Wearable clothing news : February 2020

Friday, February 28, 2020

Best cheap Fitbit deals for March 2020: Fitbit Versa, Charge 3, Inspire

Out of shape? Get a head start on your summer beach bod with the best cheap Fitbit deals currently available.

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Maxim Unveils the First Complete Wrist-Based Solution For Monitoring SpO2

Blood-oxygen saturation (SpO2) is a vital data for our health as it provides a wealth of insights such as heart health, sleep patterns, and respiratory function. Normal levels of blood oxygen fall in the 95% to 100% range, while a measurement of 90% or less warrants a consultation with a doctor. In the past, a person needed to visit their doctor’s office to get their SpO2 checked. But now, with the advent of wearable technology SpO2 and other vital signs can be measured by a wearable device.

Measuring SpO2 on the wrist, however, is much more challenging than doing so on the finger due to the low blood perfusion in the wrist area. The design must consider everything from spacing of the LEDs and photodiodes to biological factors such as skin tone and the presence of tattoos to signal-to-noise requirements.

With wrist-based pulse oximetry, the photodiode and the LED are typically placed on the same side, with the photodiode collecting light reflected from various depths under the skin. To achieve the best PPG signal, the LED illumination wavelength should be near the absorption peaks of oxygenated hemoglobin.

To streamline the development of accurate, wrist-based health-monitoring wearables, Maxim Integrated has unveiled the market’s first complete wrist-based, system-level design for solutions that continuously monitor SpO2 as well as heart rate and heart-rate variability (HRV), writes Neset Tamer Executive Business Manager, Maxim Integrated and Zafer Zambogu, Director of Software; Micros, Security & Software Business Unit, Maxim Integrated.

The MAXREFDES103 demonstrates the high sensitivity and algorithm processing functions for health-sensing applications. The platform includes an enclosure and a biometric sensor hub with an embedded algorithm for heart rate and SpO2 (MAX32664C) which processes PPG signals from the analog-front-end (AFE) sensor (MAX86141). Algorithm output and raw data can be streamed through Bluetooth to an Android app or PC GUI for demonstration, evaluation, and customized development.

MAXREFDES103 can reduce development costs and save up to six months off the development cycle by eliminating some key barriers to entry into this market: opto-mechanical system design and development of high-performance, validated algorithms.

With the combination of SpO2 and HRV, engineers can now deliver meaningful insights for the fitness and wellness markets, including applications such as sleep quality, sleep apnea detection, stress, calories burned, muscle oxygen (VO2), recovery time, and other new use cases.

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Nanotubes and Nanowires for Strong and Flexible Wiring in Wearable Devices

Wearable devices are gaining popularity by the day. But like any electronic device, wearables and smart clothes need strong but flexible wiring.

Physicists at Michigan Technological University studied Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), which could be controllable by light and pressure. In collaboration with researchers from Purdue University, Washington University and University of Texas at Dallas, the team published their findings in Nature Electronics.

For wearable tech, electronic cloth or extremely thin devices that can be laid over the surface of cups, tables, space suits and other materials, researchers have begun to tune the atomic structures of nanomaterials. The materials they test need to bend as a person moves, but not go all noodly or snap, as well as hold up under different temperatures and still give enough juice to run the software functions users expect out of their desktops and phones, reports Allison Mills at Michigan Tech.

Yoke Khin Yap, a physics professor and the Director of Applied Physics Program at Michigan Tech, studied nanotubes and nanoparticles — discovering the quirks and promises of their quantum mechanical behaviors. He pioneered using electrically insulating nanotubes for electronics by adding gold and iron nanoparticles on the surface of BNNTs. As implied by the “tube” of their nanostructure, BNNTs are hollow in the middle. They’re highly insulating and as strong and bendy as an Olympic gymnast.

Nanotubes for wearables — The tellurium-BNNT nanowires can be as thin as 2 nanometers. (Credit: University of Texas at Dallas/Qingxiao Wang and Moon Kim)

That made them a good candidate to pair with another material with great electrical promise: tellurium. Strung into atom-thick chains, which are very thin nanowires, and threaded through the hollow center of BNNTs, tellurium atomic chains become a tiny wire with immense current-carrying capacity.

“Without this insulating jacket, we wouldn’t be able to isolate the signals from the atomic chains. Now we have the chance to review their quantum behavior,” Yap said. “The is the first time anyone has created a so-called encapsulated atomic chain where you can actually measure them. Our next challenge is to make the boron nitride nanotubes even smaller.”

The tellurium-BNNT nanowires can be as thin as 2 nanometers, while current silicon transistors on the market are between 10 to 20 nanometers wide.

“This tellurium material is really unique. It builds a functional transistor with the potential to be the smallest in the world,” said Peide Ye, the lead researcher from Purdue University, explaining that the team was surprised to find through transmission electron microscopy at the University of Texas at Dallas that the atoms in these one-dimensional chains wiggle. “Silicon atoms look straight, but these tellurium atoms are like a snake. This is a very original kind of structure.”

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Monash University Researchers Develop Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed a revolutionary, wearable blood pressure monitoring device that can continuously monitor blood pressure during a variety of activities including while exercising and during sleep.

Conventionally, blood pressure is measured using a cuff device that you wrap around your arm. The device is pressure-based, meaning it puts pressure on your arm and measures blood pressure. The new device is wearable; when you attach it to your chest it measures blood flow within the main aorta. There’s time information that the blood being circulated from the heart to the other organs. That time information is collected by the wearable device and converts that to blood pressure.

“For close to a century, the health sector has used the cuff device to measure blood pressure. More invasive measures are used to monitor the continuous blood pressure of critically ill patients, which are uncomfortable and could potentially cause infection due to ischemia,” said Mehmet Yuce, a researcher involved in the study.

So far, the researchers have tested their device in a group of 43 volunteers.

Monash university — Image credit: Monash University

Data was recorded during a range of sedentary and physical activities during the participants’ regular day. Results were published in the prestigious international journal Nature Scientific Reports.

