by Alfred Poor | November 14, 2014 | Fitness, Health
One of the biggest problems with any wearable electronic device is that they need electricity to operate. And in most cases, this means that you need to use batteries. And batteries must be replaced or recharged. And the more often you have to replace or recharge, the...
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by Alfred Poor | November 6, 2014 | Fitness, Health
We recently reported how the inevitable “feature creep” has appeared in the FitBit product lineup, and now Jawbone has announced a similar development. The company’s new UP3 fitness band includes additional sensors. According to the company press...
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...
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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...
by Alfred Poor | October 17, 2014 | Enabling Tech
According to the market tracking firm IHS Technology, worldwide shipments of sensors and related components for wearable devices is forecast to grow from 67 million units last year to 466 million units in 2019. This nearly seven-fold increase in demand is driven by...
