “And studies have shown that babies’ health improves when they are with their families. Our goal with this affordable, mobile device is to give doctors more flexibility in monitoring their patients both in the hospital and at home.”

Conventional method of measuring oxygen molecules involves sensors wired to a monitor. But Guler’s device can accomplish that wirelessly. Through an alarm or mobile app, the device also notifies hospital personnel or family members if the baby’s oxygen level begins to drop.

Scientists working — Professor Guler works with graduate student researchers Devdip Sen (in the middle) and Ian Costanzo (Image credit: WPI)

The wearable device is designed to measure partial pressure oxygen (PO2), which indicates the amount of oxygen in the blood. PO2 is a more accurate indicator of respiratory health than a simple oxygen saturation measurement. And measuring the PO2 level via a noninvasive device attached on the skin is as accurate as a blood test, the WPI report said.

In another phase of her research, Guler plans to modify the wearable so that it can be used for adults with asthma and seniors with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Guler is collaborating with Pratap Rao, associate professor of mechanical engineering at WPI, and Lawrence Rhein, MD, chair of the department of pediatrics and an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Ian Costanzo and Devdip Sen, both graduate students in electrical and computer engineering at WPI, also are working with Guler to create a chip that will eventually act as the heart for the wearable device.

“The concept of the technology is that if we have more accessible data for a person of any age, we’ll be able to better take care of these patients,” said Rhein, who has been advising Guler on what’s needed in a hospital and home setting. “The idea of noninvasive, untethered, accessible data collection opens up a whole new world of care.”

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Honor pulls its new MagicWatch 2 smartwatch out of a hat

Surprise! Honor has shouted abracadabra and pulled the new MagicWatch 2 smartwatch out of a hat. Up to two weeks battery life and strong health tracking makes it desirable.

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Biofourmis Buys Biovotion to Deliver Precise Interventions for Patients with Complex Chronic Conditions

US-based digital therapeutics company Biofourmis has signed an agreement to buy Zurich, Switzerland-based wearable biosensor company Biovotion. The deal consists of all Biovotion’s assets, including the clinical-grade Everion® device and over 60 global patents.

The acquisition of Biovotion enables Biofourmis to offer proprietary, clinical-grade wearables as part of its Biovitals® ecosystem, a highly sophisticated personalized AI-powered predictive analytics platform that predicts clinical exacerbation in advance of a critical event. The multi-parameter physiology data captured from Everion will be an integral component of Biovitals’ digital therapeutics products and pipeline to manage conditions such as heart failure, COPD, oncology and pain.

Clinical-grade wearables are becoming integral across all areas of healthcare. These wearables can help modify patient behavior, and offer continuous real-time physiological data, allowing physicians to intervene earlier. Combining Biovotion’s best-in-class wearables with Biofourmis’ digital therapeutics platform and its leading artificial intelligence (AI)-driven predictive analytics creates the most comprehensive digital therapeutics solution on the market, said Biofourmis in a press release.

“Biovotion had been a trusted partner for many years as we have leveraged each other’s technologies across numerous clinical, commercial and research applications,” said Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO and founder of Biofourmis. “We are thrilled to add Everion to the Biovitals® ecosystem, which will continue to help our clients achieve their goals such as demonstrating the value of pharmacotherapy, managing chronic diseases, predicting and preventing adverse events, and improving clinical outcomes—and ultimately reducing healthcare costs.”

Health app displayed on computers and mobile — Biofourmis’ FDA-cleared RhythmAnalytics platform helps healthcare professionals to detect cardiac arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat (Image: Biofourmis)

The lead product among Biovotion’s wearables is the clinical-grade Everion device, which is a multi-sensor platform worn on the arm capable of measuring 22 parameters in real time. Collected physiological data can include heart rate, inter-beat interval, respiratory rate, blood oxygenation, skin temperature and actigraphy (rest/activity cycles)—all gathered non-invasively. Additional clinical and non-clinical parameters such as blood pulse wave, motion intensity and steps, energy expenditure, sleep quality and heart rate variability are also insights collected by Everion.

