by Bruce Brown | July 15, 2021 | Medical
Continuous vital sign monitoring that produces clinical-grade data while wearers go about their daily lives is a shiny brass ring for the wearable technology industry. We’ve argued in the past that passive devices that track data with no active user involvement...
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by Bruce Brown | May 14, 2021 | Health
We’ve written about smart shoes before, primarily covering footwear that self-ties or tightens such as Nike’s HyperAdapt 1.0. We also covered Digitsole’s Smartshoe that heats your feet and counts your steps in addition to self-tightening. We’re...
by Bruce Brown | May 10, 2021 | Health
Bose recently announced the company’s FDA-cleared SoundControl Hearing Aids. The devices will be available for purchase in five states this month. Starting May 18, customers in Massachusetts, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas will be able to buy...
by Amantha May | April 30, 2021 | Health
Last year, Sony released the Reon Pocket in Japan, a wearable personal cooling and warming device. The next-generation model, Reon Pocket 2, has a redesigned drive circuit that doubles the “endothermic performance” of its predecessor. As noted in our 2020...
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by Bruce Brown | April 26, 2021 | Health
A rapper, a technologist, and an audio engineer walk into a room…Earlier this month Honeywell launched the Xupermask. Honeywell and music legend will.i.am teamed up to design a protective face mask with audio features. It’s imperative to note straight out...