Researchers used continuous wave radar (CWR) and photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensors to calculate continuous blood pressure measurements. The CWR and PPG sensors were placed on the sternum and left earlobe respectively, reports Monash University.

The results showed that the device was 93% accurate in measuring blood pressure in those completing posture tasks, as well as 83% accurate during exercise.

“The CWR sensors present a low-power, continuous and potentially wearable system with minimal body contact to monitor aortic valve activities directly. Doctors would be interested to see such information for long-term better diagnosis of their patients,” said Yuce. “Results of this study demonstrate the potential superiority of CWR-based PEP extraction for various medical monitoring applications, including blood pressure monitoring.”

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The Casio G-Shock is a true smartwatch with heart-rate sensor and notifications

For the first time, this G-Shock has all the smart features you need

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The best smartwatches for 2020

Tempted to buy a smartwatch to add style and features to your wrist? These are the best smartwatches of 2020.

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Best cheap Apple Watch deals for March 2020

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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This Smart Armband Monitors Athletic Performance and Unlocks Advanced Training Insights

Mio Labs is a Portland, Oregon-based heart rate wearable maker. The company has helped athletes of all levels increase their performance with making the heart rate monitoring easy and accurate to train with in a workout.

The company’s first product mioPOD is a wearable device that provides real-time accurate heart-rate information. It alerts and guides you towards the right exercising intensity based on your personal training target. It provides:

Accurate Heart Rate
Cardio Pilot™
Haptic Cardio Alerts
Workout Memory
Training Insights

Cardio Pilot™ technology

Cardio Pilot technology allows members to get in the zone, see real time intensity with guided heart rate zone color lights and haptic alert technology.

Training Load. Reports how hard you’ve been working over the past 7 days, by calculating the accumulated impact of all heart rate recorded training. Each workout is converted into EPOC (Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption) values which is the foundation for the Training Load estimation.

Why MioPOD is a Better Heart Rate Monitor?

Wrist-worn optical heart rate sensors often perform fine on flat roads or same-paced exercise, but they are often susceptible to inaccuracies during irregular intensity training such as HIIT workouts, mountain biking, weight-training or body-weight exercises.

Wearing the mioPOD on your forearm or upper arm generates a cleaner signal with less noise since it is located closer to your core and more resilient to blood flow artifacts which allows for more accurate heart rate tracking.

MIO is compatible with:

SelfLoops
FitMetrix
Performance IQ
SPIVI

Mio Labs mioPOD is designed with 5 ATM water-resistant, 24 hours of battery life, and an ability to store 30 hours of workouts. It is very easy to connect this stylish tracker with Mio APP. Three available connectivity are: NFC, BLE, and ANT.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Wearables Should Replace Self-Reporting Diaries for Tracking Parkinson’s Symptom, Says New Study

According to a new study published in the journal npj Digital Medicine, wearable technology can be a better alternative to self-reporting diaries to track symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease.

“For clinicians to effectively manage the disease and for researchers to develop new therapies, high quality data are critical,” said Paolo Bonato, a senior author on the paper and one of the principal investigators of the initiative.

“By using technology to help us get accurate data and more of it, we feel this approach can be used to help us improve the care and research options for the population with Parkinson’s disease,” said Bonato, who is also an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, director of the Spaulding Motion Analysis Lab and an associate faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.

This collaborative project was aimed at improving methods of data collection for studies of Parkinson’s disease. Participants in the study include researchers from HMS, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine, Pfizer Inc., Tufts Medical Center and the Wyss, reports Medical Express.

For their study, the researchers recruited 60 healthy volunteers and 95 people with Parkinson’s disease. The individuals were asked to record their activities and symptoms in electronic diaries. They were monitored at home, in simulated apartment settings and in laboratory environments.

Deep brain stimulation — Two deep brain stimulation electrodes with target subthalamic nucleus for treatment of Parkinson’s Disease are visualized (Image: Andreashorn, Wikimedia commons)

The researchers found that 38% of the study participants manually recording their activities missed 25% of possible entries. Entries are often made many hours after the events they are describing. Expert analysis of video recordings of the trial subjects found that self-reports were marked by 35% false negatives and 15% false positives.

These results highlight the significant opportunity for objective, high-resolution continuous monitoring afforded by wearable technology to improve upon the monitoring of Parkinson’s disease symptoms, the researchers said.

“Digital technologies have the potential to enhance existing standard methods of assessing and monitoring Parkinson’s disease, not only [the patient’s] motor and nonmotor symptoms in response to treatment, but also their functional ability to live an independent and fulfilling life,” said Kip Thomas, the principal investigator of the Boston University arm of the collaboration. “Integrating digital measures into clinical trials will improve the consistency and resolution of the data to the benefit of the scientist, the clinician, and, most importantly, the patient.”

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Best smartwatch deals for February 2020: 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 so many models available, you can find a deal on one almost all of the time.

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These Wearables Will Make Your Yoga Practice More Easier and Fun

Wearables, especially with integrated artificial intelligence, is changing the lives of many. Majority of Americans believe technology is vital for managing their health, according to a survey by Accenture. When it comes to yoga, wearable technology is making it easier for the novice to practice this discipline. There are several companies that offer wearables such as, smart clothes, headbands and even smartwatches to make yoga more enjoyable and easier. Here are some of them:

Nadi X Teaches You the Right Poses for Your Yoga

Nadi X, made by Wearable X, is the first-ever smart yoga pants with washable technology that inspires confidence in yoga, from beginners to gurus. The pants use “haptics,” or touch sensations that allow users to interact with technology, to gently alert you to adjust. Its woven-in technology with sensors around the hips, knees, and ankles guide your flow with gentle vibrations for easier yoga. When paired with the Nadi X mobile app, visual and audio cues breakdown yoga poses step-by-step with corresponding vibrations directly from the pants.

