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by Alfred Poor | January 12, 2017 | Fitness, General News, Health
Smart watches are still struggling to gain traction in the market beyond early adopters, but they do have the potential to bring a wide range of functions to a convenient wearable device. With the right sensors, they can also provide useful Health Tech data such as...
by Bruce Brown | January 5, 2017 | General News, Health
Wearable tech products are still in their infancy, with companies large and small scrambling for footholds in what most assume will be a monster global market. Earlier this year, CCS Insight predicted that by 2020, 411 million smart wearables will be sold worth $34...
![Powered By You – A Smartwatch Powered By Thermoelectric Energy[video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/11/Matrix-Powerwatch-with-video-600x272.png?resize=600%2C272)
by Bruce Brown | November 30, 2016 | Enabling Tech, General News
First impressions can be deceiving. At first glance, this article may appear better suited for our sister site Wearable Tech Insider, which covers fitness and exercise wearables. We’re writing about the Matrix PowerWatch, however, because of its thermoelectric...
![Eyeglass Maker Developing Health Tech Sensor Platform [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/09/VSP-Level-with-video-600x273.jpg?resize=600%2C273)
by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2016 | General News, Health
Eyeglasses, the original Health Tech wearable, may soon take on additional roles. Today those of us who wear glasses do so to correct impaired vision and to protect our eyes. VSP Vision Care has designed eyeglass frames with embedded sensors that have immediate...
![Samsung WELT Tells You When You’re Getting Fat [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/09/WELT-Smart-Belt-with-video-600x271.jpg?resize=600%2C271)
by Bruce Brown | September 1, 2016 | Health
If you’re out to dinner and decide to just let go and overeat, you can always just loosen your belt a notch and no one will be the wiser, right? Well, you won’t get away with it with a Welt Corporation WELT. The WELT belt tracks your waist size, steps,...
