Wearables
Sensor-based fitness tracking platform for wearables
InvenSense has announced Coursa Sports, a cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) fitness tracking platform for smartphone and smartwatch, health and fitness applications. The platform is designed to provide more accurate and always available speed, distance and route tracking and at least a three times improvement in relative elevation reporting for walking, hiking and running at up to 50% reduced power consumption. Coursa Sports is comprised o...
Imec delivers UEST’s first-generation Zembro bracelet smart watch
imec and UEST, have announced that they have started the production of Zembro, a smart bracelet designed to enable the elderly to connect with their relatives immediately, anytime and anywhere. Zembro is the first commercial product from UEST. The initial set of Zembro Bracelets, which sold out immediately after the launch (April 2015), are being delivered since the beginning of November.
Achieving secure mobile transactions for wearables
Wearables like smart watches could challenge smartphones as the main hub for digital lifestyles now that a new product-development ecosystem has been released from STMicroelectronics. More than half a billion wearable devices will be connected to the Internet by 2019: a potentially huge user base that could enjoy making convenient mobile payments with a secure device that is more natural to use than a card or smartphone.
Connected pill gives FC Nantes a gut feeling
BodyCap, a company specialising in miniaturised wireless monitoring devices, has tested its e-Celsius Performance connected pill for temperature monitoring on ten FC Nantes soccer players during two French League 1 games. Using e-Celsius Performance, the club was able to measure the effectiveness of recovery techniques such as ice treatment for players.
Advanced child tracking wearable device to put parents’ minds at ease
A potentially life-saving new wearable device is set to launch next month, which will give parents total peace of mind about their child’s whereabouts thanks to cutting-edge location technology. An Intel Quark processor is being used in the development of the Child Angel wearable device - a small, brightly coloured wristband that uses, GPS, GSM and Wi-Fi to deliver highly accurate location readings back to a parents’ smartphone.
TomTom watch features robust capacitive touch buttons
Atmel Corporation has announced that the TomTom Spark GPS fitness watch includes the Atmel | SMART ARM Cortex M7-based MCU and the tinyAVR44A MCU. TomTom Spark also uses Atmel’s QTouch library software to control the touch interface in the 8-bit tinyAVR MCU. The combination of these ultra-low-power MCUs extends the battery life of the TomTom Spark to up to 10 hours in GPS mode.
Track energy use & carbon footprint in real-time
In the smart home, many technologies exist to track how much energy a particular appliance is using but they do not tell you who actually flicked the switch. A wearable device developed at the University of Washington can sense what devices and vehicles the user interacts with throughout the day, which can help track that individual’s carbon footprint, enable smart home applications or even assist with care.
Back to the reference - Self tying shoes
Nike was asked to collaborate on a movie 30 years ago that would feature scenes set in a futuristic world of 2015. That film was Back to the Future. In the film, Nike had self tying shoes that would suit the inhabitants of the future (21st October 2015 was the distant future in 1989). On this date (known as Back to the Future day), two days ago, the world went a little bit crazy. The internet was abuzz with Back to the Future references and pictu...
Wearable tactile sensor suitable for use in robotics applications
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has developed a wearable liquid-based microfluidic tactile sensor that is small, thin, highly flexible and durable. Simple and cost-effective to produce, this novel device is very suitable for applications such as soft robotics, wearable consumer electronics, smart medical prosthetic devices, as well as real-time healthcare monitoring.
Artificial pancreas works for length of entire school term
An artificial pancreas given to children and adults with type 1 diabetes going about their daily lives has been proven to work for 12 weeks, meaning the technology, developed at the University of Cambridge, can now offer a whole school term of extra freedom for children with the condition.