Wearable Technology

ABN AMRO is taking the next step in testing new wearables as a payment method with 500 of its clients. After prior successful internal tests in 2017, clients can now experience what it's like to make contactless payments with a ring, watch, bracelet or keyring.

Children born prematurely often develop neuromotor and cognitive developmental disabilities. The best way to reduce the impacts of those disabilities is to catch them early through a series of cognitive and motor tests. But accurately measuring and recording the motor functions of small children is tricky.

Researchers have created a new concept of thermoelectric material, a device composed of cellulose, produced in situ in the laboratory by bacteria, with small amounts of a conductive nanomaterial, carbon nanotubes, using a sustainable and environmentally friendly strategy.

Researchers obtained the first soft robot mimicking plant tendrils: it is able to curl and climb, using the same physical principles determining water transport in plants.

IDTechEx Principal Analyst James Hayward presents his findings from CES 2019.

Once again, CES 2019 displayed many examples of e-textile products throughout the exhibition floor. As ever, companies ranged from early stage start-ups scattered throughout "Eureka Park", through to some of the best known and longest established players with booths (generally in the Sands Expo). In this article, we will describe our overall impressions, followed by listing summaries of each of the companies that we visited and interviewed.

IDTechEx interviewed Noam Zafrir, Head of Software at Noveto at CES 2019.

Whilst still a "consumer" event, the coverage at CES certainly expands from consumer products, into medical devices and beyond. Principal Analyst James Hayward discusses his findings.

A research team has unveiled a thin and robust sweat sensor that is capable of monitoring hydration during exercise. The circular patch, with a width of just 30 mm, works underwater and in dry, arid environments - which makes it ideal for monitoring fluid loss during swimming, triathlons, ultramarathons and many other endurance sports.

IDTechEx Analyst Dr Nadia Tsao reports on her findings from CES 2019.

Coverage of the health and wellness technologies at CES 2019 including digital health, telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, diagnostics, bioelectronic medicine, elder care, sleep tech, and baby tech

Some research has shown that small amounts of power can be harvested from a human body over an eight-hour workday, but the special materials needed at present are either very expensive, toxic or inefficient.

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The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade. Researchers have developed methods to 3D print piezoelectric materials that can be custom-designed to convert movement, impact and stress from any directions to electrical energy.

Researchers have developed an easy way to make complicated arrays of microsupercapacitors that involves screen-printing them out of graphene ink. The simplicity and freedom offered by the approach will aid the development of new approaches to electronics and flexible devices.

Chronolife, an artificial intelligence company announced the launch of its connected and washable T-shirt product

KAIST OBELAB showed its research on a brain imaging system NIRSIT at CES 2019

Founded in 2015, Pico is a company focusing on VR

Established in 2016, ZhiSENSOR Technologies Co. Ltd., is an intelligent microsystem device design company based in China.

Founded in 2013, Orbbec is a start-up focusing on 3D cameras.