Wearable Technology

IDTechEx, a trusted provider of independent market intelligence, have released a new market report, "Optical & Radio Frequency Metamaterials 2024-2034: Markets, Players, Technologies". The report forecasts the electromagnetic metamaterials market to approach US$15 Billion by 2034.

This premium article will introduce the brain computer interface industry.

Innovation map for metalenses: market Entry, roadmap, and players.

Electrification, autonomy, and vehicle ownership saturation are causing a technological revolution in the automotive sector. These automotive meta-trends are driving drastic changes in electronic component requirements and present a high-volume opportunity for printed electronics to capitalize on.

Datwyler is a well-established manufacturer of critical elastomer components, developing solutions for both established and emerging markets. This includes a range of dry electrodes suited to the wearable technology market. IDTechEx interviewed the company to learn more about this product range and its applications in brain-computer interfacing (BCI).

Wearable technology could increase safety in sport and decrease stress with red-light therapy. Wearables is a market covering a wide range of applications, from health and wellness, smart mouthguards, to virtual reality headsets, and offers many benefits to different technology sectors.

Forecasts from the IDTechEx Research report "Metamaterials Markets 2024-2034: Optical and Radio-Frequency"

IDUN Technologies has developed an in-ear EEG platform with applications. IDTechEx interviewed CEO Simon Bachmann.

NeuroFusion is an open-source product and research company building tools and models to understand brain activity and human behaviors. IDTechEx interviewed founder Ore Ogundipe.

Augmented and virtual reality are being developed in new ways to enhance reality, from streamlined smart glasses to headsets with farfetched fantasy experiences. Extended reality (XR) headsets are proving useful not only for leisure purposes but also for industry use, training, and even rehabilitation. In IDTechEx's podcast, 'Tomorrow's Tech by IDTechEx', Senior Technology Analyst Sam Dale discusses the variety of benefits of VR and AR.

Examining opportunities for flexible batteries in non-disposable wearables, including discussion of the smart textiles, healthcare, smart headwear and eyewear, wrist-worn and high-luxury sectors.

Integrated sensors digitizing physical interactions are vital in everyday life. From personalized user experiences to warehouse inventory management, data-driven insights are driving demand for smarter sensors — and lots of them.

The ability to generate random numbers is essential to encrypting data. However, any classical method of producing randomness will fundamentally be deterministic - and theoretically predictable. This creates an opportunity for non-deterministic, high entropy quantum random number generators (QRNGs). In this article, IDTechEx explores the opportunities and challenges for QRNG in the growing connected devices and quantum communications markets.

Printed battery company based in Cambridge, UK, producing ultra-thin batteries using zinc-manganese dioxide chemistry.

This premium article provides an overview of consumer health wearables.

Pixelligent is a Baltimore-based manufacturer of tunable high refractive index nanocrystal formulations. It produces its own nanocrystals via a proprietary process. Applications of its formulations include nanoimprint resins for diffractive optical elements in AR waveguides and brightness enhancement for OLED displays.

Ceres Holographics is a Scottish firm specializing in the design and production of holographic optical elements. Its digital mastering and roll-to-roll production process is especially well-suited to large-area applications like automotive head-up displays.

Thursday 11 April 2024 - An overview of key printed and flexible sensor technologies and printed sensor material requirements? A critical evaluation of historic printed sensor market successes and shortcomings? Evolving and emerging trends and commercial use cases of printed and flexible sensors? Market opportunities and market forecast overview?

Skinos Co Ltd is developing a wearable, wrist-based hydration sensor.

Edgehog Advanced Technologies is a Canadian firm commercializing a process to manufacture subwavelength structures onto glass and semiconductors. These remove reflection and enhance transmission over a wide range of angles of incident light. It calls its antireflective glass eluminar™.