Ark Crystals Pendants Boost Your Body’s Natural Ability to Attune

Whether for yoga, personal meditations, or in a group sound bath, the ARK crystal technology boosts the body’s natural ability to attune to the zero-point field of the quantum the vacuum the energetic web of coherence, connecting us all – a union between the ARK bearer and the structure of spacetime. Results of a pilot study showed that wearing the ARK crystal, also known as PGQMEM (Precision Geometric Quartz modulated electromagnetically) for 21 days significantly increases performance in every test conducted for strength, balance, and endurance. Furthermore, the active crystal produced improved changes in all tests compared to placebo controls, indicating the ability of the PGQMEM crystal to increase human athletic performance.

SmartMat Yoga Mat Guides You On Your Yoga Just Like in a Yoga Class

SmartMat Yoga Mat is a high-tech app that guides on Yoga just as it is done in a Yoga class. In fact, it is the most appropriate app to practice yoga with even when at home. When calibrated, the mat could help you learn your body shape and size. It is able to focus on correcting alignment, balance and achieving perfect pose.

Foci Wearables Track Your Breath to Analyze Your Mental State

Foci, a wearable device when clipped to your waist, tracks each breath you take, and then utilizes motion sensors and machine learning to analyze what your breathing patterns say about your mental state. On a corresponding mobile app, colored bubbles indicate whether you’re distracted, focused, stressed, or in a state of peak performance, and then a set of tools help you train to stay focused longer.

Muse Measures Your Brains Activity Using EEG Sensor

Muse is a wearable brain sensing headband that measures your brains activity using EEG (Electroencephalography) sensor. The corresponding app converts the EEG signals into audio feedback to the wearer through the built-in headphones. You can reach a deep guided relaxation state while the headband plays different sounds to you while you meditate. The wearable is designed to be worn across the forehead and a connected smartphone app provides meditation data. The smart headband is a biofeedback device, which means it captures the human body’s reaction and translates it into a visual stimuli we can easily understand.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Amazon discounts Fossil, Kate Spade, and Michael Kors smartwatches up to 53% off

Polish your look and save as much as $156 on Fossil, Kate Spade, Michael Kors smartwatches from Amazon.

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Thanks to the Apple Watch, time may be up for this silent killer

Study aims to find out if it can reduce risk of stroke by detecting early signs

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Fast-Charging Bendable Graphene-Based Supercapacitor Could Power Wearables

Researchers at the University College London (UCL) and Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period.

At the proof-of-concept stage, the supercapacitor shows huge potential as a portable power supply in many viable applications, such as wearable technology, phones, and electric vehicles, reports UCL.

The discovery, published in Nature Energy, overcomes the issue faced by high-powered, fast-charging supercapacitors – that they usually cannot hold a large amount of energy in a small space.

“Our new supercapacitor is extremely promising for next-generation energy storage technology as either a replacement for current battery technology, or for use alongside it, to provide the user with more power,” said first author of the study, Dr Zhuangnan Li at UCL Chemistry.

“We designed materials which would give our supercapacitor a high-power density – that is how fast it can charge or discharge – and a high energy density – which will determine how long it can run for. Normally, you can only have one of these characteristics but our supercapacitor provides both, which is a critical breakthrough.”

Li continued, “Moreover, the supercapacitor can bend to 180 degrees without affecting performance and doesn’t use a liquid electrolyte, which minimizes any risk of explosion and makes it perfect for integrating into bendy phones or wearable electronics.”

While the supercapacitor developed by the team has a comparable energy density to state-of-the-art value of lead-acid batteries, its power density is two orders of magnitude higher at over 10,000 Watt per liter.

The scientists made electrodes from multiple layers of graphene, producing a dense, but porous material capable of trapping charged ions of different sizes. They characterized it using a range of techniques and found it performed best when the pore sizes matched the diameter of the ions in the electrolyte.

The optimized material, which forms a thin film, was used to build a proof-of-concept device with both a high power and high energy density.

Even when bent at 180 degrees, it performed almost same as when it was flat, and after 5,000 cycles, it retained 97.8% of its capacity.

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Buzz: A Wearable Wristband That Allows You to Sense Sound Through Your Skin

Neosensory, a company pioneering experiences in sensory augmentation, started shipping its wearable wristband called Buzz. Buzz allows people to sense sound through their skin. Using technology conceived in neuroscientist David Eagleman’s laboratory, Buzz offers a non-invasive option for people looking to experience sound in a new way. This includes deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, musicians, app developers, and others who want to create unique sensory experiences.

Buzz is the company’s first product. The wristband picks up surrounding sounds and translates them into patterns of vibration via multiple motors on the user’s wrist. Buzz has the ability to create over 29,000 unique patterns based on a sound’s intensity and pitch and includes customizable settings.

Neosensory, co-founded by Dr. Eagleman and Dr. Scott Novich, has worked with over a thousand people, including hundreds of members from the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, for extensive user research and testing. For those looking to expand their sound perception, Buzz allows wearers to be aware of sounds such as doorbells, people talking, laughter, dogs barking, babies crying, phone notifications, alarm clocks, and anything else making sounds around you. Vibrations can alert users to emergency situations like smoke alarms, sirens, or cars honking, says a press release.

Buzz’s companion app allows users to switch modes to optimize for everyday sounds, or for listening to music, or for sleeping safely at night knowing they can feel vibrations of emergency alarms. It also allows them to modify settings such as frequency range and strength of vibration.

“This is a major benchmark for the field of sensory augmentation,” said Eagleman. “Building on our decades-long research in neuroplasticity and the capacity of the brain to learn new sensory patterns, users can learn to take in new data streams. Our algorithms allow the brain to do what it does best, which is to learn.” He added, “Sensory perception is like learning to ride a bike: it improves with daily practice.”

Buzz also features an open API for developers which allows them to port any real-time data stream directly into the wristband via Bluetooth. Access to the API and further information is at neosensory.com/developers.

Buzz is available for shipment at neosensory.com. Buying options include a one-time purchase for $589, or a subscription for $149 plus $19 per month for two years. The subscription includes a Buzz wristband, an extended warranty for the duration of the subscription, and a new Buzz after two years.

