Wearable Technology

Presented by Rafael Michalczuk, Senior Technology & Funding Manager, Swarovski Opportunities for Printed & Flexible Electronics, a virtual interactive event hosted by IDTechEx featuring Coca-Cola, Electrolux, Swarovski, Roartis, Ynvisible and Neotech. This conference was originally broadcast May 27th 2020.

Smart watches have been the most successful product type in this sector, and arguably, within the whole "wearables" topic.

Physicists have created the most sensitive strain sensor ever made, capable of detecting a feather's touch.

IDTechEx spoke with Trine Hindklev and Jon Dalzell, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Science Officer (respectively) at Guided Knowledge. They have developed a high-end motion capture suit and digital coaching system, and are initially targeting golf training as their first application with their brand, Dragonfly Golf.

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This therapy utilizes brief electrical stimulation of injured nerves to upregulate regeneration associated genes and accelerate the creation of the building blocks that form new regenerating nerves. The company's wearable technology was designated a breakthrough device by the FDA in recognition of the impact it may have on the recovery of patients suffering from peripheral nerve injuries and the shift this device will bring about in the therapeutic industry.

An innovation turning waste material into stretchable devices may soon provide a new option for creating self-powered biomedical inventions.

Imagine a flexible digital screen that heals itself when it cracks, or a light-emitting robot that locates survivors in dark, dangerous environments or carries out farming and space exploration tasks. A novel material developed could turn these ideas into reality.

The webinar will provide updates across each product type within wearables, confirming 2019 shipment data and reviewing the historic market trend that has brought us into 2020, and then discussing the significant impact which COVID-19 is having in each sector.

IDTechEx, host of the world's largest event series on Printed & Flexible Electronics, broadcast this virtual event last week featuring Coca-Cola, Swarovski, Electrolux, Neotech AMT, Ynvisible, Roartis and IDTechEx. Watch on-demand.

A research team has developed a large-scale stretchable and transparent electrode for the stretchable display.

The Philips Biosensor is designed to address a new approach to vital signs measurements, supporting surveillance of higher acuity patients moving from intensive care units into lower acuity general care areas of a hospital. The lightweight, disposable biosensor is a 5-day, single-use wearable patch which can be integrated with a scalable hub to monitor multiple patients across multiple rooms.

To allow stroke patients to recover, many rehabilitation centers have looked to robotic exoskeletons. But although there are now a range of exciting devices that are enabling people to walk again who initially were utterly unable to do so, there remains significant active research trying to understand how to best apply wearable robotics for rehabilitation after stroke.

A team has developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their daily nutritional intake and dietary adherence.

Transforming how common health conditions are diagnosed using point-of-care and wearable bio diagnostic devices is the goal of a new project, which has just secured nearly $2.2 million from the National Health, Medical and Research Council.

This article is a summary of the latest considerations for the wearable technology industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including background on the pandemic, case studies of it's impact, and a discussion around changes to quantitative forecasts across IDTechEx's wearable portfolio as a result.

In an effort to create first-of-kind microelectronic devices that connect with biological systems, researchers are utilizing CRISPR technology in a novel way to electronically turn "on" and "off" several genes simultaneously. Their technique has the potential to further bridge the gap between the electronic and biological worlds, paving the way for new wearable and "smart" devices.

An important new trend is buying electrics and electronics you customise to function not just shape. See the new IDTechEx report, "Complete Electronics as Smart Material, User-Customized 2020-2040". Builders, textile manufacturers, those doing home improvement and others are starting to buy electrically-smart materials direct from materials companies, bypassing the electronics industry.

Recently the versatility of mixed and augmented reality products has come to the forefront of the news, with an Imperial led project at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Doctors have been wearing the Microsoft Hololens headsets whilst working on the front lines of the COVID pandemic, to aid them in their care for their patients.