Withings ScanWatch [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 17, 2020 | Health

We’ve written about Withings multiple times on Health Tech Insider. We covered Withings’ wearables including smartwatches, smart scales, blood pressure monitors, ECG watches, temperature monitors, sleep aids, and more. We tracked Nokia’s acquisition...

NHS Trials Wristband Mood Wearable with Children

by Bruce Brown | January 16, 2020 | Health

Most health and medical wearables use one or more sensors to monitor biometrics with hard numbers. We recently learned of a “softer” wristband wearable technology that relies on wearer inputs about their current mood. The Moodbeam One has just two buttons....

Mother Smartband Monitors Biometrics Without Recharging

by Bruce Brown | January 10, 2020 | Health

Does the world need another fitness band? Fitness bands, smartwatches, and wristband biometric monitoring devices deliver their greatest value when worn regularly. In the real world, unfortunately, when the wearer removes a device every day or so to recharge the...

Personalized Digital Health Care Avatar [video]

by Bruce Brown | January 9, 2020 | Health

Digital voice assistants such as Amazon Echo (Alexa), Google Assistant, Siri, and Bixby respond to commands and questions, but their engagement ends with audio content. Care.Coach’s eponymous care.coach platform combines digital imagery, voice, and live coaching...

Omron Complete Blood Pressure and EKG Monitor

by Bruce Brown | January 8, 2020 | Health

Omron Healthcare has long been a standard for clinical and consumer blood pressure monitors. At CES 2018, Omron introduced the HeartGuide smartwatch built around an oscillometric blood pressure monitor (the type that squeezes your arm) with a companion smartphone app...

Amazfit Zenbuds Play Multiple Sleep-Improvement Roles

by Bruce Brown | January 3, 2020 | Health

Quality sleep is elusive for many of us. According to a report on short sleep duration by the CDC in 2014, 35.2% of U.S. adults have short sleep duration, which is defined as less than seven hours of sleep within each 24-hour period. In recent years, we have covered a...