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Monday, February 24, 2020

LOOMIA Releases a 4-Wire Bus sample

LOOMIA has recently announced the release of their latest development, the 4-Wire Bus sample. This material innovation demonstrates how the LOOMIA Electronic Layer (LEL) looks and feels on a performance fabric. It is their first test-able sample, making it ideal for engineering groups that need resistance or impedance measurements when validating an e-textile solution. Using this sample, engineers and product developers can also take data speed measurements, conduct stretch analysis and review materiality.

The 4-Wire Bus sample is industry specific and is developed to represent how the LEL can be used for medical and wellness wearables. This sample demonstrates the type of power and data lines that can be embedded into a garment or soft good in this space.

Embedded within the sample are testing pads, which are easy to probe for measurements. This feature can be used to gain readings in relation to LOOMIA technology. The product is available for sale via the company’s website, www.loomia.com.

LOOMIA designs and manufactures soft circuit systems (e-textiles) that can be manufactured at scale. The company’s award-winning technology can add a wide variety of function to automotive interiors, medical and wellness wearables and outdoor goods.

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South Korean Researchers Develop Smart LED Contact Lens to Diagnose Diabetes

A team of researchers from Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea (POSTECH) developed a technology that allows diagnosis of diabetes and treatment of diabetic retinopathy by wearing smart light-emitting diode (LED) contact lenses.

The team, led by professor Sei Kwang Hahn, including his PhD student Geon-Hui Lee, also created a wearable medical device for diabetics.

Integrated with micro-LED and photodetector, the smart contact lens can measure glucose concentration in the conjunctival blood vessels by analyzing the NIR light, reports Medical Device Network.

“We have developed the world’s first smart contact lens to diagnose diabetes and treat diabetic retinopathy with light,” Hahn said. “We are planning to pursue commercialization of smart contact lenses and smart wearable medical devices through joint research with the Stanford Medical School.”

An eye ball — Diabetic retinopathy is caused by damage to the blood vessels of the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, known as the retina (Image: Wikimedia Commons, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health)

To test their device, the researchers put the smart LED contact lenses on rabbit eyes with diabetic retinopathy disease and irradiated light repeatedly for a month. The research report shows there was significant reduction of angiogenesis in retina and verified clinical feasibility of the smart LED contact lens for the diabetic retinopathy therapy.

This newly developed device will not only let diabetic patients monitor their blood-sugar level in real-time but also enable medical treatment for retinopathy which is caused by diabetic complications. The smart contact lens can diagnose diabetes from glucose concentration in tears.

On the basis of these results, the team also developed a smart wearable medical device that can do highly sensitive analysis on the glucose concentration in sweat and they verified that it could be clinically feasible for diabetic diagnosis. Also, in collaboration with PHI Biomed company, they developed a blue-tooth system that can send data wirelessly allowing patients to check their diabetic diagnosis results on their mobile phones.

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Common AirPods problems, and how to fix them

Apple’s AirPods are some of the best true wireless earbuds in the business, but they aren't without fault.

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HeadaTerm TENS Therapy Provides Fast Treatment for Acute Migraines, WAT Medical Study Reveals

WAT Medical, a maker of precise, wearable and smart medical products, announced the results of a clinical study conducted for an anti-migraine device by the HeadaTerm, for the treatment of migraines. The HeadaTerm TENS device was shown to decrease pain at an 11.8% better rate than many acute migraine medications.

The blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted by Dr. Nihat M. Hokenek and his team at the Emergency Department of Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.

The patients were divided into 2 groups: a control group, and a verum group. Patients in the verum group include those who used the device for the first time. Both groups were provided with visually indistinguishable devices. Each underwent therapy for a total of 20 minutes. Using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), the patients’ perceived changes in pain intensity were recorded at the 20- and 120-minute marks after therapy initiation. After 120 minutes, patients’ individual needs for additional treatment were assessed. Additionally, their self-reported comfort levels were assessed using a Likert-type verbal scale, says a press release.

A mobile phone on top of a laptop — Image: Wat Medical

Among the 151 patients who were assessed after being admitted to the emergency ward, the control and verum groups were each assigned with 39 patients from this pool. The VAS change for the verum group from 0 to 120 minutes was -65.46 ± 25.11, and for the control group, it was -9.46 ± 2.61 (p <0.001). Verbal scores in the 120-minute mark were found to be 1.2 for control group and 4.5 for the verum group (p <0.001). 30 patients (76.92%) in the control group and 1 (2%) in the verum group had additional analgesic requirement after 120 minutes.

The study concluded that TENS therapy conducted by HeadaTerm is a fast-acting treatment of acute migraines.

HeadaTerm is a wearable anti-migraine device that uses precisely designed electrical stimulation to target the central nervous system’s pain receptors by releasing pain-countering neurotransmitters. The device has been cleared by the FDA as well as other international medical agencies including Health Canada, CE, TGA and Israel.

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Friday, February 21, 2020

This Wearable Empowers Its Users to Reach Their Desired Feelings on Command

Hapbee (“Happy”) is an augmentative wearable device that stimulates the feelings a person desires while having the ability to return to their normal baseline state within a matter of minutes. Developed by Hapbee Inc., it is the world’s first wearable that lets you feel calm, alert, focused, relaxed or sleepy on command – all with just a few taps on your smartphone.

Hapbee uses patented technology and proprietary software to send low-wavelength electromagnetic signals throughout the users’ body to stimulate a cognitive response for their chosen feelings, without the use of any potentially harmful substances. The experience is comparable to that of playing a playlist of one’s feelings. With the Hapbee smartphone application, users select the feeling they want to “play” and determine the strength of the signal. The device is lightweight, ergonomic and designed to be worn over the head or around the neck, says a press release.

Hapbee’s magnetic field is low-energy and predictable, emitting frequencies less than 22 kilohertz. Hundreds of healthy adult volunteers who have already used Hapbee have shared it helped them to increase productivity, get better rest, relieve stress and more.

