Wearable gadgets seek permanent place in users' lives
Consumers are snapping up fitness trackers, smartwatches and other connected wearable gadgets—but huge numbers wind up in drawers unused after just a few months once the novelty wears off.
View ArticleWearable computing market grows as gadgets evolve: IDC
The global market for "wearable" computing such as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and software-infused ear pieces is growing strong, according to figures release Thursday by International Data...
View ArticleOpinion: What 'masochistic' wearable tech says about desire for choice
In 2015, consumers bought three million wearable fitness trackers in the United Kingdom alone. Most of this technology is benign, marketed as a tool to inform people of their physical activity. But...
View ArticleStatistical monitoring technology can detect serious falls and immediately...
Falls by elderly people can cause serious injury or death if sufferers remain on the ground for too long. By combining data from both wearable sensors and video surveillance, a team at KAUST has...
View ArticleStretching the limits of elastic conductors
A newly developed printable elastic conductor retains high conductivity even when stretched to as much as five times its original length, says a Japanese team of scientists. The new material, produced...
View ArticleSearching beyond graphene for new wonder materials
Graphene, the two-dimensional, ultra lightweight and super-strong carbon film, has been hailed as a wonder material since its discovery in 2004. Now researchers are going beyond graphene and preparing...
View ArticleThe Latest: Apple's HomePod speaker coming this year
The Latest on Apple's annual conference in California (all times local):
View ArticleLab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants
Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for different types of biomarkers, such as proteins that show you may have breast cancer or lung cancer.
View ArticlePlant inspiration could lead to flexible electronics
Versatile, light-weight materials that are both strong and resilient are crucial for the development of flexible electronics, such as bendable tablets and wearable sensors. Aerogels are good candidates...
View ArticleDon't leave baby boomers behind when designing wearable technology
Wearable devices have been heralded as one of the next great technological frontiers. They can provide all users, including older ones, with constantly updated medical information by tracking cardiac...
View ArticleSuperstretchable, supercompressible supercapacitors
Flexible, wearable electronics require equally flexible, wearable power sources. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese scientists have introduced an extraordinarily stretchable and compressible...
View ArticleLow-cost smart glove wirelessly translates the American Sign Language...
A glove fitted with wearable electronics can translate the American Sign Language alphabet and then wirelessly transmit the text for display on electronic devices—all for less than $100, according to a...
View ArticleFlexible batteries power the future of wearable technology
The rapid development of wearable technology has received another boost from a new development using graphene for printed electronic devices.
View ArticleSigns of distracted driving—pounding heart, sweaty nose
Distracted driving—texting or absent-mindedness—claims thousands of lives a year. Researchers from the University of Houston and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute have produced an extensive...
View Article'Fashnology' a factor for picking wearable devices, researchers find
From fitness bands to smart glasses, wearable technology has grown in popularity in recent years. But what prompts people to put on a wearable device? A recent study conducted by researchers at...
View ArticleResearchers develop highly flexible, wearable display
How do you feel when technology you saw in a movie is made into reality? Collaboration between the electrical engineering and the textile industries has made video screens and displays on clothing a...
View ArticleSmart cities present risks, opportunities
Emergent technologies are poised to radically change how we work and live. They will transform our cities and workplaces, shifting jobs and entrepreneurship in new directions, and spur new ways to...
View ArticleAlexa, what do you see? Amazon said to be working on glasses
Amazon is attempting to develop glasses that pair with Alexa and would allow users to access the voice-activated assistant outside the home, according to a newspaper report.
View ArticleA way to cause graphene to self-fold into 3-D shapes
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Johns Hopkins University and MIT has found a way to cause flat sheets of graphene to self-fold into 3-D geometric shapes. In their paper published on the open...
View ArticleNovel circuit design boosts wearable thermoelectric generators
Using flexible conducting polymers and novel circuitry patterns printed on paper, researchers have demonstrated proof-of-concept wearable thermoelectric generators that can harvest energy from body...
View ArticleA fashionable chemical and biological threat detector-on-a-ring
Wearable sensors are revolutionizing the tech-world, capable of tracking processes in the body, such as heart rates. They're even becoming fashionable, with many of them sporting sleek, stylish...
View ArticleTeam quantifies fatigue using wearables
Can fatigue be predicted? Can life-threatening fatigue be differentiated from recoverable fatigue?
View ArticleThe business of babies and big data
It's bad enough we give away data about ourselves, but when did we start giving it away for babies too?
View ArticleFully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric
Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for smart textiles and wearable electronics. The circuits...
View ArticleVideo: Lightbulb moment leads to wearable technology for performance dance
Fascinated by innovations in wearable technology and driven by a passion for dance, undergraduate Emily Daub developed integrated, responsive lighting systems for costumes that expand the creative...
View ArticleGraphene-based wearable e-textiles move closer to commercial production
The market for e-textile clothing is forecasted to reach $5 billion by 2027, according to the market research firm IDTechEX. And while graphene is expected to be one of the most prominent materials in...
View ArticleNew biosensor could monitor glucose levels in tears and sweat
Constantly tracking a person's glucose levels through their tears or sweat could be one step closer to providing people with diabetes an improved monitoring tool. Researchers report in the journal ACS...
View ArticleScientists create customizable, fabric-like power source for wearable...
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, have created a customizable, fabric-like power source that can be cut, folded or stretched without losing its function.
View ArticleEngineering professor identifies the progress and untapped potential of...
When it comes to biometric sensors, human skin isn't an ally.
View ArticleTissue paper sensors show promise for health care, entertainment, robotics
University of Washington engineers have turned tissue paper – similar to toilet tissue – into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other human movement. The...
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