Mumbai-based fitness and wearable device maker GOQii and ecommerce platform Flipkart announced a resolution to their dispute less than a month after the former issued a legal notice to the Walmart-owned company for deep discounting its products. In a joint statement on Friday, the companies said the dispute had been resolved and GOQii […]
A new project is set to develop a range of soft wearable devices that act like artificial muscles, which are designed to help elderly and disabled people walk and move around in comfort and safety. The FREEHAB project is designed to fix the lack of easy-to-use dynamic tools to help […]
Health apps, wearable devices like Fitbits and genetic testing kits would be subject to new privacy regulations, under a bill proposed Friday by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). The proposed Protecting Personal Health Data Act would task the secretary of Health and Human Services with crafting regulations to boost the privacy […]
As the Apple Watch’s ECG-reading tech has made clear, wearable devices have moved well beyond high-tech gimmicks and become genuine lifesavers. The latest demonstration of this is a new device, developed by researchers from the Army Medical University and China Academy of Engineering Physics. Their “hybrid instrument” uses two different […]
The lives of thousands of people with mobility issues could be transformed thanks to ground-breaking research by scientists at the University of Bristol. The FREEHAB project will develop soft, wearable rehabilitative devices with a view to helping elderly and disabled people walk and move from sitting to a standing position […]
According to the latest report published by Market Research Future (MRFR), the worldwide medical smart textile market is set to exhibit a CAGR of 9.5% over the forecast period of 2018-2027. The report utilizes available market data to offer a complete understanding of the medical smart textiles market’s present scenario […]
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According to the data released by IDC, Xiaomi is still leading the Chinese wearables market in the first quarter of this year and is being closely followed by Huawei. The report reveals that in Q1 2019, Xiaomi managed to ship more than 19.5 million units of its wearable devices, registering […]
One of the main challenges with battery-operated connected devices is autonomy. An increasing number will have requirements for greater battery power or longer battery life, but will not support bigger batteries. Some wearables, for example, might be medical implants; it’s not likely a bulky battery will be an option for […]
One of the main challenges with battery-operated connected devices is autonomy. An increasing number will have requirements for greater battery power or longer battery life, but will not support bigger batteries. Some wearables, for example, might be medical implants; it’s not likely a bulky battery will be an option for […]