Building on Everion’s current market-leading wearable, the next-generation Everion device is already under development and will have the ability to capture additional vital parameters, including continuous blood pressure trends.

In addition to the acquisition, Biofourmis also announced a partnership with Swiss pharma company Novartis to supply patients using Entresto, a drug for reducing heart failure, with the Biofourmis platform, including Everion devices.

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Monday, November 25, 2019

Best Black Friday Apple Watch deals in 2019

Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

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Google and Care AI Team Up for Autonomous Monitoring of Healthcare Facilities Using AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making a huge impact on healthcare by simplifying the lives of patients, doctors and hospital administrators. AI can do these jobs precisely in less time and at a fraction of the cost.

care.ai, a Florida-based AI company, has partnered with Google use Google’s Coral Edge TPU to power autonomous monitoring in hospitals. This collaboration enables care.ai’s platform to leverage accelerated neural networks at the edge, to transform an ordinary room into a “Self Aware Room™,” in any care setting at enterprise scale.

Numerous patients die each year as a result of medical errors. Medical errors are the third-leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. A recent Johns Hopkins study claims more than 250,000 people in the U.S. die every year from medical errors. care.ai’s breakthrough invention aims to create a transformative impact across clinical and operational processes to establish a new standard of care.

Using multiple modalities, care.ai sends context-aware, intelligent notifications to staff to alert and inform them about what is happening in any room at any time. This new power of knowledge transforms archaic, reactive tasks into intelligent, proactive workflows.

Built from the ground up to be open, and rapid to deploy, care ai’s state-of-art edge sensors deliver innovation at enterprise scale. care.ai’s autonomous monitoring sensors are the next generation of IoT devices, that hold the power to transform healthcare, the company says.

An electronic circuit board — The Edge TPU allows you to deploy high-quality ML inferencing at the edge, using various prototyping and production products from Coral.

“Imagine if we brought the power of AI with autonomous monitoring to healthcare environments – we could prevent injuries, diseases, protocol breaches, and ultimately fatalities; while improving staff efficiency,” said Chakri Toleti, Founder and CEO of care.ai. “By utilizing Google’s Edge TPU, care.ai has done just that – we have built an AI sensor to monitor, predict, and infer behaviors using billions of data points in real-time. It is truly the world’s most advanced AI platform for healthcare.”

The platform’s neural network algorithms are built using the world’s most extensive library of human behavioral data, proprietary to care.ai. Our deep neural networks can actively learn and evolve on a more advanced level than any other healthcare solution. In addition, care.ai’s machine learning capabilities include first-of-its-kind enterprise staff monitoring algorithms to naturally identify strengths and expose weaknesses in workflows; to learn gaps and automatically improve accuracy, efficacy, and efficiency.

“We believe we are on the cusp of an amazing revolution for AI in healthcare and are proud to partner with care.ai to witness it becoming a reality,” said Billy Rutledge, Director of Coral. “By combining care.ai’s AI-powered autonomous monitoring platform with our edge computing framework, we can address some of the most demanding challenges in healthcare in a way that’s never been accomplished before this collaboration.”

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Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Best Black Friday smartwatch deals 2019: Early Apple Watch discounts

Wearables have been growing in recent years, and if you're hoping to grab one for cheap, we've found the very best Black Friday smartwatch deals.

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Elbit Systems Introduces New Wearable Devices for Soldiers

When war breaks out military command centers are required to remotely monitor events over a large area under harsh conditions.

The Command and Control Vehicle (C2V) is part of the family of manned ground vehicles and is the hub of battlefield command and control. This platform helps manage information of the integrated network and provides the tools for commanders to synchronize their knowledge of combat power with the human dimension of leadership. Infantry command and soldiers need to interface effectively with C2 applications. Israeli company, Elbit Systems has introduced wearable devices for C2 staff at DSEI 2019 in London.

