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by Bruce Brown | November 17, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Soft sensors for wearables have to stand up to challenges that sensors in wristbands, pins, belt packs, and glasses never experience. We’ve written about enabling technology developments such as printed stretchable conductors, stretchable fabric battery design,...
by Bruce Brown | November 9, 2020 | Health
A group of soldiers in far upstate New York are performing a vital role in wearables development. U.S. Army soldiers with the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division are engaged in a yearlong study with a combination of...
by Bruce Brown | October 7, 2020 | Health
Fitbit recently announced that the Fitbit ECG App now has both FDA 510(k) clearance and CE marking to analyze user heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation (AFib). The new Fitbit Sense smartwatch — available now — is the first Fitbit wearable with the ECG App....
by Bruce Brown | September 20, 2020 | General News, Health
There’s a new player in the health and wellness wearables game, instantly grabbing the attention of other participants in that market. Amazon introduced Amazon Halo, a two-layer wristband and membership program that purports to help users improve how they sleep,...
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by Bruce Brown | September 15, 2020 | Enabling Tech
Technology development usually crawls, sometimes jogs along smoothly, and occasionally leaps forward with astounding results. If technologists succeed in bringing the theory of nanodiamond battery (NDB) technology to market, they will vault two significant challenges:...
