by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2021 | Health
We usually cover wristband wearables that measure biometrics such as pulse rate, respiration rate, or oxygen saturation. Reliefband’s nausea-prevention wearables are an exception. We first covered the eponymous Reliefband during CES 2016. The original...
by Bruce Brown | May 14, 2020 | Health
We’ve written about several technologies developed for COVID-19 testing or remote patient monitoring. Vancouver, British Columbia-based industrial workforce safety company Proxxi recently announced a new wearable to support two additional elements in...
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by Alfred Poor | December 26, 2018 | Medical
And now we present you with YANIGM: Yet Another Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor. While diabetes patients continue to prick their fingers multiple times a day, the idea of a reliable non-invasive glucose monitor system remains a Holy Grail of sorts for the wearable health...
by Alfred Poor | October 3, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
At a recent CES show in Las Vegas, I met someone who was developing a smart insole to measure the pressure forces at multiple locations on the subject’s foot. As we discussed the design challenges, she said “The biggest problem is figuring out where to put...
by Bruce Brown | August 22, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Early wristband fitness trackers were easy to differentiate from single-purpose health tech wearables that monitored just heart rate or blood pressure. Wearables packing multiple biosensors upped the game with advanced fitness wearables such as the Fitbit Charge HR...