As warfare becomes increasingly networked, Elbit Systems’ new devices address the requirement from infantry commanders and soldiers to enhance their interface with Command and Control (C2) applications, with other force members and with external sensing assets, thereby stepping-up situational awareness and combat effectiveness, reports Elbit Systems.

Expanding the Company’s DOMINATOR warrior combat suite, the newly launched set includes four devices that integrate seamlessly with radio systems and with Battle Management Systems: SmartEye; Smart WristView; SmartSight and SmartNVG.

SmartEye is a ballistic eyewear that provides a geo-oriented head-mounted C2 display. Projecting a see-through Augmented Reality (AR) on the visor and enabling real-time image detection, SmartEye provides users with instant situational awareness. SmartEye interfaces with multiple visual sources, including weapon sights, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and input from reconnaissance units.

Soldier wearing a smartwatch — SmartWristView (Image credit: Elbit Systems)

Smart WristView is a compact, low-power, rugged wrist-strapped C2 display, providing soldiers a quick and convenient view of operational data in combat situations without altering weapon’s hold , further enhancing situational awareness and team-level C2 capabilities.

SmartSight is a C2 add-on to most existing day and night weapon sights, projecting see-through AR symbology, laser rangefinder data and a compass onto the soldier’s weapon sight, greatly improving target acquisition capabilities and combat effectiveness.

SmartNVG is a C2 add-on to most existing NVGs providing superimposed AR navigation and operational symbology on any vision imaging system, significantly improving effectiveness in night operations. SmartNVG is compatible with both HDMI and Android.

The complete DOMINATOR warrior suite includes also the recently launched SmarTrack – a situational awareness system for dismounted forces in GPS denied environments.

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Sunday, November 24, 2019

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Saturday, November 23, 2019

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Friday, November 22, 2019

Amazon drops killer deals on these Garmin smartwatches ahead of Black Friday

Garmin smartwatches boast the best fitness tracking and can last for a week or two depending on use, like the Vivoactive 3 and the Fenix 5X Sapphire.

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Fitbit OS Update Improves Heart Rate Tracking, Sleep Tools, On-Device Watch Face Adjustments

Fitbit has updated its Fitbit OS operating system for its popular smartwatches and Fitbit Premium membership service. The release of OS 4.1 brings major improvement to heart rate tracking. Thanks to an adjustment to its algorithms, PurePulse will be working better than ever on Versa 2 to make it much more accurate. The update also brings new sleep features and greater functionality right from your wrist.

Fitbit Versa 2 will boast an enriched always-on display mode, expanded capabilities for Amazon Alexa Built-in3 and a new advanced heart rate algorithm featuring the best tracking yet, all while giving you 6+ days of battery life, Fitbit said in a press release.

Fitbit is also continuing to roll out new content and tools to enhance your Fitbit Premium membership, including a personal wellness report. In addition, over the coming months, Fitbit will be rolling out new programs, challenges and wellness content, plus workouts from popular brands like Daily Burn, Down Dog, Gaiam, POPSUGAR and Whil.

With your new, personalized wellness report, you can view an in-depth analysis of your Fitbit activity, sleep, heart rate and weight trend data for the previous 30 days or past year for long-time users.16 You can share this with your healthcare professional, personal trainer or nutritionist to review your health trends over time, to better identify a potential health issue or help manage ongoing conditions.

A smartwatch — Fitbit Versa 2 (Image: Fitbit)

“Staying motivated to maintain your health and fitness routine is really hard around the holidays. We’re focused on making it more achievable through a combination of affordable devices, engaging software and our Premium membership to help you stay on track,” said James Park, co-founder and CEO of Fitbit. “The new FitbitOS update and added Premium features give users even more support with innovative smartwatch tools, fresh workouts, new programs and more, setting users up for success going into the new year.”

