Wearable Technology

Largest Dedicated Commercial Conference & Exhibition on Graphene & 2D Materials 13 - 14 May 2020 | Estrel Convention Center, Berlin, Germany

Masterclasses are the ideal way to train staff on emerging technologies. Bracketing the IDTechEx show in Berlin, the IDTechEx masterclasses on 12th and 15th May 2020 will contain the latest insights and analysis on their chosen topics.

Healthcare Sensor Innovations 2020, hosted in San Jose on March 17-18, identifies and assesses the opportunities for printed and flexible electronics in healthcare as the technology enables a new wave of medical wearable devices.

A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children's spontaneous movement in the natural environment.

IDTechEx interviewed KC Bean, CEO at Fieldsheer Apparel Technologies. We discussed their company and business, focusing on the details of the competitive market for heated apparel products in North America. We also discussed the technology landscape for heating, and particularly the opportunities with conductive inks in the market.

A research group has developed a "smart" contact lens that can show real-time changes in moisture and pressure by altering colors. The "smart" contact lens can potentially be used for point-of-care diagnosis of xerophthalmia and high intraocular pressure disease.

Healthcare Sensor Innovations North America debut on Marc, 17-18, 2020 in San Jose, USA will focus on the latest developments in the use of wearables and sensors in point of care diagnostics and continuous monitoring.

People rely on a highly tuned sense of touch to manipulate objects, but injuries to the skin and the simple act of wearing gloves can impair this ability. Surgeons, for example, find that gloves decrease their ability to manipulate soft tissues. Astronauts are also hampered by heavy spacesuits and find it difficult to work with equipment while wearing heavy gloves.

It is well known that face masks do not protect you from bacteria and certainly not from the latest coronavirus. They stop you emitting as much when you sneeze. Beyond infection, there is increasing concern about fine particulates in the air, now proven to pass through your whole body. These are no longer seen as leading to only respiratory diseases and heart failure. Research now links them to depression, birth problems and more. How can we make more effective face masks and air filters generally?

IDTechEx spoke with representatives from Perfect Corp at CES 2020. Perfect Corp are a Taiwanese company founded in 2015 that have developed apps for beauty tech. The company uses augmented reality to help users try on new looks and products.

Led by Alzheimer's Research UK, the project will harness and analyse a wealth of digital data to develop signatures of disease - or "fingerprints" - that can be then detected using wearable technologies, such as smart watches.

NovaCentrix is focused on technologies and materials to enable manufacturing in Printed Electronics. The PulseForge® photonic curing tools process high-temperature materials on low-temperature substrates. Applications include drying, sintering, annealing, or reacting metallic, non-metallic, and semiconductor inks, without damaging temperature-sensitive substrates such as foils and plastics.

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with representatives at Welt's booth. Welt has developed a line of smart belt buckles for health monitoring. They spun out of Samsung's C-Labs in 2016. IDTechEx first met Welt at CES 2019.

Researchers have created germ-killing fabric that could help stop the spread of communicable diseases.

While at the proof-of-concept stage, it shows enormous potential as a portable power supply in several practical applications including electric vehicles, phones and wearable technology.

Corbit, a medical devices company based in Germany, has developed Touch - a one lead ECG wrist accessory for cardiac monitoring. It is a consumer device designed for the elderly.

MagicEar, a Florida-based company, manufactures a connected hearing aid. Its capabilities include layered noise reduction, gain digital sound processing, adaptive feedback cancellation and dynamic contrast detection.

IDTechEx spoke to TensCare, a company based in the UK that manufactures electrical stimulation devices for drug-free pain relief, incontinence and other applications.

Ahead of the IDTechEx Show! Berlin, 13-14 May 2020, IDTechEx looks back at the stories of some companies propelled to success by the IDTechEx Launchpad initiative.

Biosensors integrated into smartphones, smart watches, and other gadgets are about to become a reality. Researchers now describe a way to increase the sensitivity of biological detectors to the point where they can be used in mobile and wearable devices.