Wearable Technology

Development of the first wearable tech prototype from a healthcare company to seamlessly integrate health-tracking technology into a pair of optical frames.

The Pulse Play was created to settle an age-old problem among recreational racket sports players: accurate and reliable scorekeeping.

UNICEF and ARM have announced a multi-year partnership to accelerate the development of new technologies to overcome the barriers that prevent millions of families from accessing basic health, education and support services.

Carre Technologies Ltd (known increasingly by their product-line name, Hexoskin) are a Canadian company that make a sports shirt containing biometric sensors.

A microsupercapacitor may find its way into personal and even wearable electronics is getting an upgrade. The laser-induced graphene device benefits greatly when boron becomes part of the mix.

The military is a driving force for many types of technology development, but wearable technology integration is a gradual and challenging process. IDTechEx report from the latest event on this topic.

Chinese military has reported concerns over use of wearable devices.

SmartSplint will be able to deliver up to date, personalised information about bruxism right to the patient's phone and help them to understand their condition better and perhaps point to how they could modify their lifestyles to reduce how much they grind.

Video interview with Microdul at the IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage event

IDTechEx interview Bainisha at the IDTechEx Wearable Technology event

Scientists have pioneered a new technique to embed transparent, flexible graphene electrodes into fibres commonly associated with the textile industry.

The "Haptic Mirror Therapy Glove" is an interactive mirror therapy glove for the treatment of a paretic limb following a stroke.

Watch a video showing some of the latest products from Enfucell taken at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe event.

Last week saw IDTechEx host Wearable Technology Europe in Berlin's Estrel Conference center. The event has a unique format, co-locating with synergic industries including printed electronics, energy harvesting/storage and the Internet of Things to produce an ecosystem to catalyse innovation and commercial progress. We look forward to returning to the Estrel, Berlin on 28-19 April, 2016 for our annual European event.

UICO make touch technology solutions, around durable pro-cap solutions for water/dirt/glove readability. They formed in 2007, based in Chicago, and are now expanding their operations at a second site in Silicon valley.

This profile is for one of Sharp's European operations: Sharp Devices Europe. In particular, this represents their work with the Sharp Memory LCD displays in consumer and industrial applications.

Joanneum Research is a technology provider for business and industrial clients. They are made up of six research divisions which product IP which they can then license out to customers.

The first US hospital to deploy the wireless Leaf Patient Monitoring System in its Labor and Delivery rooms to help reduce the duration of labor and risk of caesarian births.

Wearable technology was one of the hottest topics at the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin. In order to recognise the fantastic work being done, IDTechEx presented two awards highlighting the outstanding progress being made at both product and component level.

Ericsson introduced "The power of touch" connecting people to all the object around them simply by touching it.