With the advancement in technology, healtcare now has more access to patient data. Simple wearables like Fitbits to FDA-approved Medtronic devices are all helping doctors understand patient behaviors in order to improve care. At this year’s WT | Wearable Technologies Conference & Exhibition at ISPO Munich on Feb 3-6, the companies listed below will be showcasing their wearable devices for health:

AiQ Smart Clothing Inc. is considered a pioneer in the Smart Clothes industry. Their philosophy on Smart Clothing is “Smart Inside Out”, which defines the perfectly seamless integration of technology and apparel. By taking a unique architectural approach, AiQ is working to accelerate the development of a wide variety of smart clothes focused at different slices of human life – play, work, entertain & stay healthy. AiQ’s innovations are backed by over two hundred patents. AiQ believes that clothes are the universal wearables and making them smarter to enrich everyday experiences is a natural progression of technology.

Bonbouton is a technology platform for preventative diabetic health care. Their first product, a smart insole with a proprietary embedded graphene sensing system, passively monitors the skin’s physiological signals in order to detect early signs of foot ulcers. The smart insoles sync with their mobile app to continuously monitor foot temperature to provide an early view of developing foot ulcers.This simplifies patient self-monitoring, significantly reduce the cost of care and facilitate better patient outcomes.

CareWear® has developed a wearable photobiomodulation therapy system using blue and red light to decrease pain and accelerate recovery from athletic activity and injury. Their solution is a wearable system with a reusable light patch that can be used pre-training, post-training, or post-injury anywhere: training room, traveling, or home. Just stick the light patch on the treatment site, attach the rechargeable controller, click to start and go! The product is an FDA class II over-the-counter device and can be sold without a prescription.

Datwyler Sealing Solutions Datwyler is a leading industrial supplier and a key player in the healthcare world. With their medical solutions, they are aiming to create a safer and improved medical environment of tomorrow. Datwyler’s soft dry electrodes are the compnay’s proposition for long-term EEG monitoring. They consist of a flexible conductive polymer and customizable design to ensure comfort. Partnering up with the world’s top pharmaceutical and medical companies, Datwyler stands by their mission to ensure patient safety and improve patients’ lives.

VitaScale has successfully developed the worldwide first wearable breath analysis device that can quickly and conveniently measure gas components in a person’s breath. With the end consumer ready hard and software (App) of vitascale™ the golden standard in sports medicine becomes available for everybody. This innovative and patented headset system provides real-time performance and metabolism measurement, to optimize a person’s health based on breathing gas composition.

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Meet those companies at the WT | Wearable Technologies Joint Pavilion at ISPO Munich in hall C6, booth 706 on Feb 3-6!

The co-located WT | Wearable Technologies Conference will take place on February 5-6 and will once again be THE meeting point for global professionals of the entire wearable ecosystem. This year for the first time the event will be a more integral part of ISPO tradeshow located in the brand new innovation hall C6 of Messe Munich More than 60 high-level speakers coming from Bayer, Odlo, Casio, Gore, Microsoft and STMicroelectronics will give you the latest insights into their applications and digitalization strategies via IoT and WT solutions and drive your business development. The unique agenda is covering the latest trends and developments of the tremendously growing wearables market.

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Neuro-technology company SyncThink has partnered with augmented reality (AR) specialist Magic Leap to make their proprietary brain health assessments and therapy applications available on the Magic Leap One platform.

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The partnership would allow SyncThink to utilize AR for health assessments, rehabilitation, and sports performance. SyncThink’s leadership in eye-tracking analytics and ownership of a large-scale clinical database will also be used to augment Magic Leap’s platform capabilities, reports SyncThink.

“One of the primary advantages of working with Magic Leap’s mixed reality technology is it allows us to create specific interactive brain performance training paradigms in the user’s exact environment instead of trying to produce the same result in a virtual environment,” said CEO of SyncThink Laura Yecies. “This is especially important in sports, for example, where they can train and measure the recovery or improvement of a specific skill by doing the exact activity their sport requires.”

Nicole Samec, healthcare product manager for Magic Leap, notes that, “Magic Leap One is inspired by human physiology and has deep user sensing capabilities that make it an ideal spatial computing platform for developing real-time, objective health and wellness assessments. We hope that SyncThink’s use of our platform will enable clinicians, patients, and the general public to optimize their brain health and performance.”