“Every molecule has a unique electrostatic surface potential. This potential is critically important for how a molecule interacts with other molecules, said Scott Donnell, CEO of Hapbee. “Most of these interactions work through 3D electric fields from both molecules that change in time as the molecules rotate and bonds vibrate. In many cases, a molecule doesn’t need to be present as long as an electric field can create the same effect in the body.”

Hapbee Inc. is dedicated to the development and distribution of research-based cognitive technologies to enhance the quality of life. Currently holding more than 30 patents for its technological advancements, Hapbee Inc. continues to pioneer the wellness industry with its groundbreaking approach.

If you buy Hapbee during their Indiegogo launch, you’ll get 3 months access to all of Hapbee’s signals through the companion mobile app included with your perk. And if you join the at the Hapbee Beta Team Perk Level, you’ll receive 12 months access.

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Music Fingers Wearable Lets You Make Music With Your Fingertips Even While You’re On The Go

Music Fingers is a wearable instrument and playful technology that’s designed to create music and to play along just by tapping your fingers. The overwhelmingly positive response during beta tests led to the launch of a Kickstarter campaign this week to bring the playful technology a step closer to widespread availability, the company said.

Music Fingers is the brainchild of a group of friends and musicians with some tech savvy who wanted to be able to make music wherever they went. Users simply assign instruments, beats, tracks and notes to the device via the Music Fingers app (for iOS or Android) that includes a menu of options to choose from that spans all genres. They then slip a finger into the thimble-like device and can tap away to their favorite songs or create their own on any surface – whether a knee or a table or anything in between. The lightweight, wireless device allows for freedom of movement and fits any sized-hand, says a press release.

“At first, my friends and I set out to create something that allowed our group to make music on-the-go. I mean, let’s face it, it’s not realistic to tote drum-sets and guitars from place to place and that was limiting our enjoyment of a shared interest,” said Carlos Mateo, CEO. “Once we made our first prototype, we realized that there was a broad audience of people just like us whose pursuit of music-making was limited by logistics or the expense of instruments.”

Mateo said that, with Music Fingers, users can record their own samples, sing along to the music they make, and combine sounds with physical instruments or with others’ Music Fingers.

And because the founders inherently believe that music is indeed the universal language, they built a tech platform to facilitate the development of an online community that shares with each other how it uses Music Fingers. They, in fact, say that interaction among customers is a core pillar of their business. They have also ensured that the materials used in product production are recyclable.

The Music Fingers Kickstarter offers early supporters a variety of ways to participate with rewards available. The creators expect the project to resonate with everyday music fans as well as professional musicians, songwriters and producers.

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

The best cheap GoPro alternatives that won’t leave you broke

Cold weather is here. A good action camera is a perfect way to record your adventures

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Abbott-Insulet Collaboration to Combine Abbott’s CGM with Insulet’s Omnipod Horizon Automated Insulin Delivery System

Abbott and Insulet are partnering to integrate Abbott’s world-leading continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology with Insulet’s next-generation tubeless system, the Omnipod Horizon Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) System (Omnipod Horizon System), to offer personalized automated insulin delivery and care for people living with diabetes.

Controlled through an app on a user’s personal smartphone device – a unique feature that will be offered with the Omnipod Horizon System – the integrated platform will consist of the trusted tubeless insulin delivery Pod and Abbott’s next-generation FreeStyle Libre sensor. Through a simple, intuitive design, glucose data from the sensor will be sent directly to the Pod that is embedded with an algorithm to automatically adjust insulin delivery – without the need for an additional device, connection or tubing, says a press release.

This integrated system will be designed to always remain in automated insulin delivery mode and can be controlled through an app on a user’s personal smartphone to manually take a dose of fast-acting insulin, or bolus, before meals for optimal performance. Additionally, the integrated platform is expected to be the first combined system with a fully disposable wearable sensor and pump,

“Abbott is focused on creating future-forward health technologies that simplify how people living with diabetes manage their condition so they can live their best lives,” said Jared Watkin, senior vice president, Diabetes Care, Abbott. “As diabetes care becomes more interoperable, we’re developing more connected approaches to improve care. Through this partnership, Abbott and Insulet will offer an integrated digital health platform that is simple and accurate and will provide a best-in-class user experience.”

A medical wearable device — Image: Omnipod (YouTube)

This connected care solution will integrate both the Omnipod Horizon System and FreeStyle Libre sensor data, offering a seamless option that will fit easily into the lives of people with diabetes. With both Insulet’s and Abbott’s ability to sell its products through the pharmacy, users of the integrated platform will benefit from ease of obtaining supplies with an innovative pay-as-you-go model.

Shacey Petrovic, President and Chief Executive Officer, Insulet said:

“We are excited to expand our partnership with Abbott by building on our consumer-centric Omnipod Horizon platform, which offers unparalleled simplicity, accuracy, and now sensor choice for consumers. As interoperability becomes increasingly important, our approach to automated insulin delivery will change the future of blood glucose management by offering consumers greater choice in algorithms, sensors and overall experience. This collaboration furthers our shared vision to help our consumers put diabetes in the background, so they have more freedom to enjoy life.”

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PhysIQ Announces Two New Patent Allowances for Artificial Intelligence Analytics in Wearables

PhysIQ, a company dedicated to enabling proactive care delivery models through its highly scalable cloud-based platform for personalized physiology analytics, announced two new patent allowances by the US Patent & Trademark Office on its core analytics in digital medicine. These analytics help power PhysIQ’s machine learning and artificial intelligence approach to providing a platform for clinical markers of health using continuous wearable sensor data.

“We’re thrilled to announce two new patent allowances on our core analytics in digital medicine. The expansion of our patent portfolio for artificial intelligence analytics in wearables is truly exciting,” announced PhyIQ.

The physIQ platform is designed to allow health care providers to monitor high-utilization patients post-discharge in the home environment, and for use by clinical scientists in pharmacological and medical device trials to acquire digital biomarkers for efficacy and safety on subjects wearing sensors, reports Business Wire.

