by Bruce Brown | January 29, 2019 | Health
Technology isn’t holding us back from continuously monitoring biometric wearables. If we choose, soon we’ll all be able to wear garments that serve an expanded range of functions beyond protecting our skin from sun and weather. In the past few years,...
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by Alfred Poor | September 27, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
We’ve been waiting for this news for a long, long time. “Smart garments” with incorporated sensors and wireless connections have enormous potential, but to date, they have almost exclusively been designed for fitness enthusiasts. The rare exceptions...
by Alfred Poor | August 28, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
One of the major challenges in wearable Health Tech devices is to find a way to communicate information to the wearer. Wireless data connections such as Bluetooth and haptic vibrations are two commonly used methods, and some devices have an integrated LED or OLED...
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by Bruce Brown | April 12, 2017 | General News, Health
Stress is a factor leading to 3 out of 4 doctor’s visits in the U.S., according to Stress.org. The same organization claims that 44% of Americans reported feeling more stressed in 2015 than five years earlier. One in 5 people experiences extreme stress, the...
by Alfred Poor | October 25, 2016 | General News, Health, Medical
We have covered Hexoskin in the past for their smart garments that incorporate sensors that can gather biometric data. The company recently made an announcement that is out of this world; their clothing is headed into space. As part of a $24 million contract with the...
