Wearable technologies

Asiatic Fiber Corp of Taipei, Taiwan, has launched two technologies for smart garments – called Luminous and Warm – based on heating and lighting modules powered by its iQmax conductive tapes.

Robotic glove technology developed in a partnership between General Motors (GM) and NASA for use on the International Space Station (ISS) will be commercialized for healthcare, manufacturing and ot

Isansys Lifecare reports that it has shipped its Patient Status Engine (PSE) wireless patient monitoring platform to hospitals in India, Germany, Scotland and Norway.

Sensifree, headquartered in Cupertino, California, USA, with an research and development (R&D) centre in Petach-Tikva, Israel, has raised US$5 million in a  Series A round of financing.

Imec, based in Leuven, Belgium, the Holst Centre in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and micro-electronic design house Barco Silex, of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, are collaborating to implement data security

The world’s first connected race suit was worn for the first time by drivers at the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championships held during March and April 2016. 

More than 66 million wearable devices will be shipped annually for use in enterprise and industrial environments by 2021, according to Tractica of Boulder, Colorado, USA.

MC10, of Lexington, Massachusetts, is teaming with San Francisco, California-based PCH to further commercialize the MC10 Wearable Interactive Stamp Platform (WiSP).

Wearable sensors dominated discussions at the 2016 Korea Summit for Smart Wearable Devices held at the beginning of April in Seoul.

Women in Technology International (WITI) hosted its first annual Sports, Entertainment and Technology Symposium at Jabil’s Blue Sky Centre in San Jose, California, USA, on 31 March 2016, a

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110 million by the end of 2016 with 38.2% growth over the previous year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC), based i

The adoption of health monitoring devices is likely to be swift as new entrants to the market gain US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

TUNE, created by Porto, Portugal-based Kinematix, is a simple, easy-to-use smart wearable for runners that goes beyond measuring basic statistics such as pace or speed, by measuring each foot’s gro

Firstbeat, based in Yväskylä, Finland, has been a pioneer in the development of wearable technologies for sports performance monitoring.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) chip paves the way to low-cost, low-power multi-sensor systems for medical monitoring applications, its developers say.

The correct placement of sensors in garments has always been problematic in the development of wearables, but Kyoto University and Panasonic Corp in Japan have developed a remote sensing technology

Vital Scout is a wearable patch said by its developer, VivaLnk of Santa Clara, California, USA, to simplify health monitoring. 

The University of California (UC), Berkeley’s Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory – led by Mechanical Engineering Professor Homayoon Kazerooni –has been working for more than a decade to crea

The global market for wireless medical devices will grow at around 25% annually over the next five years, expanding from US$3.6 billion in 2015 to about $11 billion by 2020, according to a new repo

A flexible sensor system that can measure metabolites and electrolytes in sweat, calibrate the data based on skin temperature and sync the results in real-time to a smartphone has been developed by

Reima of Vantaa, Finland, has introduced what it claims to be the first range of connected outdoor clothing for children.

The soon-to-be-launched Echo H2 smart patch seeks to take health and sports performance monitoring to a new level.

South Korea’s Jenax introduced the J.Flex, which it describes as the world’s first truly flexible battery, at the Wearable Technologies 2016 conference held in Munich, Germany, on 26–27 Ja

A simple plaster that can detect skin cancer is being developed at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and inventor Zeev Zalevsky believes it could soon be mass produced and made available to the consum

At the ISPO sportwear and gear show in Munich, Germany, on 24–27 January 2016, Japan’s Toyobo showcased Cocomi, a film-like material that can measure heart rate and take other biological r

A demonstration of the Cicret Bracelet drew audible gasps from delegates at the 2016 Wearable Techchnologies Conference who had not seen it before—such was its immediate impact.

Health Care Originals claimed the 2016 Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup in a competition that received entries from over 450 companies from 60 countries.

Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan, has developed a soft, flexible and stretchable polymer film that will allow the construction of soft and stretchable electronic devices suitable for incorporation in

Fossil Group of Richardson, Texas, is acquiring Misfit, a developer of wearable technology and connected devices based in Burlingame, California, both in the USA.

November is not the best time to visit Helsinki, but the gloom that envelops the Finnish capital every Autumn did not stop some 15 000 visitors from descending on Slush—one of the world’s

Olea Sensor Networks based in Reno, Nevada, USA, has introduced a seat belt vital sign monitor for automotive safety applications.

Peratech of Richmond, UK, has won the Design Team of the Year at this year’s Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards for its mass-production-ready 3D Force Touch solutions us

A project at Birmingham Children’s Hospital in the UK is employing wireless technology developed by Isansys Lifecare to predict deterioration in seriously ill children and could potentially save li

An engineering project at the University of California (UC) funded with a US$2.6-million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency is aiming to develop a temperatur

The Quell wearable pain relief device developed by NeuroMetrix, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, is now retailing at around US$245 online.

Philips is strengthening its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its strategy to enable an ecosystem for connected and personalized digital health products.

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors producer mCube of San Jose, California, USA, is introducing the industry’s first three-axis accelerometer of less than a cubic millimetre in total size

Intel has worked with 'sculptural sportswear' label Chromat to create two responsive garments enabled by Curie—a piece of hardware designed to equip designers with the ability to add functions to a

New Zealand-based start-up StrechSense has applied for a Patent to protect an energy-harvesting fabric sensor.

Thin, flexible batteries are set to become a $400 million market by 2025, according to a new report by IDTechEx.

The world’s first stretchable and conformable thin-film transistor-driven light-emitting diode (LED) display laminated into textiles paves the way for wearable displays in clothing.

Researchers from National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have created highly flexible, efficient white light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with potential for use in wearable displays and non-flat surface

A wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) headset that can be worn comfortably is said to enable effective brain-computer interfacing (BCI) and can monitor emotions and moods in daily life situations u

Jarden Corp is launching a range of wearable wellness products under the Health o meter nuyu brand, which have been designed to be convenient, easy-to-use and attractively priced.

Sensoria, based in Redmond, Washington, USA, has introduced a range of wearable fitness clothing for runners and has updated an accompanying Android app.

The FlexTech Alliance is a a public–private manufacturing consortium to be based in San Jose, California, USA, with funding of US$171 million.

At the start of 2015, Digitsole, based in Nancy, France, began shipping a new generation of connected heated insoles to the general public.

Blocks Wearables, a team of UK-based engineers and designers, is bringing modular design to smartwatches.