The first patent allowance gives PhysIQ protection for its ground-breaking approach to using deep neural networks to make estimates of cardiopulmonary functional capacity from wearables. The physIQ deep net architecture does this by analysis of the behavior of raw vital signs from human subjects wearing a multivariate sensor throughout activities of daily living. The subject is required only to wear the sensor and the result is computed passively.

In conventional medical practice, functional capacity of a human subject is assessed in-clinic with an involved and expensive procedure such as a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) to measure VO2Max, the maximum volume of oxygen uptake of a person. VO2Max is an excellent measure of fitness as well as the physiology of heart failure (HF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chemotherapy, and similar conditions or treatments.

“Given the difficulty of administering a conventional CPET,” said Matt Pipke, chief technology officer, physIQ, “a low-tech 6-minute Walk Test (6MWT) is often substituted, but it suffers from notorious inaccuracy. With the newly patented approach, physIQ plans to be able to make reasonably accurate estimates of VO2Max and related parameters daily directly from the sensor data with no special activities or procedures.”

The second patent allowance is part of the large suite of patents issued to physIQ for its personalized physiology modeling technology. This technology, for which physIQ received FDA 510(k) clearance in 2015, learns the unique physiology of each human subject from their own sensor data and can then provide a sensitive dynamic baseline for the detection of early signs of change in the behavior of monitored vital signs. Such change can provide warning of compensatory physiological behavior in patients with chronic disease before the patient decompensates into an acute care episode requiring emergency hospitalization. Such early warning can be instrumental for clinicians to reach out to patients at home and take steps to prevent the hospitalization. The approach can also be used in clinical trials to strengthen the signal-to-noise ratio for pharmacological or device efficacy evaluations in support of claims for overall change in health and function.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Italgas Deploys RealWear’s HMT-1Z1 Wearable Solution Running OverIT Field Services Management Software

RealWear, the world’s leading industrial hands-free knowledge transfer platform for frontline workers, announced that Italgas opted for RealWear’s HMT-1Z1 intrinsically safe platform running OverIT’s field services software to support the digital transformation of its operations.

Italgas reports that with the RealWear-OverIT field services solution, the utility has moved beyond the consumer tablet, taking its digital transformation to the next logical level with a purpose-built device for restricted zones. The utility has already seen huge productivity gains with RealWear by solving complex and risk-sensitive job tasks, even in ATEX Zone 1 restricted zones.

“We’re thrilled that our HMT-1Z1 systems are helping Italgas accelerate its digital transformation efforts, improving safety and reliability,” said Andy Lowery, RealWear’s CEO. “We are committed to delivering intuitive hands-free systems to accelerate knowledge transfer to the next generation of workers.”

Utility field workers performing maintenance work on gas infrastructure frequently encounter potentially hazardous situations that require immediate remote support and visualization of real-time IoT data of specific assets, reports Business Wire.

Keeping hands free via voice-controlled systems safely resolves complex issues quickly and avoids additional travel or costly service downtime in extremely restricted zones where gases are present.

To improve service quality and safety, increase distribution system efficiency and have a positive impact on the environment, the third largest European utility has been investing heavily in the digitization of its operations.

In 2012, to efficiently manage its approximately 44,000 miles of pipelines and 7.6 million assets, Italgas became one of the first utilities to use consumer devices for its workforce.

Currently, the innovative solution enables Italgas’s field workers to reference documents (e.g., technical datasheets, multimedia content and asset history) while using their hands to perform the maintenance on a specific asset. Data collection via voice provides further efficiency, enabling users to update asset information without any manual input.

RealWear is a knowledge transfer platform company providing in-situ information and in-the-field training with software and hardware to help people improve safety and increase productivity at work. The company’s flagship product, the HMT-1, is the best ruggedized head-mounted, wearable, Android-class tablet computer that frees a worker’s hands for dangerous jobs.

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University of Helsinki and MIT Researchers Develop Movement Suit, Smart Diaper for Remote Monitoring of Babies

Two academic institutions have developed smart technology for remote monitoring of babies.

Researchers from the University of Helsinki have developed a smart jumpsuit, or a garment that accurately measures the spontaneous and voluntary movement of infants from the age of five months. Details on their motility help in assessing abnormal neurological development, among other things.

Previously, it wasn’t possible to quantitatively track children’s spontaneous motility in their natural environment. Instead, children have been primarily qualitatively assessed at the physician’s or physiotherapist’s practice, which requires taking into account the fact that the infant’s behavior in the practice setting does not necessarily entirely match that seen at home, reports Miia Soininen in University of Helsinki News.

“The smart jumpsuit provides us with the first opportunity to quantify infants’ spontaneous and voluntary movements outside the laboratory. The child can be sent back home with the suit for the rest of the day. The next day, it will be returned to the hospital where the results will then be processed,” explains Sampsa Vanhatalo, professor of clinical neurophysiology at the University of Helsinki.

Vanhatalo says that the new analysis method quantifies infant motility as reliably as a human being would be able to do by viewing a video recording. After the measurement, the infant’s actual movements and physical positions will be known to the second, after which computational measures can be applied to the data.

Sketch of a baby crawling — Image credit: MIT News

Meanwhile, researchers at MIT have been working on a new smart diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert a caregiver when a diaper is wet. When the sensor detects dampness in the diaper, it sends a signal to a nearby receiver, which in turn can send a notification to a smartphone or computer, reports Jennifer Chu in MIT News.

The sensor consists of a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, that is placed below a layer of super absorbent polymer, a type of hydrogel that is typically used in diapers to soak up moisture. When the hydrogel is wet, the material expands and becomes slightly conductive — enough to trigger the RFID tag to send a radio signal to an RFID reader up to 1 meter away.

Pankhuri Sen, a research assistant in MIT’s AutoID Laboratory, envisions that the sensor could also be integrated into adult diapers, for patients who might be unaware or too embarrassed to report themselves that a change is needed.

