Strong Finish for Wearables in 2019

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...

App Guides Pregnant Mothers About COVID-19

by Bruce Brown | March 31, 2020 | Health

COVID-19 dominates worldwide news while healthcare professionals attempt to learn more about the virus and make accurate determinations of its progress, status, and potential timelines. We’ve written a great deal already about COVID-19 including the role of...

Smart Shirts Could Combat Driver Drowsiness

by Bruce Brown | March 26, 2020 | Health

In 2018, Juniper Research predicted that smart clothing would lead the growth in the wearable market. In 2015, Tractica forecast the market for smart clothing would grow rapidly. In line with those early predictions, Tokyo-based Xenoma, Inc.’s e-skin wearable...

Smart Glasses for the Vision-Impaired [video]

by Alfred Poor | March 11, 2020 | Health

One of the miracles of digital technology is that devices can help compensate for many physical impairments. These can restore an individual’s independence and confidence to perform daily activities without assistance. I remember working with visually-impaired...

Location-Aware Wearable Monitors Vital Signs

by Bruce Brown | March 6, 2020 | Health

Smart yarns and smart fabrics are getting smarter every day. The variety and combinations of smart fabric functions seem almost endless. We wrote about work at Darmouth College developing a smart fabric that can assist rehabilitation and training by sensing joint...

Wearable for Campus Mental Health Self-Care [video]

by Bruce Brown | March 4, 2020 | Health

Engineers from Texas A&M University (TAMU) are taking a proactive approach to the mental health of college students. Researchers in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering are developing a wearable continuous mental health monitoring and...