Wearable Technology

Wearable electronics are here — the most prominent versions are sold in the form of watches or sports bands. But soon, more comfortable products could become available in softer materials made in part with an unexpected ingredient: green tea.

IDTechEx met with Milo Sensors at CES 2017. They have developed a wrist-worn product called PROOF™. It contains sensors to detect the alcohol presence in sweat, and therefore deduce blood alcohol content. They were founded in 2015 and based in Santa Barbara, CA.

Collaboration to develop an ultrathin flexible-patch reader worn on the skin for continuous wireless monitoring of tissue oxygen in patients undergoing treatment for peripheral artery disease has been awarded a $1.5 million grant.

Researchers have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person's skin hydration for use in applications that need to detect dehydration before it poses a health problem.

Recently, benefiting from the rapid advances in the design of various flexible sensors, flexible wearable electronic devices have gained increasing attention for potential applications in individual medical care, health assessment, sports monitoring, etc.

It's a fact of nature that a single conversation can be interpreted in very different ways. For people with anxiety or conditions such as Asperger's, this can make social situations extremely stressful. But what if there was a more objective way to measure and understand our interactions?

Researchers predict that in the next five years, older people and others with mobility problems will be able to rent robotic exoskeletons that make dream vacations — as well as mundane tasks — a possibility.

IDTechEx caught up with Roozbeh Ghaffari and Ben Schlatka, two of the co-founders at mc10, for an update on their business in the development, licensing and sales of stretchable electronic products, including skin patches.

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 21 February 2017 titled Conductive Inks: Trends to Watch in 2017.

The days of wearing bifocals or constantly swapping out reading glasses might soon come to an end.

What if there were a wearable fitness device that could monitor your blood pressure continuously, 24 hours a day?

New software developed by researchers enables smartwatches to verify handwritten signatures.

In this article, we will briefly outline the progress in multiple emerging sectors whilst also identifying the latest trendy nascent application areas.

The future of fashion could be a little 'black' dress made of graphene that changes its colour and design on the whim of the wearer.

Video Interview with Cellotape at the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)

Most of us have heard the example of wearable tech's adoption failure, where we abandon our gadgets after a few weeks to end up in our underwear drawers. But ironically, maybe this is exactly where wearable technology should be.

Video Interview with Nicomatic at the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)

David Pugh interview Mr Tony Butler, Principal Product Manager at GlySens. They are developing a long-term glucose monitoring system for the management and treatment of diabetes.

IDTechEx interviewed David Chang, Director of System Software Development at Syndiant's booth at CES 2017. They are a provider of LCoS digital light modulators, mostly for pico projectors today, but also for use in AR.

ODG is a smart eyewear company based in San Francisco, CA. IDTechEx toured their booth at CES, and interviewed Patrick Johnson, ODG's Director of Business Development.