by Bruce Brown | October 12, 2021 | Health
We’ve covered health and wellness components and products from Withings since 2014 when we wrote about Glooko glucose tracking software and Withings wearable fitness devices. Withings introduced the ScanWatch hybrid health tech wearable smartwatch at CES 2020....
by Bruce Brown | September 27, 2021 | Medical
As we’ve written many times, the optimal wearable is one you’re not aware of. If you can forget you’re wearing an assistive device, it’s less likely to end up in the back of some drawer. That’s why, when I describe the Widex Moment...
by Bruce Brown | September 21, 2021 | Health, Medical
We’ve been covering wearable ECG devices since 2014 when Alfred Poor wrote about the Zio XT Service ECG patch monitor. Among other developments in ECG, in 2019 we noted VivaQuant‘s RX-1 Rhythm Express wearable arrhythmia device. More recently I had hands on...
by Bruce Brown | September 13, 2021 | Health, Medical
We wrote about Biotricity’s Bioheart personal heart monitor in January. Biotricity showcased the device during CES 2021. The Bioheart is a chest strap with two dry electrodes. Connected to an associated smartphone app, the Bioheart device can capture and display...
by Amantha May | July 21, 2021 | Health
A calorie counter makes good sense as a smartwatch feature. Or it would, if smartwatches could track calories accurately. Sadly, for the most part, they do not. Now, researchers from Stanford University have developed new sensor technology that could improve the...