Wearable Technology

IDTechEx interviewed Vikram Mehta and Sebastien Gaddini at their booth at CES 2020. They were demonstrating their smart diaper product, including aspects of chemical sensing for urine and stool analysis.

Organic Robotics Corporation are commercialising a technology for motion capture in apparel based on stretchable optical fibres included in the clothing. IDTechEx interviewed their CEO, Ilayda Samilgil, at their booth in CES 2020's Eureka Park.

SWMedical (Singular Wings Medical) are a Taiwanese start-up making platforms for group cardiovascular monitoring. Their products include chest straps, skin patches and smart clothing options. IDTechEx interviewed their CEO, David Lee.

IDTechEx met with Max Boysset, CEO of Icosamed. He demonstrated their first product, a smart clothing solution incorporating ultrasound imaging with the idea of monitoring and addressing cancers.

Engineering researchers have developed a device the size of a wristwatch that can monitor an individual's body chemistry to help improve athletic performance and identify potential health problems. The device can be used for everything from detecting dehydration to tracking athletic recovery, with applications ranging from military training to competitive sports.

At the heart of any electronic device is a cold, hard computer chip, covered in a miniature city of transistors and other semiconducting elements. Because computer chips are rigid, the electronic devices that they power, such as our smartphones, laptops, watches, and televisions, are similarly inflexible. Now a process developed by engineers may be the key to manufacturing flexible electronics with multiple functionalities in a cost-effective way.

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. In this profile, we focus on the development of wearable sensors utilizing flexible hybrid electronics

Panasonic Electronic Materials Business Division focuses primarily on high performance PCBs. However, this profile focuses on their recently developed stretchable, temperature resistant flexible substrate that provides a platform for 'stretchable hybrid electronics', and is particularly applicable to wearable devices.

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) must be better managed for patient care to improve. The protocols for monitoring patients are rapidly evolving. Historically, patients who fall ill are required to travel in order to visit a general practitioner or hospital. This procedure may soon become a thing of the past.

Researchers are on the verge of creating a revolutionary, portable blood pressure monitoring device that can provide data continuously to patients from the comfort of their home.

Masimo is a global medical technology company that develops and manufactures innovative noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, including medical devices and a wide array of sensors.

HZO has set the world standard in technology solutions that protect electronics from corrosion and extended liquid immersion. A durable thin film is applied directly to the components of a device, creating a physical barrier between the vital circuitry and any kind of corrosive liquid. The company's advanced nanotechnology provides innovative liquid protection from the inside out, and our patent-protected materials, process and equipment provide an end-to-end solution that allows flexibility for manufacturers to develop new product features and functionality while giving end-users the freedom to do more with the electronic devices they rely on.

Engineers have demonstrated a flexible device that harvests the heat energy from the human body to monitor health. The device surpasses all other flexible harvesters that use body heat as the sole energy source.

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with an Awarables representative at their booth in Eureka Park. Awareables have been working for the past 5 years on a wearable for sleep monitoring and therapy.

The new protective sensing suit, that was developed within the framework of the Flemish I-CART project, was successfully tested at high temperatures. It should significantly reduce the number of injuries to firefighters.

Suunto is a Finnish manufacturer of world-renowned sports watches, dive computers and precision instruments for the toughest conditions. Its new initiative, Movesense, is an open development environment for motion tracking and other sensor solutions and applications for and beyond sports. It makes the company's expertise available to all partners.

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Galen Fritz from Mieron. Mieron is a software company developing virtual reality (VR) games for neurorehabilitation.

DuPont Advanced Materials has 50 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialised inks for a wide variety of printed electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, telecommunication and consumer products markets.

Thin Film Electronics ASA announced its updated corporate strategy focused on the design, development, and production of innovative battery solutions targeting existing market demand with differentiated solutions to power wearable devices and connected sensors.

IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao spoke with Katie Johnson from Neofect's public relations agency, Gregory FCA. Neofect is a company developing devices for rehabilitation. The company has been in this space for the past 10 years. IDTechEx spoke with Neofect at CES 2018 and CES 2019.