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In addition to developing new features and ways to further its brain health assessments in mixed reality, SyncThink will also utilize Magic Leap’s spatial computing platform to make improvements to their full suite of assessments. These additions include adding high-precision methods to objectively assess balance, proprioception, depth perception, and convergence, among others features, for injuries such as concussions.

The Verily Study Watch, developed by Verily — an arm of Google parent company Alphabet — has received FDA 510(k) clearance for an “on-demand ECG feature.” The Verily Study Watch is a prescription-only wearable that can record, store, transfer and display single-channel ECG rhythms.

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Verily has been working on a health watch for several years, with the aim to design an inconspicuous biosensing device that could monitor the user’s health either for clinical or for research purposes. Now, the newly developed device has been used by thousands of people as part of clinical research studies in a number of studies including Verily’s Project Baseline, Aurora study and Personalized Parkinson’s Project, according to a statement. The new FDA approval will allow the devices to be used for more research projects.

“This work may ultimately give us insights into the utility of integrating mobile health data into the clinical care environment, and how these data can support the physician-patient relationship… Together, we are working towards a future where we can use devices, like the FDA-cleared Study Watch, to inform real-world, personalized care decisions and help us move to proactive healthcare,” said Michael V. McConnell, M.D., Head of Cardiovascular Health Innovations at Verily.

It’s important to note that FDA ‘clearance’ as a Class II device is very different from FDA ‘approval,’ which is typically reserved for Class III products, or technologies that might have higher risk but also a higher benefit (e.g. implantable pacemakers). The difference, as The Verge’s Angela Chen explained when the Apple Watch received its clearance, is that the FDA isn’t making any judgments on the actual efficacy of the device, only that it’s safe to use.

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Chen explains that “For Class II and Class I, the FDA doesn’t give ‘approval,’ it just gives clearance. Class I and Class II products are lower-risk products.” A classic Class I example is something like a tongue depressor – and it’s much easier to get clearance than approval, according to Jon Speer, co-founder of Greenlight Guru, a company that makes quality management software for medical device companies.

Google has agreed to pay watchmaker Fossil $40 million to buy its smartwatch technology. Fossil is the most active player in Google’s Wear OS smartwatch ecosystem, continuing to build smartwatches that run Wear OS. Although, Wear OS competes with Apple Watch, it has been struggling to gain mass adoption among consumers.

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As part of the deal, Google will now also own a part of Fossil’s R&D team that currently supports the secret technology which neither company has provided much detail about.

Fossil says it will still retain more than 200 of its own R&D employees to focus on innovation and product development.

“The addition of Fossil Group’s technology and team to Google demonstrates our commitment to the wearables industry by enabling a diverse portfolio of smartwatches and supporting the ever-evolving needs of the vitality-seeking, on-the-go consumer,” said Stacey Burr, vice president of product management, Wear OS by Google.

Fossil’s EVP and chief strategy and digital officer Greg McKelvey told Wareable that the IP that creates the deal is based around new product innovation that’s entered the market yet. The IP is based on a technology that Fossil acquired as part of its purchase of wearable devices startup Misfit in 2015.

“It’s based on something out of our timeline,” McKelvey said. “It’s new to the market technology and we think it’s a product that has features and benefits that aren’t in the category today,” he added. He stated that, despite the sale, Fossil is still work closely with Google on developing the technology and is planning on launching new devices based on the innovation across its abundance of fashion brands.

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Fossil is one of Google’s partners that use Wear OS in their watches. Other big companies using Wear OS are Tag Heuer, LG, and Movado, reports CNBC.

Google hasn’t yet built a smartwatch of its own, but this deal could signal a growing commitment on the company’s part to wearable hardware technology.

The ever-increasing number of elderlies and escalating healthcare expenses are driving people to choose various fitness wearables to track their activity and improve health. As a result, wearable makers have focused on integrating wearable sensors in clothes, shoes, and even on bodies.

Advances in eHealth and mHealth systems are increasing the use of digital technology in healthcare.

Sensors can help the healthcare industry enormously. As we can see, sensors are now critical in remote patient monitoring. Sensors can help in detecting blood sugar levels in patients and transmit the captured data to doctors, enabling them to analyze the sensor-collected data and initiate personalized treatments and medications for patients, reports IT Business Net.

