Jawbone Next to Add Features [video]

Jawbone Next to Add Features [video]

by | November 6, 2014 | Fitness, Health

We recently reported how the inevitable “feature creep” has appeared in the FitBit product lineup, and now Jawbone has announced a similar development. The company’s new UP3 fitness band includes additional sensors. According to the company press...
Contest Focuses on Sports Injury Solutions

Contest Focuses on Sports Injury Solutions

by | November 6, 2014 | Health, Medical

Element14 is a global electronic component distributor, and the company promotes innovation and invention in an interesting way. They essentially conduct worldwide hack-a-thons, offering prizes to teams that create solutions to a stated problem. The company’s...
NIH Announces New Discipline: mHealth [video]

NIH Announces New Discipline: mHealth [video]

by | October 29, 2014 | Health, Medical

Who says that there’s nothing new under the sun? The National Institute of Health (NIH) has announced a new discipline in health research: Mobile Health, or mHealth for short. In a new video, the NIH points out the benefits and challenges of the new advances in...
Another Multi-Function Monitor on the Way

Another Multi-Function Monitor on the Way

by | October 22, 2014 | Health, Medical

Measuring steps and heart rate is so “last year.” With the significant portion of projected wearable Health Tech revenues forecast to come from health and medical applications, new devices must collect much more information — and with clinical grade...
Philips Wearable Tracks COPD Patient Data [video]

Philips Wearable Tracks COPD Patient Data [video]

by | October 21, 2014 | Medical

  At the Dreamforce 2014 conference in San Francisco, Royal Philips announced a prototype product to help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Developed in partnership with the Radboud University medical center in the Netherlands, the...