Wearable Technology

A revolution in the treatment and rehabilitation of muscle/tendon injuries is on its way with the development of a ground-breaking new intelligent technology.

A paper-based sensor that mimics the sensory functions of human skin has been developed for the first time from low-cost and commonly available household materials.

Video Interview from the IDTechEx Wearable USA event.

FlexEnable is showcasing a full colour, conformable organic LCD curved into a smartwatch form factor, the 0.3mm thick display component demonstrates how mainstream wearables can be brought to life with displays and sensors using flexible electronics.

In the penultimate edition of our five part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx analyst Xiaoxi He assesses applications and opportunities within the broader portable electronics market.

Researchers have built a wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play with three arms. The two-foot long "smart arm" can be attached to a musician's shoulder. It responds to human gestures and the music it hears.

Harry Zervos interviewed Joe O'Keeffe, and discussed inifiniLED's iLED technology, a low power display technology based on the assembly of arrays of micro-LED chips, currently looking to address the smartwatch and wearables markets.

Video interview with Ohmatex at IDTechEx Wearable USA.

At the recent X Games held in Aspen, Intel embedded the Intel® Curie™ compute module onto snowboards during the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle and Men's Snowboard Big Air competitions.

Research is set to transform the common contact lens into the next generation of consumer electronics.

In the third of a five part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx analyst Xiaoxi He looks at the medical & cosmetic application markets that thin and flexible batteries are targeting.

A presentation by Sensoria, winner of the IDTechEx Wearable USA 2015 award in the category of "Best New Wearable Technology Device" for "The Garment is the Computer".

For the first time ever, scientists have successfully 3D-printed supercapacitors using an ultra-lightweight graphene aerogel, opening the door to novel, unconstrained designs of highly efficient energy storage systems for smartphones, wearables, implantable devices, electric cars and wireless sensors.

Scientists are to develop and trial a new wearable technology to help people who have had a stroke recover use of their arm and hand.

IDTechEx spoke to Joerg Tewes, CEO of Avegant, a company founded in September 2012. Avegant has developed a head mounted display, a device that is both a VR headset but also a video and audio infotainment device. They completed proof of concept for their micromirror display technique in April 2013, finalised the engineering design in 2013 and then began the alpha test in 2014. The final device, the Glyph, is currently available to order at the price of $699.

Video interview with IDTechEx analyst Franco Gonzalez.

As CES passed for another year we saw another wave of announcements and demonstrations without the topic reaching the limelight it will soon command.

Video interview with NanoVivo, Inc. at the IDTechEx Wearable USA exhibition.

The road to more versatile wearable technology is dotted with iron. Specifically, quantum dots of iron arranged on boron nitride nanotubes.

In the second of a five part series of articles on thin, flexible, printed and micro-batteries, IDTechEx analyst Xiaoxi He focuses on the applications of these batteries within the wearable technology sector.