Another exciting addition to this update is the ability to adjust watch faces directly from the device. Now, Fitbit users can store up to five of their favorite watch faces from about 4,000 available from the Fitbit App Gallery. Before this, users had to pair their devices to a smartphone and then use the Fitbit app to change faces.

FitbitOS 4.1 will begin rolling out to Fitbit smartwatch users the first week of December, just in time for the holidays. Fitbit Premium members can already access and enjoy many of the latest updates, with the rest rolling out on an ongoing basis in the coming months.

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

Microsoft Patent Suggests it May Soon Launch Smart Fabric Products

It seems Google is about to take the lead in commercializing smart clothing and fabrics. Tech companies like Samsung and Apple are already on the smart fabric train. Now, a new patent filed by Microsoft details the company’s foray into smart fabric technology.

The patent filed by Microsoft and published by the USPTO last month details what the company has planned for smart fabric. In a patent titled “Electronically Functional Yarn,” Microsoft describes how it will embed electronic functionality into yarns that are typically non-electronically functional.

The patent image below “illustrates electronic components #306 in electronically functional yarns #304B and #304C. Each component may represent any suitable electronic component. It will be noted that the sizes, locations, and general arrangement of the components are presented for example, and that any suitable arrangement of electronic component(s) on an electronically functional yarn may be used,” reports PatentlyApple.

Sketch showing shirts and gloves — Image credit: Patently Mobile

In regards to the patent figures above, Microsoft notes that “although article #100 takes the form of a shirt, this innovation may also be applied to other electronically functional devices, such as soft-touch computing devices comprising textile exterior surfaces, wearable computing devices (e.g. head-mounted displays, functional gloves (e.g. a glove configured as a control device and/or output device for a computing system), wrist-worn devices, upholstery for furnishings, wall hangings, signage and other information displays, and internet of things (JOT) devices,” the PatentlyApple report states.

This new tech could be used on Microsoft HoloLens for both industrial and gaming applications. However, smart fabrics could be used in almost every industry, including Healthcare, Sports and Fitness, Automotive, Fashion and Entertainment, Home, and Safety/Military.

In September, WT | Wearable Technologies reported on a Microsoft patent application for a wearable band that suggest the company is looking into the possibility of wearable technology being used to help manage the symptoms of involuntary movements commonly suffered by people with Parkinson’s or a host of other disorders.

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Wearables Can Reliably Assess Engagement, Reveals Empatica Study

Engagement is a fundamental aspect of our well-being. When people are engaged in what they are doing they are more likely to learn more; in a company setting, employee engagement can boost productivity. A prolonged sense of disengagement, on the other hand, can lead to serious issues such as depression and burnout.

Technology can play a fundamental role in understanding and reacting to people’s engagement – or lack thereof, reports Empatica.

Wearable devices with embedded sensors can be used to derive verbal and non-verbal expressions of engagement. Microphones can record vocal tone; cameras can capture facial expressions, gaze patterns, and body postures; accelerometers can identify body movements; and more.

Empatica, a wearable device maker focused on supporting the neurological research market, ran a study on human engagement. They investigated how to assess the engagement of students during lectures and how to characterize the experience of audience and presenters during conferences.

For the study, Empatica used their own E4 wristband. This lightweight and unobtrusive device is perfectly suitable for collecting data in real-settings. Moreover, it allows gathering physiological signals such as the EDA, which is a direct measure of the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS). It indicates physiological arousal, which is in turn related to attention and alertness.

Students in a classroom — Image: English: ATC students in the classroom by Narek75 (Wikimedia commons)

Empatica researchers identified three aspects that characterize engagement: the momentary engagement, the interaction with the teacher, and the general arousal of the student. Momentary engagement happens when activity in class elicits students’ interest and can be captured using increments of physiological arousal. To capture this aspect, the researchers proposed an algorithm to consider “jumps” in the EDA levels as a proxy for “highlights” in contrast to moments without changes that are more likely to indicate boredom. They expected engaged students to have more “highlights” than non-engaged students and to experience more frequent high levels of EDA.