“Diapers are used not just for babies, but for aging populations, or patients who are bedridden and unable to take care of themselves,” Sen says. “It would be convenient in these cases for a caregiver to be notified that a patient, particularly in a multibed hospital, needs changing.”

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Alzheimer’s Research UK Launches Global Initiative to Use Wearables to Revolutionize Disease Detection

Alzheimer’s Research UK, the leading dementia research charity in the UK, has launched a global initiative to revolutionize the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s.

A wealth of data will be used to develop “fingerprints” of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s that can then be detected through wearable technologies, such as smartwatches.

The Early Detection of Neurodegenerative diseases (EDoN) initiative, aims to secure at least £67m over the first six years, with an ambition to attract up to £100m of total investment by 2030 to build and trial its diagnostic device on a large scale, reports Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Diseases like Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, start to develop in the brain up to two decades before symptoms of dementia begin to show. Researchers worldwide now agree that future treatments and preventions will have greatest benefit when given as early as possible in the disease.

With potential new treatments for early Alzheimer’s on the horizon, Alzheimer’s Research UK believes that now is a critical time to act to identify very early brain changes in diseases like Alzheimer’s.

EDoN will see that Alzheimer’s Research UK join forces with leading organizations in data science, clinical and neurodegenerative research to collect and analyze clinical and digital health data such as sleep, gait and speech patterns, to develop early digital fingerprints of diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Plaques and tangles in Alzheimer's — Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease are senile plaques, composed of beta-amyloid protein and neurofibrillary tangles, composed of tau protein. These plaques and tangles cause neurons to die. (Image: Fondation Vaincre Alzheimer, YouTube)

Carol Routledge, Director of Research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said:

“Our research shows that 85% of UK adults would be willing to take a test that could tell them if they were in the early stages of a disease like Alzheimer’s, even before symptoms show. EDoN aims to harness the growing popularity of digital health technology and big data to revolutionize how we develop early tests for these diseases. Developing digital fingerprints that can be detected using phone apps or wearable technologies like smart watches would provide a low-cost approach to identifying those most at risk of disease.

“Identifying the very earliest changes in these diseases would transform research efforts today, giving us the best chance of stopping these diseases before the symptoms of dementia start to get in the way of life.”

In December 2018, the UK Government committed £79m through the Life Sciences Sector Deal 2 to create the Accelerating Detection of Disease cohort, a group of up to 5 million people to act as a testbed for data-driven discovery. As a partner on that project, Alzheimer’s Research UK plans to use the cohort to validate technologies emerging from EDoN on a scale that’s not been possible before.

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Bioengineers Develop Tissue Patch that Can Heal Damaged Hearts

After a heart attack, damaged heart tissues do not usually heal very well. Heart attack, also known as myocardial infarction (MI), weakens the pumping action of the heart and impedes electrical signaling through the heart. Now, a group of scientists at the Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.

Their patch withstands the mechanical demands and mimics the electrical signaling properties that allow our hearts to pump blood rhythmically round our bodies. Their work essentially takes us one step closer to a functional design that could mend a broken heart, reports Trinity College.

Cardiac patches lined with heart cells can be applied surgically to restore heart tissue in patients who have had damaged tissue removed after a heart attack and to repair congenital heart defects in infants and children.

Ultimately, though, the goal is to create cell-free patches that can restore the synchronous beating of the heart cells, without impairing the heart muscle movement, the Trinity report said.

A group of scientists — Scientists at the Trinity College in Dublin, have developed a patch that can heal damaged heart tissue. (Image credit: Trinity college)

Michael Monaghan, ussher assistant professor in biomedical engineering at Trinity, and senior author on the paper, said:

“Despite some advances in the field, heart disease still places a huge burden on our healthcare systems and the life quality of patients worldwide. It affects all of us either directly or indirectly through family and friends. As a result, researchers are continuously looking to develop new treatments which can include stem cell treatments, biomaterial gel injections and assistive devices.”

“Ours is one of few studies that looks at a traditional material, and through effective design allows us to mimic the direction-dependent mechanical movement of the heart, which can be sustained repeatably. This was achieved through a novel method called ‘melt electrowriting’ and through close collaboration with the suppliers located nationally we were able to customize the process to fit our design needs.”

The patch withstood repeated stretching, which is a dominant concern for cardiac biomaterials, and showed good elasticity, to accurately mimic that key property of heart muscle.

The researchers published their work in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.

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Monday, February 17, 2020

What to expect from smartphone makers now that MWC 2020 is canceled

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OWEAR Now Soliciting Open Source Software and Datasets from Wearable Sensors and Other Connected Health Technologies

Shimmer Research, a global leader in wearable technology for research applications, today announced that the Open Wearables Initiative (OWEAR) is now actively soliciting open source software and datasets from wearable sensors and other connected health technologies. OWEAR is a collaboration designed to promote the effective use of high-quality, sensor-generated measures of health in clinical research through the open sharing and benchmarking of algorithms and datasets. OWEAR has also expanded its Working Group to include executives from four major global pharmaceutical companies, a major clinical research organization (CRO), Sage Bionetworks and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe).

Wearables, ingestible sensors and in-home monitoring technologies offer the opportunity to assess an individual’s health continuously, objectively and in real time. As a result, they hold the potential to revolutionize health, healthcare, and health research. However, the lack of accepted endpoints is proving to be a major impediment to the adoption of these digital measures in clinical trials. OWEAR will leverage the work of thousands of researchers from academia, pharma, and other organizations during the past decade to facilitate the development of those requisite endpoints.

OWEAR will serve as a community hub, indexing, distributing and benchmarking algorithms openly and transparently. It will act as a neutral broker, conducting formal, objective benchmarking processes and identifying high-performing algorithms in selected domains. Its goal is to provide the industry with a searchable database of benchmarked algorithms and source code that can be freely used by everyone. This new resource will help to streamline drug development and enable digital medicine.

