by William McCleary | July 18, 2022 | Enabling Tech, Fitness, Health
Following the footsteps of popular smart rings such as the Movano Ring and the Oura Ring, the Indian fitness platform Ultrahuman is looking to enter the niche wearable market with what it calls “the world’s first metabolism tracking ring.” According...
by Bruce Brown | October 26, 2020 | Fitness, General News, Health
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, September 2020 It’s not hard to find rosy prospect claims for any market, but we pay special attention to the International Data Corporation (IDC) market forecast reports. Along with Gartner, IDC is known...
by Amantha May | October 21, 2020 | Fitness, General News, Health
In June, we covered South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety clearance of Samsung’s new electrocardiogram (ECG) feature for the Galaxy Watch Active2. Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the same feature for the Samsung Galaxy Watch3 and...
by Bruce Brown | October 8, 2020 | Fitness, Health
Step trackers and other fitness-related wearables launched in the early 21st century preceded most of the wearable health devices we write about on Health Tech Insider. However, a recent Abbott news release has an example of development in the opposite direction:...
by Bruce Brown | June 25, 2020 | Fitness, Health
Exercise is good for you. We’ve heard and believed in the health benefits of physical exercise for years. But what does “exercise” mean exactly? What should we do, and how much how often should we do it? The lack of clarity about which types of...
by Bruce Brown | April 13, 2020 | Fitness, General News, Health
Intenational Data Corporation (IDC) tracks the wearable device market worldwide. IDC Market Tracker reports document market activity within specific time periods. The Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker found that 118.9 million devices shipped during the last...