Thus, the demand for wearable sensors has increased in the last few years. According to research firm, Allied Market Research, the wearable sensors market is projected to reach $2.258 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 52.9% from 2016 to 2022.

Scientists are now trying to develop wearable devices that use solar power or even body heat, because continuous connectivity demands an extended battery life for the wearables.

Smartwatch Powered by Body Heat

Smartwatch maker Matrix has unveiled a new smartwatch called the PowerWatch 2, which is loaded with features like step count, heart rate monitor, notification and GPS, and needs only body heat and solar power to run.

Launched at the CES 2019, the PowerWatch 2 is a follow-up to last year’s PowerWatch X that was powered entirely by the body heat emitted from your wrist. The new watch also has Android and iOS companion apps, and third-party functionality with services like Google Fit and Apple HealthKit.

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iMorph, a company that integrates wearable self-help smart technology announced its flagship smoking cessation product, CigFree SmartBand, is being readied as a prototype for its clinical trial to demonstrate efficacy for quitting smoking. “CigFree SmartBand” is the first all-natural healthy non-invasive low-cost solution for quitting smoking.

Wearable Sensors to Protect You from UV Ray

Too much ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun or sunbeds is the main cause of skin cancer. Scientists at the Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering have developed the world’s smallest wearable, battery-free device to measure exposure to light across multiple wavelengths, from the ultra violet (UV), to visible and even infrared parts of the solar spectrum. The sensor has been shown to separately and precisely monitor both UVA and UVB exposure for individuals at higher risk of developing melanoma. During a study where human participants wore the sensor, it recorded multiple forms of light exposure during outdoor activities, even when the user was in the water.

In the near future, you’ll be able to learn about your health condition by simply sticking a patch on your skin.

Researchers at Northwestern University developed a wearable device that can monitor and diagnose health problems by analyzing the sweat on your skin.

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The device is a wearable patch that measures the chemical contents of sweat on the skin. It could be used to screen for cystic fibrosis, and give athletes real-time performance data.

While fitness trackers like Apple Watch and Fitbit can track your health data, these devices are rigid and bulky. The new device, developed at John Rogers’ lab, is so thin and flexible that it looks like a temporary tattoo. It adheres to the skin to analyze the chemistry of your sweat. It detects key biomarkers in sweat and sends the data wirelessly to a smartphone app. The device can collect data on wearer’s pH, sweat rate, chloride levels, glucose and lactate – high levels of which could signal cystic fibrosis, diabetes or a lack of oxygen.

“It fits into a broader trend that you’re seeing in medicine, which is personalized, tailored approaches to treatment and delivery of care,” said John Rogers, a biomedical engineer at Northwestern University in Illinois and the key architect of the device.

Some similar devices in development use electric sensors to read chemicals. Others rely on calorie count, in which the intensity of the color in the readout matches the concentration of the chemical being monitored. The new device delivers all of that in a battery-free and wireless form, reports the New York Times.

“This looks like the first version in which they integrated all of it in one device,” said Martin Kaltenbrunner, an engineering professor at Joannes Kepler University Linz, in Austria, who was not involved in the research. “The level of technology that is in this paper is very, very advanced.”

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Sweat naturally flows into the device’s very tiny holes located at the base. The sweat then travels through a network of valves and microchannels, each roughly the width of a human hair, and accumulates into a tiny reservoir. Each reservoir has a sensor that reacts with chemicals like lactate or glucose found in the sweat.

“That’s basically it,” Dr. Rogers said. “There’s nothing that penetrates the skin, and there’s no power supply that’s driving flow.”

The device was described in the journal Science Advances.

There’s no wearable device that you can use to control your computer with your mind. Now, CTRL Labs is developing a device that will let you do just that.

CTRL Labs is a Manhattan, NYC-based startup that’s backed by tech giants like Amazon and Alphabet.

The startup develops neural interfaces to make our interactions with technology more fluid to the point where devices feel that they’ve become part of you.

Many companies are interested in this technology. For example, last year Facebook revealed an experimental thought-typing system. For many of these companies, the ultimate goal is a direct line to the human brain, which is still technically difficult and potentially dangerous. CTRL-Labs is trying to perform the same functions with a simple electrode-studded wristband.