To verify their assumptions, the team collected data from 24 students and 9 instructors during 41 lectures at our institution, using the E4 and self-reports.

The researchers ran a classification pipeline using as input the above-mentioned features and demonstrated that non-engaged students can be reliably identified. For instance, using a Support Vector Machine with the momentary features they designed as input, the team achieved a recall of 81%.

This method could be integrated into systems that allow teachers to identify non-engaged students in time and evaluate methods to (re-)engage them. Students could also monitor their engagement, change their behavior, or drop specific courses in favor of others, says Empatica.

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RealWear’s HMT-1 AR Headset Helping Automotive Companies Achieve Greater Productivity

The RealWear HMT-1 head mounted wearable provides the foundation for Connected Worker programs. The smart helmet can be used in wet, dusty, hot, dangerous and loud industrial environments. A fully rugged head-mounted device, it optionally snaps into safety helmets or attaches to bump caps and can be used with safety glasses or corrective eyewear.

RealWear is a Vancouver, Washington-based AR startup that develops industrial helmet for workers. In July, the company closed an $80 million Series B financing round, bringing the company’s total funding to over $100 million.

The high-resolution micro display fits just below your line of sight and views like a 7” tablet. It’s an industrial dashboard; there when you need it and out of your way when you don’t.

The wearable is making a huge impact in the automotive industry. Companies like Volkswagen, Toyota and Renault achieved greater productivity with this wearable.

Volkswagen Group UK Ltd is expanding its initial launch of RealWear HMT-1 headsets that use the Atheer Augmented Reality Platform. The RELS system (Remote Expert Live Support) combines Atheer’s connected worker solution and RealWear’s HMT-1 wearable rugged Android tablet to connect Retailer technicians to experts in Milton Keynes, reports RealWear.

A hardhat with ar glass — Image: RealWear

RELS will empower Volkswagen Group UK Ltd Retailer technicians in the following ways:

Now technicians can get real-time guidance from remote experts when they run into a problem they can’t fix on their own.
Technicians can access critical documents and schematics with a few simple voice commands. No need for bulky binders.
If they need a refresher on any part of a new electric vehicle, they can access just-in-time training in seconds.

Toyota Germany deployed a different connected worker solution with the HMT-1. The company used AR Support solution by Essert Digital together with HMT-1, and was able to achieve a 20% cost savings in field service.

“With the augmented support software we can better decide when a field service is really necessary. This increases the availability of the experts, improves the support of our dealers and increases customer satisfaction. The goal in the first year is to reduce 20% of field service through the augmented support software. Each of these missions costs us about 1000 euros, as soon as a significant sum comes together,” said Achim Koch, Product Quality Manager, Toyota.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

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Early Black Friday Deals: AirPods Pro, PS4 Pro, Vizio 4K TV, and more

The first batch of Early Black Friday Deals has arrived, introducing discounts on everything from the Apple AirPods Pro and Instant Pot DUO60 to the Nintendo Switch and Vizio D-Series 4K TV — with the highlight being a Sony PlayStation 4 Pro (1TB) for less than $300.

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How Exoskeletons are Changing Construction and Manufacturing Industries

Technology is continuing to make revolutionary strides in construction and manufacturing industries. Leading this charge are exoskeletons, also known as exosuits. While majority of today’s $130 million wearable robotics market is for medical exoskeletons, these wearable machines are slowly making their way into the construction industry to increase safety and productivity for all workers. Industrial exoskeletons are growing in number, as is the number of providers, reported Wintergreen Research Inc.

Exoskeletons are a form of wearable technology that helps lessen worker strain from repetitive tasks that are common in manufacturing and construction.

Exoskeletons in Production

Last year, Ford and Hyundai Motor deployed industrial exoskeletons in its North American plants.

