Sensors

IDTechEx spoke with Dr Linh Lee, CEO of Bonbouton, about their progress in developing specialized footwear for the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers. They also presented at 2018FLEX in Monterey, CA in February 2018.

GE Global Research presented their work producing a wearable sensor for monitoring hydration. IDTechEx attended their presentation at 2018FLEX in Monterey, CA.

Cortera Neurotechnologies are developing "minimally" invasive implants for monitoring the brain. IDTechEx attended a presentation by co-founder and CTO Rikky Muller at 2018FLEX in Monterey, CA.

Printed Electronics World reports on a groundbreaking new wearable designed to be worn on the throat could be a game changer in the field of stroke rehabilitation.

Engineers have turned tissue paper - similar to toilet tissue - into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement. The sensor is light, flexible and inexpensive, with potential applications in health care, entertainment and robotics.

Data-basing movement in sport, fitness and healthcare using precision location technology and unique cross platform software for sensor based systems.

Sensors that sniff out chemicals in the air to warn us about everything from fires to carbon monoxide to drunk drivers to explosive devices hidden in luggage have improved so much that they can even detect diseases on a person's breath.

Constantly tracking a person's glucose levels through their tears or sweat could be one step closer to providing people with diabetes an improved monitoring tool.

A number of IDTechEx analysts attended CES 2018, exploring the key themes prevalent in a variety of sectors, including: healthcare, neuroscience, 3D printing, e-textiles, haptics and electric vehicles.

IDTechEx analyst James Hayward explored uSens at CES 2018

LetinAR have developed a pin mirror optics technique for augmented reality glasses. IDTechEx interviewed Jaehyeok Kim at their booth in Eureka Park at CES 2018.

FLIR are a leading company in the development of infrared imaging systems. Their impressive booth at CES 2018 displayed innovation towards smartphone-compatible infrared cameras, and potential systems for adding infrared to the suite of ADAS inputs for increasingly autonomous vehicles.

Aisin are a large automotive Tier 1 supplier.

IDTechEx spoke with Suunto at both the IDTechEx Show in November 2017 and again at CES 2018. They are amongst the leading smartwatch manufacturers, but have also recent released a B2B product called Movesense.

Sports Performance Tracking make sensor units for athletes. IDTechEx spoke to Josh Raines at their booth at CES 2018.

Beflex have developed a hardware platform and algorithms to do motion tracking based on sensors in headphones. IDTechEx spoke to Dae In Park, Co-founder and CMO at their booth in Eureka Park at CES 2018.

TDK have recently been making many significant applications to build a diverse and vertically integrated team in many aspects of electronics and sensing. We spoke to two recent aquirees at their booth at CES: InvenSense and Toshiba Life.

See Sense have developed smart bike lights containing sensors to provide data that can be valuable to the user and the local environment. IDTechEx spoke to Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Irene McAleese at their booth in the H2020 pavilion at CES 2018.

PhotonicSens have developed a depth sensor based on a special optical system on a CMOS image sensor. The company has spun out following development under an EU H2020 project. IDTechEx visited their booth in the Westgate Exhibition venue at CES 2018.

HabitAware have developed a device that tracks habitual motions of a user and can give notifications when behaviour is occurring. We spoke to John Pritchard, Lead Hardware Engineer at their booth in CES's Eureka Park.