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Patrick Kaifosh founded CTRL Labs with Thomas Reardon in 2015. Both of them have PhDs in neuroscience from Columbia University. Reardon also created Internet Explorer while he was at Microsoft.

To make this human-machine link possible, Kaifosh and Reardon figured out how to tap into the body’s nervous system.

“Your brain actually generates commands that propagate out to your muscles to allow you to move in the world. That’s all relayed via what’s called the motor nervous system. Ultimately your brain sends down a signal to your spinal cord, and your spinal cord in turn relays that up to the muscles. This is an electrical signal that’s actually received in the muscle,” says Reardon.

An armband outfitted with a number of sensors detects this electrical activity and sends it to a computer. From there, algorithms decode it and use the signals to decode a machine. Users can then do things like scroll through texts, turn a dial or sought items from a menu. The signals can even be used to control robots.

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“You don’t have to actually move for us to decode some of your intentions, what you have to do is generate that electrical pulse,” Reardon says.

Just a day ago, Google was involved in some type of acquisition deal with watchmaker Fossil. The watchmaker isn’t just a fashion brand, it’s also the biggest remaining seller of Google’s Android Wear OS hardware.

Google agreed to buy Fossil’s IP and “a portion of Fossil Group’s research and development team currently supporting the transferring IP” for $40 million.

What makes Google-Fossil deal more intriguing is the fact that in 2016 Wear OS made a grand entrance in the smartwatch market with brands like Fossil, Emporio Armani, Michael Kors, Diesel and Skagen.

Rumors of a Google Pixel Watch have been going around since 2018 when everyone thought the search engine giant would be releasing its own smartwatch alongside the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. But that didn’t happen.

It may look like that Google is going to use Fossil’s secret tech to use as a unique selling point for a future Pixel Watch, but it looks to also be a unique feature Google wants on all of Wear OS.

“Right now we’re focused on finishing off development of the product, The Fossil Group will bring the product to market, across our full breadth of brands over time, and then in true Google fashion, the technology will be expanded across the industry over time to benefit all,” Greg McKelvey, EVP and chief strategy and digital officer of the Fossil Group, told Wareable.

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This sounds bigger than the Pixel Watch. If this tech is really game changer, It’ll make Wear OS stronger than Apple Watch or the Fitbit smartwatches.

While Apple, Fitbit and Samsung are doing very well in the fitness area, others like Garmin and Polar aren’t very far behind.

Though Google didn’t say much about the new technology, Fossil confirmed it came from the Misfit division of its business. Therefore, we can guess that Google is planning on something related to fitness since Misfit has always specialized in fitness, reports Tech Radar.

So far it looks like Google may be planning on something entirely new rather than releasing a Pixel Watch.

Fitbit and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched an initiative called the Fitbit Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) project. It’s the first digital health technology initiative for the All of Us research program, a precision medicine study hoping to improve the prevention and treatment of disease based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.

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Fitbit users currently enrolled in the program can now choose to sync their Fitbit accounts to help researchers unlock deeper insights into the relationships between health indicators such as physical activity, heart rate, sleep and health outcomes. It is one of the world’s largest precision medicine studies, and Fitbit is the first wearable to be included in the program.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for Fitbit users who choose to participate, to further contribute to one of the world’s largest research efforts by providing information that can help pave the way to a healthier future for all of us,” said Adam Pellegrini, general manager, Fitbit Health Solutions.

Participants will be invited to share various health information over time through surveys, electronic health records, physical measurements, biosamples and digital health technologies. Researchers will be able to access that data for a range of health studies. Strict safeguards will be put in place to protect the privacy of participants, Fitbit said in a press release.

“Collecting real-world, real-time data through digital technologies will become a fundamental part of the program,” said Eric Dishman, director of the All of Us Research Program. “This information in combination with many other data types will give us an unprecedented ability to better understand the impact of lifestyle and environment on health outcomes and, ultimately, develop better strategies for keeping people healthy in a very precise, individualized way.”

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The first leg of the All of Us program was launched in May 2018; the second All of Us initiative will launch in 2019, which will involve providing up to 10,000 Fitbit devices to a diverse set of participants randomly invited to take part.

Google has named IBM MaaS360 with Watson as an Android Enterprise Recommended solution for BYOD, dedicated, and company-owned devices.