The vest used by Ford is called the EskoVest, an exoskeleton designed by Ekso Bionics. It fits workers ranging from 5 feet 2 inches tall to 6 feet 4 inches tall and provides lift assistance from five pounds to 15 pounds per arm. It is unpowered and uses spring assistance to provide between 5 and 15 lb (2.2 and 6.8 kg) of lift support per arm. Ford workers said it’s comfortable because it’s lightweight and not bulky, allowing them to move their arms easily.

Since September, 2018, Hyundai has been testing the Hyundai Chairless Exoskeleton (H-CEX) at a factory in North America. The H-CEX is aimed workers who have to stay in a seated position throughout the day. The carmaker said, by the end of this year, it’ll introduce the Hyundai Vest Exoskeleton (H-VEX) at the same facility. The H-CEX, the company’s first industrial wearable robot, weighs 1.6 kg but is endurable enough to buttress a body weight of up to 150kg. The H-CEX decreases the use of waist and lower body muscles by 80%, reducing the fatigue that results from being in the same seated position for an extended period of time, the carmaker said in statement.

Exoskeletons in Construction

Construction work involves various tasks that can potentially lead to injury. In fact, everyday activities such as lifting and carrying heavy objects are the leading cause of injuries in construction.

Consigli Construction, outside of Boston, is one of many firms employing exoskeletons. These suits will take weight off workers in the field, which will increase their safety and enable them to do a better job because they will experience less muscle fatigue, according to the company, Jack Moran, BIM services manager at Consigli, told Construction Dive.

Willmott Dixon, one of UK’s largest contractors, has been trialing exoskeletons on a number of building sites across the country, reports Peter Smisek at The B1M. The company partnered up with robotics firm Ekso Bionics and started trialing the “Eksovest” – an upper-body exoskeleton that supports arms during lifting – at the Cardiff West Community High School in Wales.

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UMich Researchers Develop Japanese Kirigami Influenced Sensor Patch for Injury Recovery and Athlete Training

A researcher from the University of Michigan (UMich) has developed a wearable sensor patch to measure the range of motion of hard-to-assess areas of the body using principles from the Japanese paper art of kirigami.

When Max Shtein, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan crashed his bicycle and broke his collarbone, he was dismayed to find that his physical therapist assessed the range of motion in his shoulder with a basic protractor. The method is prone to large errors, and he had no way of repeating the measurements at home.

So, he teamed up with Ph.D. student Erin Evke to design a new sensor patch that can contour to the shape of the body. The patch uses electronic sensors to understand the functional range of motion as opposed to today’s static measurements. Influenced by kirigami, the Japanese art of creating 3D structures from cut paper, the sensor can hug the curves of a joint and yet can be manufactured flat, reports UMich.

“The shoulder in particular moves in a very complex way. It’s one of the most well-articulated joints in the body,” said Prof. Shtein.

“Nobody’s really been able to track it properly with anything wearable, and yet it’s key to so many activities in sports and daily life.”

Spring — Erin Evke demonstrates how the kirigami cut pattern opens into a lacework. (Image credit: Levi Hutmacher, Michigan Engineering)

To make the patch, Evke laser cut a thin sheet of plastic into a labyrinth of concentric ovals. The shape pulls apart almost like a Slinky, and the cuts open into a lacework over the shoulder.

“If you take a sheet of paper and try to wrap it around a sphere, it’s impossible to do so without folding or wrinkling the paper. This would significantly stress the sensors before your measurement even began,” Evke said. “Our cut pattern avoids this problem.”

Because these structures transform from a flat sheet to a wrinkle-free, 3D shape, they can be manufactured with existing, cost-effective technologies. Shtein estimates that the cost of individual sensors could be below $10, assuming mass production.

The team envisions that this kind of inexpensive sensor could be given to physical therapy patients, enabling them to log exercises and see progress through a smartphone app. This could help keep patients honest about doing their exercises and also provide more detailed information to therapists about each patient’s progress.

The study is published in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies.

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