Tiny OLED for DIY Wearable Experimenters [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 30, 2014 | Enabling Tech

  Do you dream of building your own personal health tech device? Maybe a smartwatch that talks to your phone, or maybe a pendant that reminds you when to take your meds, or maybe a belt buckle that tells you when you’ve eaten enough? If you need a...

Feature Creep Strikes Fitbit

by Alfred Poor | October 30, 2014 | Fitness, Health

As I have been predicting here for a while, consumer wearable Health Tech products are going to have to keep adding features in order to stay competitive and to grow their market. This is a familiar trajectory for many consumer product categories. For example, look at...

UCLA Undergrad Group to Create Health Tech Projects [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2014 | Medical

Many college students see their lives as “on hold” until they can graduate and start working on projects that matter. Five undergraduates at UCLA decided that they don’t want to wait, so they created the new Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs group. This is...

NIH Announces New Discipline: mHealth [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 29, 2014 | Health, Medical

Who says that there’s nothing new under the sun? The National Institute of Health (NIH) has announced a new discipline in health research: Mobile Health, or mHealth for short. In a new video, the NIH points out the benefits and challenges of the new advances in...

New Fitness Band is Free! [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2014 | Fitness, Health

There’s a new fitness band on the market from GOQii. It looks like many other fitness bands, with one important difference; it’s free. You get one at no charge when you sign up for the health and fitness services that help you make the most of the device....

Report Finds Consumers Want Wearable Health Tech [video]

by Alfred Poor | October 28, 2014 | Health, Medical

  A new consumer survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) asked about attitudes and expectations for wearable technology. One interesting finding was that 80% of those surveyed are interested in wearables if they can help deliver “healthy living and medical...