Wearable Technology

Valencell are a technology licensing and development company working the in the optical sensor space, specifically for biometric measurement.

As new wearable technologies are developed, researchers are looking for ways to provide power.

Researchers have developed fiber-like light-emitting diodes which can be applied in wearable displays.

Researchers have created wearable sensor patches that detect harmful UV radiation and dangerous, toxic gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen dioxide.

Video Interview with NovaCentrix at Printed Electronics Europe.

The adidas Group and runtastic GmbH have announced that adidas AG has acquired all outstanding shares of runtastic GmbH. The transaction values Runtastic at an enterprise value of € 220 million.

Vuzix has developed a new eye-worn computer, the M100 smartglasses, one of the few products of this kind currently available for sale. This profile outlines their basic activities and future work in the space for eye-worn computers

Atheer Labs is developing a new pair smart glasses, currently at prototype stage, that will be initially launched to address a range of enterprise-based applications, creating innovative solutions that will enhance the way adopters perform basic tasks all the way to mission critical job functions.

Cambridge Design Partnership has announced that it has developed the world's first wearable device designed to measure and monitor the vital signs of multiple trauma patients for emergency response in disasters and battlefield situations.

Firstbeat provide physiological analytics that converts raw data from wearable technology into meaningful information and advice for fitness, sports, wellbeing, stress and sleep. They are a Finnish company that spun out from the University of Jyväskylä, Research Institute for Olympic Sports in 2002. They have been supporting consumer products since 2002, elite sports customers since 2007 and preventive healthcare customers since 2006.

AiQ Smart Clothing are a dependent subsidiary of Taiwanese textile company, Tex-Ray. AiQ started as an internal department in 2009, and emerged as a subsidiary in 2012.

Commercial, regional and defence aircraft operators will be able to reduce aircraft down-time and maintenance costs, thanks to new wearable technology that can remotely connect technicians with aviation experts from around the world.

Researchers are experimenting with different ways to create solar textiles.

Researchers have successfully pioneered a way to construct a flexible, foldable and lightweight energy storage device that provides the building blocks for next-generation batteries needed to power wearable electronics and implantable medical devices.

If the power necessary to transmit and receive information from a wearable to a computer, cellular or Wi-Fi network were reduced, you could get a lot more mileage out of the technology you're wearing before having to recharge it.

Video interview with IP500 Alliance at Internet of Things Applications Europe.

The first implant and successful activation of the Argus® II Retinal Prosthesis System in a dry age-related macular degeneration patient.

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Oculus VR have announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Pebbles Interfaces — one of the leading teams in depth sensing technology and computer vision

This week LG Display announced that it will invest One Trillion Won for a flexible OLED display plant in Korea. Why?