Wearable Technology

In 2020 the market for conductive inks will be $2.4Bn, according to extensive research by IDTechEx. Of that, 95% of the conductive ink supply by value goes into just three applications. However, for years now there has been work on a myriad of new applications for conductive ink, in this article we assess some of those opportunities.

Even during activities, like surfing, where people desire to escape to nature, embedded technology can be a life-saving companion. OBEX is designed to enhance the experience of surfing and not detract from it in any way: elevating human potential.

IDTechEx spoke to Fujita Medical Instruments, who were exhibiting as part of Japan Telemedicine Platform. The company was demonstrating its cardiac skin patch.

Bittium produce Bittium Faros, a wearable device for Holter and event monitoring as well as mobile cardiac telemetry (MCT). It can be either a one or three channel ECG.

Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there the wiring needs to be strong, flexible and efficient.

Xenoma develops the next-generation smart apparel 'e-skin' to provide well-being and happiness in your daily life. As it can be worn comfortably, the e-skin is one of the most ideal interfaces to monitor the user's activity and vital information unobtrusively. Founded in November 2015 as a spin-out from the University of Tokyo and collaborating with Japanese apparel manufacturing and trading companies, Xenoma works across many industries and sectors to achieve "Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Through Entertainment".

Flexen had a booth on the Taiwanese pavilion in CES 2020's Eureka Park. They demonstrated their C-Ring product, a wearable wrist band / skin patch product including optical sensors.

IDTechEx spoke to David Tao, co-founder and CEO of Shanghai BHS Bio-Tech Company, Ltd. They have developed some chemical sensing systems for sweat, which they demonstrated in a bracelet product at their booth at CES 2020.

Yutech (Your Health Technology Co., Ltd.) are a Taiwanese company that have developed healthcare products including a single lead ECG skin patch and a digital stethoscope. IDTechEx interviewed their Director Shuenn-Yuh (Louis) Lee.

Arab Health 2020 was held at the World Trade Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from the 27th to 30th of January 2020. The event welcomed 4,000+ exhibitors and 50,000+ attendees from all over the world. It consisted of an expo and a range of conference tracks on various healthcare topics.

IDTechEx interviewed Exosystems at their booth at CES 2020's Eureka Park. They are a Korean company that have developed a wearable muscular rehabilitation system including functional electrical stimulation (FES) and EMG.

IDTechEx interviewed PAOTscan at their booth on the large French startup section at CES 2020's Eureka Park. They have developed a skin patch product, claiming to monitor the antioxidants in the skin and used to recommend products such as cosmetics or nutritional supplements.

IDTechEx caught up with Davide Vigano, CEO of Sensoria at CES 2020. We discussed their latest work on a European Horizon 2020 project working with Rejoint on a smart knee brace, as well as updates from their other work, including progress in their diabetic footwear projects with Optima Molliter.

SenQ is a subsidiary of Asia Air Surveys. They have developed a technology for athlete tracking for team sports based on location tracking technology from their parent company. IDTechEx spoke to Takayuki Yamada at their booth in Eureka Park at CES 2020.

Brilliant Sole have developed smart insole products for applications including VR tracking, sports performance and medical monitoring. IDTechEx interviewed them at CES 2020.

By conveniently and painlessly collecting data, wearable sensors create many new possibilities for keeping tabs on the body. In order to work, these devices need to stay next to the skin. In a study, researchers tweaked a widely used polymer to create a potential new adhesive to keep these sensors in place.

IDTechEx interviewed Roberto Munoz from Analog Devices at their booth at CES 2020. They have developed chipsets and devices aimed at doing vital sign monitoring for digital health.

Attendees at Healthcare Sensor Innovations USA 2020 will hear from industry representatives on how the next wave of connected and wearable medical devices will bring increased benefits to patients, healthcare providers, insurers, and the pharmaceutical industry.

In automobile production, industrial robots and production lines largely relieve people of having to work with heavy loads. This is not the case for people who work in a trade or in care, where the body can be heavily burdened by hard work. In the PowerGrasp project, a second skin provides additional strength.

Cardiomo provides a solution in Patient Monitoring - a wearable remote cardiac monitoring with AI engine to deliver real-time, actionable insights to enable early warning for heart diseases. Our patch tracks vital signs (ECG, heart rate variability, breath rate, skin temperature, activity) and AI-based platform analyzes the data and detects Cardio Vascular Diseases and cardiac events in real-time, and predict imminent threats to provide early life-saving alerts.