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A Google-run program Android Enterprise Recommended validates Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) product offerings that are built to an elevated set of solution standards using advanced Android Enterprise features that prioritize modern management methods to help business customers utilize the best of Android. Android Enterprise Recommended EMMs stay current with the latest platform features and work closely with Google to offer regularly trained staff, verified resources and trusted guidance to ensure a consistent, successful deployment, said a press release.

Traditionally, mobile device management (MDM) and EMM solutions have been used to help manage and secure mobile devices in the enterprise. With the advent of desktops, laptops, wearables and IoT devices, organizations need a platform that offers visibility and control over their endpoint and mobile environment: unified endpoint management (UEM). MaaS360 is the only platform that delivers an artificial intelligence approach to UEM to enable endpoints, end users, and everything in between – including apps, content, and data.

MaaS360 includes support for Android in the enterprise, Samsung Knox and Android version 2.2 and higher.

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“With significant Android Enterprise activations for MaaS360, we’ve prioritized not only the product roadmap to ensure our clients can adopt the Android Enterprise solution sets, but also training and enablement for the IBM sales and support organizations to best support the platform.” said John Nielsen, Offering Manager, MaaS360, IBM Security. “With the consistency that Android Enterprise provides clients across various Android manufacturers, we do not anticipate the adoption trend to slow down any time soon.”

Seismic, a Menlo Park, CA-based startup, is taking on the wearables market with their fashionable Powered Clothing.

Seismic, who was speaking at the WT | Wearable Technologies Conference 2018 USA in San Francisco, wants you to know that this is not an exoskeleton but instead fashionable clothing with a combination of robotics and sensor technology. The Powered Clothing made its first official appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt, followed up by CES 2019 in Las Vegas.

The Powered Clothing™ integrates discreet robotics, designed to help you move better by working in collaboration with your body to give you strength, stability, and power. The clothing is designed to help people with daily activities like, standing up, carrying and lifting items, extending standing, sitting down, walking and more.

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Lightweight, breathable and comfortable; the apparel enables you to overcome limitations and achieve your full physical potential. It starts out simple, like getting dressed in the morning, but with a powerful processor and an integrated sensor matrix, the Powered Clothing is programmable, tailored to your body and your lifestyle.

The technology was originally developed at SRI International for a DARPA-funded program to reduce injury risk and enhance soldier endurance.

Seismic entered the occupational market in partnership with Cintas Corporation. Co-development plans between Cintas and Seismic will begin immediately in areas of product and distribution for service worker support in industries including food service, automotive, hospitality and others. Cintas and Seismic will collaborate to bring Powered Clothing to the workforce, said a press release.

Seismic has also entered into an agreement to begin co-developing next-generation industrial Powered Clothing with one of the largest construction organizations in Japan, Obayashi Corporation, a global team of 14,000 employees across 14 countries. The collaboration focuses on producing industry-specific clothing distributed and worn by Obayashi’s construction workforce. Seismic suits will be worn as a base layer to support workers’ core muscles to help augment strength when lifting, carrying or extended standing. This partnership aims to alleviate worksite fatigue.

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“We have strategically pursued different market verticals with significant partners that share our vision for impacting quality of life in their respective areas through Powered Clothing,” Seismic CEO and founder Rich Mahoney said. “I’m thrilled to open our programmable platform to our partners and enhance Powered Clothing’s utility in new ways to achieve unprecedented results in industries beyond personal wellness like occupational safety, wellness and lifestyle, and healthcare.”

When consumer wearables first hit the market, many hospitals and health systems resisted the technology and thought patient-generated health data (PGHD) generated by these devices might not be as reliable.

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But with the advancement of data analytics tools, healthcare providers now understand the benefits PGHD can have on patient care, according to a recent HIMSS report.

“Some myths around PGHD have been debunked while healthy skepticism and improved technology continue to push the conversation forward,” the report authors stated. “As a result, according to one recent survey, hospitals and health systems are no longer questioning the value – or desire – for PGHD. In fact, they are demanding it.”

The report titled “The Role of Wearables and PGHD in the Care Delivery Continuum” and sponsored by Fitbit found 79% of respondents agree that they would like to have more data about patients in between encounters and 72% agree that they need PGHD to make good decisions on chronic disease management.

