Wearable Technology

Samsung SDI this week unveiled Samsung's Stripe and Band batteries. The batteries are an embodiment of the age of wearable batteries that are applicable to any curve of a human body.

Genuine Thermos® Brand introduces the Thermos Connected Hydration Bottle with Smart Lid.

n the air we breathe there are countless airborne chemicals that present known or suspected health hazards.

Smartlife is a UK based smart clothing company, developing e-textile/wearable technology products such as fitness clothing and smart bandages. They have made their first commercial revenue in 2015.

IDTechEx finds that the conductive ink market is fast changing. It is currently a $2.3bn market, making it one of the largest segments of all printed electronics.

Due to the complex structuring, asymmetric surface of human body and atypical motion such as stretching in elbow, finger joints, wrist, knee, ankle, etc. electronics integrated to body need to be physically flexible, conforming and stretchable.

InvenSense, Inc, provider of intelligent sensor system on chip (SoC) for Motion and Sound, announced it is hosting the 2015 InvenSense Developers Conference External Link taking place November 17-18, 2015 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

Scientists in Korea have developed wearable, graphene-coated fabrics that can detect dangerous gases present in the air, alerting the wearer by turning on an LED light.

IDTechEx Wearable USA - Bringing Innovators, Adopters And Investors in Technology Under One Roof. IDTechEx Wearable USA is the largest wearable technology event in the Americas. The two day conference and exhibition brings together leading authorities from key areas throughout the industry, as a large part of IDTechEx's 3000+ attendee, 200+ exhibitor co-located event series.

APDM develop and sell high end wearable sensor for high performance motion tracking. Their packages are build around a sensor called the opal, which includes inertial measurement unit components in a small rigid package. These sensors, usually used several at a time, feed into their software platforms which enable high level motion analysis of subjects, used in areas such as research, medical diagnosis and elite sports analysis.

A new material that can store digital information and be printed onto various surfaces, could be used for memory cells in next-generation, large-scale printable electronics.

Video interview with E Ink at Printed Electronics Europe.

A team of researchers has invented a method for producing inexpensive and high-performing wearable patches that can continuously monitor the body's vital signs for human health and performance tracking, potentially outperforming traditional monitoring tools such as cardiac event monitors.

Infi-tex emerged after Peratech Ltd entered administration. Infi-tex adopted intellectual property from Peratech around using QTC™ (Quantum tunnelling composite) materials in 'Soft-Switch' applications. Infi-tex is now continuing to explore opportunities around this technology.

Whilst existing battery technologies such as lead acid and lithium-ion batteries will dominate the battery market in the following 10 years, advanced and post lithium-ion batteries given the right conditions can potentially take a considerable dent of about 10% of whole battery market by 2026.

IDTechEx report from a FlexTech Alliance workshop on novel & innovative power sources for lightweight devices and wearable electronics

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Thursday 22 October 2015, Smart eyewear, near and on-eye wearable computing: Markets and forecasts 2015-2025

The Holst Centre works at the interface of academia and industry. They are part funded by government and the rest directly from partnerships in industry. The focus of their work is around topics including printed, flexible and organic electronics, into displays, wearable technology, energy harvesting & storage and more.

Transceiver strap wireless remote for QuickPick Remote order picking system, which provides warehouse and distribution an additional wearable option for their operators.

A smart device that translates sign language while being worn on the wrist could bridge the communications gap between the deaf and those who don't know sign language.