Any Wearable Can Be Your Personal Trainer

Any Wearable Can Be Your Personal Trainer

FocusMotion can turn any wearable into your own personal fitness trainer. The company now offers an SDK that will use the wearable device’s accelerometer, gyroscope, electromyography, and magnetometer to analyze a user’s movement and pace. A series of algorithms train...
Yellow Dot Summons Help after Crash

Yellow Dot Summons Help after Crash

Today’s digital communication devices make it easy to get help in the event of an emergency, but what happens if you’re involved in an accident and cannot call for help? Automotive systems such as OnStar feature automatic crash response, and now...
Low-Power Motion Sensor Chip

Low-Power Motion Sensor Chip

One of the most important questions that just about any wearable Health Tech device can ask itself is “Where am I?” This simple question is key to so many important pieces of information: whether the wearer at motion or rest, how much distance has been...
Necklace Tracks Health and Fitness Data [video]

Necklace Tracks Health and Fitness Data [video]

  Bellabeat has just announced the LEAF, a wearable Health Tech device designed for women. It is a pendant design that can be worn as a necklace. It also can be clipped onto clothing, or even worn on the wrist as a bracelet. The device runs for up to 6 months on...