“It’s encouraging news,” said John Sharpe, Senior Manager of the Personal Connected Health Alliance at HIMSS. “We are learning to trust the data. Furthermore, we’re learning how to make actual wearables and activity monitors more effective tools in both preventing disease and managing chronic disease.”

It’s certainly encouraging because the report found that 90% of those incorporating wearable devices in their workflow see it as a technology strategy that can positively impact chronic disease management.

Peoples suffering from chronic diseases like hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity and smoking addiction need behavior and lifestyle changes to improve their condition. These habits – such as diet, exercise and medication adherence – are at the lowest rate of clinical control.

“These conditions lend themselves well to the value of wearable devices and PGHD because individuals need more constant guidance and self-reflection to succeed than can be provided with sporadic office visits,” says John Moore, MD, Medical Director at Fitbit.

New research also suggest that providers are going beyond chronic disease management, and are now integrating wearables and PGHD for disease prevention. The combination of wearables and health coaching can help to increase patient motivation and engagement with their care.

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“Wearables and PGHD are not just able remind-ers. It’s more than just reminding patients to check their blood sugar and take their insulin. There’s complex psychology at work,” HIMSS senior director for Health Information Systems Rob Havasy said in the report.

That work will likely require combination of cutting-edge technology and poignancy to yield healthier outcomes, according to the report.

Under Armour, an American footwear and sportswear manufacturer, is increasingly using Artifcial Intelligence (AI) to improve the fitness data that it collects from consumers, according to Jim Mollica, the company’s SVP of Digital Marketing and Media.

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Over the past year or so, the sportswear maker has been incorporating AI into its data collecting capabilities, Mollica told Baltimore Business Journal.

Under Armour’s latest running show the HOVR CGR Connected, is designed for the hardened runners who head outside despite below-freezing temperatures. CGR stands for ColdGear Reactor, and “Connected” refers to the chip in the midsole, a next-tech feature the company has been rolling out in its Hovr line.

The Hovr midsole is made of foam to give its wearer the zero-gravity feel and a plenty of energy return. One drawback is the weight of the shoe, described as a “bit heavy” by a tester, reports Runners World.

The Hovr CGR Connected is the perfect shoe for the winter months when you don’t want to hit the treadmill. “With a secure fit, good cushioning, and amazing traction, I have my go-to cold-weather option,” said a tester.

Hovr CGR Connected Specs

• DIGITALLY CONNECTED: UA’s Record Sensor™ technology tracks, analyzes & stores virtually every running metric so you know exactly what you need to do to get better
• NEUTRAL: For runners who need a balance of flexibility & cushioning
• UA Storm technology repels water without sacrificing breathability
• Lightweight closed hole mesh upper with adaptive insulation in forefoot
• ColdGear® Reactor Intelligent insulation adapts to any degree of activity—it’s warmer when you slow down & cooler when you pick up
• Firm external heel counter for additional support that keeps the back of the foot locked-in place
• UA HOVR™ technology provides ‘zero gravity feel’ to maintain energy return that helps eliminate impact step after step
• Compression mesh Energy Web contains & molds UA HOVR™ foam to give back the energy you put in
• Michelin® rubber outsole provides added durability & better grip when it’s wet or icy
• Reflective details
• Removable insole
• Offset: 8mm
• Weight: 11.7 oz.

The Under Armour ecosystem is composed of four separate components, each offering their own unique function: the current and next generation of Under Armour’s HOVR Connected running shoes, the UA MapMyRun app, the Samsung Galaxy Watch, and UA True Wireless Flash headphones, engineered by JBL.

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The company will ship its HOVR running shoes in February 1 with the new MapMyRun experience that can be downloaded from the company’s app store.

Soundbrenner, which made a name for itself with Pulse, has now given its Metronome an update. The wearable offers haptic feedback that can be synced across an entire band to keep everyone on the beat, via feedback that’s around seven times that of a standard smartwatch. Wearers can also tap the screen to create a manual beat, reports Tech Crunch.

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The new Core is being positioned as a “4-in-1 tool.” The Soundbrenner Core gives you a smarter and more reliable set of fundamental music tools in a premium wearable. It serves as your everyday watch plus a Vibrating Metronome, Magnetic Twist Tuner, and a Decibel Meter.

