Wearable Technology

Cerathrive is a start-up offering transcranial wearable light therapy hardware. Tess Skyrme, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed Sarah Turner, CEO and Founder, following CES2023.

Rogalife (Roga) offers wearable therapeutics as a solution for mental health and corporate wellness.

Mirroring the broader social trend of increasing awareness around inclusivity, exhibitors at CES 2023 highlighted the capabilities of consumer electronics to deliver assistive technology. IDTechEx attended the event, held January 5 - 8 in Las Vegas, and report on this key trend across interviews with exhibitors over the four days.

CES is an annual conference covering all of consumer electronics. The 2023 event was held in Las Vegas - with an estimated 3200 exhibitors and 115,000 attendees. This premium article focuses on trends and company updates within the fields of wearable technology and digital health - but includes relevant themes from many of the other sectors such as accessibility and start-ups.

Sigknow produce an electronic skin patch device for cardiac ECG monitoring. IDTechEx met with Sigknow at their exhibit during Medica 2022.

ATsens are a Korean company producing electronic skin patch devices for cardiac monitoring. IDTechEx met with ATsens at their exhibit during Medica 2022.

Nile, acquired by Linxens, is a Swedish company that produces components for the wearable healthcare industry. IDTechEx connected with Nile at Medica 2022.

Withings Health Solutions is a growing division of the Withings company, which has historically made smartwatches for the consumer market. The company was present at the MEDICA 2022 event, wherein it demonstrated a series of connected devices for health tracking.

Livetec is a German wearable monitoring devices company. It produces LiveECG, a Holter monitor electronic skin patch.

EarSwitch is developing a hearable for brain-computer interface applications, specializing in assistive communication.

Bittium produce Faros, a heart rhythm monitoring wearable device.

Holographic display technology firm VividQ discussed the development of a combined waveguide combiner and 3D holographic display system for AR headsets in conjunction with waveguide development firm Dispelix.

As high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, and even consumers become increasingly data-hungry, hardware struggles to keep pace. In addition, the need for real-time assessments of moving data points - such as for the accurate velocity-mapping of other objects in autonomous systems and facial recognition for security systems - is crucial to an increasingly hands-free society.

CES is an annual conference covering all of consumer electronics. The 2023 event was held in Las Vegas — with an estimated 3200 exhibitors and 115,000 attendees. This premium article focuses on trends and company updates within the field of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), but includes relevant themes from many of the other sectors such as accessibility, entertainment, wearables, gaming, entertainment, and the metaverse.

Mezoo make SmartPatch, an electronic skin patch for cardiac and remote monitoring. IDTechEx caught up with Mezoo at Medica 2022.

Sensoria is an American developer of sensors for wearables and e-textiles devices, having been founded by three former Microsoft employees in 2011 as Heapsylon before being rebranded to Sensoria in 2014.

Bionime is a Taiwanese biotech company, developing and manufacturing diabetes management devices. The company is currently developing its CGM device. IDTechEx spoke with Bionime at MEDICA 2022.

Singular Wings Medica produces an electronic skin patch ECG.

Swave Photonics is a fabless semiconductor company developing non-volatile memory-based spatial light modulators and supporting software for computer generated holography. The IMEC spinout is based in Belgium.

August International is a UK-based electronics company. The company produces a series of connected smartwatches for telehealth and remote patient monitoring.