“Shimmer Research is proud to help lead OWEAR and partner with our peers to develop this new open source database for the benefit of the entire community. Shimmer has already registered several algorithms with OWEAR and we are reaching out to the over 3,000 leading researchers who use our wearable sensors for healthcare applications and encouraging them to register their algorithms and datasets with OWEAR as well,” said Geoffrey Gill, president of Shimmer Americas.

“We are delighted to join this important digital medicine initiative,” said Jennifer Goldsack, executive director at DiMe. “DiMe firmly believes that collaboration is critical to achieve our shared goal of advancing digital medicine to optimize human health.”

“We are excited to partner with OWEAR and look forward to bring together OWEARs open initiative with Sage Bionetworks efforts for open and collaborative benchmarking. Open wearables first benchmarking project is focusing on the use of wearable sensors to measure gait,” said Dr. Larsson Omberg, vice president, systems biology at Sage Bionetworks.

OWEAR is asking software developers and medical researchers to register algorithms related to digital medicine and publicly-available datasets from wearables and connected health technologies, even those with license restrictions, at www.owear.org. This information will be collected into an index of all current resources which will be made available soon.

By registering their algorithms and datasets with OWEAR, developers will gain recognition for their commitment to advancing the field. Contributors will also gain greater visibility for their work among clinical researchers in academia and industry, leading to potential collaboration and consulting opportunities. They will also receive feedback and potentially help from end-users and other developers to augment their work.

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XRHealth Launches First Virtual Reality Telehealth Clinic

XRHealth (formerly VRHealth), a leading provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications, announced the first virtual reality (VR) telehealth clinic that will provide VR therapy to patients. VR telehealth clinicians providing care are currently certified in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Washington D.C., Delaware, California, New York, and North Carolina and will be expanding their presence in additional states in the coming months. The XRHealth telehealth services are covered by Medicare and most major insurance providers.

XRHealth uses Virtual Reality to rehabilitate patients via an immersive and engaging experience in the comfort of their own home. XRHealth combines therapeutic software with VR technology solutions that can treat a variety of health conditions. VR therapy transports patients to an environment where they can view and experience treatment as a fun activity, increasing patient participation in prescribed therapeutic treatments, says a press release.

The clinicians working at XRHealth VR telehealth will provide an initial patient assessment, ship a VR headset to patients who do not currently have access to one, train them on how to use the technology, provide ongoing telehealth care and remote monitoring, using video call and VR technology, and manage the insurance billing for patients. As the patient is using the XRHealth VR technology for therapeutic treatment, the clinical staff can control the unit remotely and see exactly what the patient is viewing and adjust the settings and treatment in real-time, remotely. After the initial training session, the patient can then use the headset independently while data from the therapy is stored and analyzed in real-time so that clinicians can monitor patient status regularly while in compliance with the HIPAA privacy rules. Once a week, a report will be generated to the payer/provider that referred the patient.

A woman playing virtual reality game — Image: XRHealth (YouTube)

“XRHealth is modernizing and revolutionizing the way healthcare is operating today,” says Eran Orr, CEO of XRHealth. “We are utilizing the most advanced forms of technology like virtual reality to provide patients with optimal care in the comfort of their own homes while providing top-notch clinicians with ongoing status of their progress. Patients can now ‘go’ to a virtual clinic without the need to leave their homes at all.”

Patients that want virtual reality therapeutic care from the XRHealth telehealth clinic can seek treatment for the following conditions:

Traumatic brain injury and stroke rehabilitation
Stress, anxiety, memory decline
Chronic pain, acute pain, pain distraction, pain syndromes
Hot flashes and night sweats
Neck, shoulder, spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders

The XRHealth VR telehealth clinics will open on March 1st and patients can join by submitting a request to enroll for the XRHealth services on the company website.

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Friday, February 14, 2020

NURVV Secures $9 Million Venture Round for its Revolutionary NURVV Run Insoles and Coaching App

Sports wearable maker NURVV announced it has raised $9 million in venture funding round, led by Hiro Capital. NURVV will use the money to bring its debut product, NURVV Run, to a global market; to fund further research and development into its patented biomechanics sensor technologies and to support the founders in achieving their aim of helping 10 million runners to improve their technique.

NURVV unveiled its NURVV Run at this year’s Pepcom during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to great acclaim, featuring on multiple Best of CES lists from the likes of Wired, CNET and Gear Patrol. NURVV Run also won US Today’s Editor’s Choice award which handpicks winners that strike a balance in innovation, technology, design, and value, says a press release.

Tested by hundreds of athletes, universities and leading institutions including SATRA Technology and the National Physical Laboratory over the past three years, the system uses 32 high-precision sensors fitted inside lightweight insoles to accurately capture data from the feet at 1,000 times per second, per sensor.

This data, which includes unique running metrics such as cadence, step length, footstrike, pronation and balance, is fed into the NURVV Run coaching app to show a complete picture of the wearer’s running technique. It uses advanced biomechanics to deliver simple, actionable insights as well as personalized coaching that gives guidance on how to improve before, during and after each run.

A runner checking his shoe — Image: NURVV

“Runners are already able to collect a huge amount of data about each and every run they do. However, most of what they capture is historic, inaccurate and provides few insights on how to be a better runner,” said Jason Roberts, founder and CEO of NURVV. “NURVV Run revolutionizes how people run by accurately capturing the metrics that matter most, directly from the point of action at the foot, before using live coaching to help them improve in a simple, easy-to-understand way.”

The NURVV Run insoles are compatible with all running shoes, are rain and mud proof and come with a five-hour active battery life. The system ships with two GPS trackers and access to the free NURVV Run Coaching app. Runners can connect the system to IOS, Apple Watch, Android and to ANT+ (Garmin) wearables.

“From the very beginning of this journey we kept coming back to the same question: ‘Why is running measured from the wrist, when most of the important metrics happen at the feet?’,” added co-founder Ulrica Roberts. “Driven by the idea we could revolutionize running by putting core biomechanical principles at the heart of our solution, we sought out the expertise to make it happen.”

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