Wearables
ST technology powers PIQ multi-sport wearable sensor
STMicroelectronics has announced that its sense, control and communication technologies are being utilised by PIQ in its lightweight and low-power sports wearable device for performance measurement and coaching. By tracking hand and wrist movement in multiple axes for accurate 3D analysis, the PIQ multi-sport sensor helps improve performance and technique. The 44x39x5mm device, weighing just 10g, is worn easily in a wristband, clipped to a golf g...
How to stand out from the wearables crowd
Today’s wearables market is crowded, competitive and successful product design is complex, with manufacturers having to make trade-offs between a product’s diverse elements in order to meet customer needs. Greg Fyke, Director of Marketing, IoT Wireless products, Silicon Labs explains how.
High sensitivity GPS/GLONASS receiver suits wearables
Complementing the company's GNSS platform portfolio by addressing power sensitive usage, u-blox has released the u-blox 8 GPS/GLONASS receiver platform. The existing u-blox M8 platform will continue to serve applications where navigation performance and highest accuracy are paramount.
Smartphone grip makes holding your phone easier
Smartphones have become as much a part of our daily lives as food and water, maybe more. We rely on these thin handheld supercomputers to keep information flowing from our fingertips at the speed of business and to stay connected to the bustling world around us. The problem is that these sleek and beautiful devices are constantly evolving to become larger, thinner and immensely harder to hold.
Stretchable device for continuous heart rate monitoring
Scientists in Seoul, South Korea, have made further advancements in the wearables sector with the development of an ultra-thin stretchable device that can be laminated onto human skin like a patch and can be used for continuous heart rate monitoring.
World’s first anti-distraction wearable
A new partnership between Device Solutions and FokusLabs has led to the launch of the RE-vibe - the world’s first anti-distraction wearables for children and adults, including those with autism and ADHD. Using a proprietary algorithm developed by Rich Brancaccio, founder and CEO of FokusLabs, the RE-vibe optimally reminds users to stay on task (or to get back on task) using different levels of vibrations on the wrist.
Control machines with a simple movement of a hand
To control machines remotely by the simple movement of a hand. It will be possible in a natural and economical way thanks to Goldfinger, an innovative prototype of human-machine interface designed and built in collaboration between the Politecnico di Torino and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston under the direction of Dr. Giorgio De Pasquale from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the Italian University.
Bringing open source to wearables
The Angel Sensor M1 device from Angel Sensor is now available with support for the Lua programming language. Angel Sensor claims that this makes it the first tracker device capable of executing code independently and eliminating the need for wearables to communicate with mobile devices.
Are we ready for medical wearables?
The wearable revolution is here. Portable and wearable technology such as smartphones and smart watches are changing everything we all thought we knew about technology. Including, it seems, the distinction between equipment designed for practitioners and devices used by consumers. From ultrasound scanners to glucose meters, there’s not a lot that your consumer technology can’t emulate. Here, Neil Oliver, technical marketing manager at...
Have scientists cracked clothes to power your phone?
Industrial design researchers at Brunel University London have solved two of the major challenges which prevent everyday items of clothing being turned into power sources for smartphones, tablets and other personal tech. Technology to produce supercapacitor thread capable of being made into cloth has been around for some time.