by Alfred Poor | December 29, 2014 | Enabling Tech
When it comes to wearable Health Tech, smaller is better. Much better. So it is news for product designers when a company you’ve probably never heard of — Kionix — comes out with an accelerometer that is just one-half the height of the part it...
![Wearable Blood Pressure Monitor Meets FDA Specs [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/12/H2-blood-pressure.jpg?resize=598%2C303)
by Alfred Poor | December 22, 2014 | Health, Medical
Have you ever tried to take your own blood pressure? It’s not easy to wrap a standard cuff around your arm. And even the small cuffs for the wrist are bulky and not that easy to carry around with you. CharmCare has created the H2, a smartband that you can wear...
![$55 Smartwatch and Fitness Tracker [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/12/Striiv-smartwatch.jpg?resize=600%2C352)
by Alfred Poor | December 17, 2014 | Fitness, Health
Two trends are inevitable in the wearable Health Tech market. One is convergence; devices will take on more and more functions, eliminating the need for many separate devices. The second is price reduction. While many companies have plenty of clever intellectual...
by Alfred Poor | December 9, 2014 | Fitness
A recent report from Gartner predicts that in 2015, half of the consumers who are considering a fitness band will choose to buy a smartwatch instead. Part of their reasoning is that the feature set for smartwatches is overlapping those of traditional fitness bands,...
![Gone in 15 Seconds: New Fitness Watch [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2014/12/Razer-Nabu.jpg?resize=600%2C258)
by Alfred Poor | December 2, 2014 | Fitness
Fitness bands continue to blur feature sets, and the Nabu from Razer is no exception. The company describes it as a “social smartband.” Yes, it counts your steps and estimates your calorie burn, and it sends your data to an Android or iOS smartphone via a...
