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by Bruce Brown | August 31, 2016 | General News, Health
Whether you’re tracking your heart rate for general fitness or for a more specific wellness concern, there are many choices. You can wear wristbands, armbands, or even chest straps which many have considered the most accurate, if not the most comfortable. Now...
by Bruce Brown | August 26, 2016 | General News, Health
Wearable tech developments for fitness and health applications sparked a wave of wristbands, headbands, necklaces and lanyards, pins and brooches, and belt packs in the past few years. Starting with step counters and thermometers, an ever-wider variety of biosensors...
by Bruce Brown | August 19, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
Earlier this year we wrote about a collaboration between Cambridge Cognition and Ctrl Group to develop “apps using a wearable device to monitor real-time activity, sleep, communication, media habits, and more.” Well, they’ve done it. Called the...
by Alfred Poor | August 12, 2016 | General News, Health
One important aspect of keeping people healthy is to help them avoid injury, whether due to a specific physical trauma, or due to environmental factors. This is a key concern for companies whose employees are exposed to difficult working conditions; how can you tell...
by Bruce Brown | August 10, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
Wearable Health Tech requires power to work. The size, shape, and type of power can vary, but any form of action requires power. Most wearable devices use batteries, which come with their own challenges of space, weight, and recharging. If you’re going to wear a...
