wearables

Fitbit just recalled its Ionic smartwatch. It seems the lithium-ion battery can overheat and cause a burn. Take it off and contact Fitbit to receive pre-paid packaging to return it. Upon receipt, Fitbit will issue a refund of $299 plus a…

The stretchiness of films and gels enables wearables, soft robotics, and biocompatible tissue. These materials, however, can break them without warning. Researchers from the American Chemical Society have designed a compound with "wings"…

A new smart sensor platform the size of a quarter turns any facemask into a "Fitbit for the face." A tiny magnet attaches the sensor to any N95, cloth, or surgical mask, detecting respiration, heart rate, and mask wear time. This…

Researchers have produced a flexible fiber lithium-ion battery 140 meters long. For those not using the metric system, that is just over 459 feet. The battery can be used in wearables and could even lead to 3D-printed batteries in nearly…

A mobile sensor expert, Tauhidur Rahman, assistant professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, and colleagues at Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University are putting their heads together on an opioid…

Sony Electronics unveiled its SRS-NS7 wireless neckband speaker and WLA-NS7 wireless transmitter. Used together, Sony delivers tailored sound creating a new way of listening. The WLA-NS7 wireless transmitter is also sold separately so…

Bioengineers at UCLA’s Samueli School of Engineering invented a novel soft and flexible self-powered bioelectronic device that converts human body motions into electricity that could be used to power wearable and implantable diagnostic…

Valuable information detected within the body such as heart activity and muscle contractions are currently costly to attain through the present bioelectrical sensor technology available. In addition, it tends to be ineffective,…

The rapid increase in adoption of batteryless solutions is tracked in the IDTechEx report, ‘Battery Elimination in Electronics: Market Impact IoT, 6G, Healthcare, Wearables 2021-2041’.

As per a new report published by a market research and competitive intelligence provider, the global wireless portable medical devices market was valued at $15bn in 2020.