The Core mixes the precision of professional music tools with the convenience of wearable technology. Whether you’re recording in the studio, practicing at home or performing on stage, you’ll always have your tools with you, seamlessly integrated with a watch. The Core reimagines what modern-day music tools can do for your musical development.

The Core uses state-of-the-art technology, smart design and thousands of conversations with customers to deliver the most groundbreaking music tool there is.

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With the Soundbrenner Core, you’ll always be ready to make it count, be it practice or performance. The Core is a tool that gets out of the way instead of in the way.

Key Features

• 5x Multiplayer metronome sync
• Vibrations 7x stronger than a smartwatch
• DAW integration
• Twist, attach, tune
• All-environmental tuning
• Multi-instrument tuning
• Real-time decibel insight
• Noise alarm
• Active listening
• Date and time display
• Push notifications
• Stopwatch and timer

Rokid, a China-based startup that develops AR glasses, announced prototype of Project Aurora augmented reality smart glasses at CES 2019 in Las Vegas.

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Rokid first launched its smartglasses at the CES last year. Those glasses, called Rokid Glass, looked somewhat like smartglasses. But unlike last years’ glasses, which only projected a display in one eye, the new glasses have two displays for 3D content. The glasses connect to external devices via USB-C. The company is aiming for a low-cost set of glasses that can connect to anything – even a Nintendo Switch.

“With the mission of extending mobile device capabilities and experiences, we’re excited to announce Rokid’s Project Aurora. By leveraging the ever-increasing computing power of mobile devices, Project Aurora supplements these robust experiences by providing a lightweight form factor, industry-leading display quality, and multimodal handsfree input,” said Reynold Wu, Rokid’s head of product and business operations, in a statement.

The company revealed an updated version of the original Rokid glass at the CES 2019. It is 40% smaller, weighs just 120 grams, and features a touchpad controller on the side arm of the device.

The glasses have 1,280×720-pixel resolution and 13 MP RGB camera.

More specs:

• IMU (Inertial Measuring Unit) with three-axis accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer
• SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping)-capable
• 2 microphones
• Built-in stereo speakers
• Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi

CNet’s Scott Stein tried the glasses. He writes:

“The Aurora glasses I tried weren’t in their final form, and can theoretically handle more advanced functions like full-motion 6DOF (6 degrees of freedom, or full motion) tracking and spatial navigation (SLAM). I still have questions.”

Although Rokid disclosed exact price for the glasses, the company said it’ll be around the same as for a midrange phone, and far less than the $1,000-plus price that that most smartglasses have. The company plans to begin selling them to the public this spring.

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“Project Aurora will connect consumers to rich, immersive AR content and experiences that were previously unattainable with such a lightweight smartglass,” Wu said. “We’re excited to share how the future looks through it.”

Nike unveiled its smart basketball shoes, which a wearer can lace via a smartphone app. The smart shoes, dubbed Adapt BB, does more than just self-lace. Using the Nike Adapt mobile app, users can adjust their shoes to the perfect fit.

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The Beaverton, Oregon-based athletic apparel maker said in an announcement that because how a player’s feet moves in a basketball match, getting a perfect fit is very difficult for traditional basketball shoes. But smart shoes have the ability to adapt to various needs.

“During a normal basketball game, the athlete’s foot changes and the ability to quickly change your fit by loosening your shoe to increase blood flow and then tighten again for performance is a key element that we believe will improve the athlete’s experience,” said Nike VP Creative Director of Innovation Eric Avar.

Nike explained that the Adapt BB uses a custom motor and tension-sensing gears to automatically adjust the snugness of each sneaker on a player’s feet.

Nike will also regularly update its FitAdapt technology. Using these updates, players can make Adapt BB the company’s “first continually updated performance product” with a precision fit that will get better over time.

“Athletes will be able to update and evolve their shoes with upgrades, new features and services all through smartphone technology inside their footwear,” said Michael Donaghu, Nike’s vice president of innovation.

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The shoes can be easily charged by setting them on the mat and watching the lights change to reflect battery levels. If the battery runs out while you’re wearing them, no need to worry, you can manually unlace the shoes.

Nike is flaunting these shoes, calling them a “mobile sports research lab on feet everywhere.” However, the shoes currently don’t give any data. But Nike said it will be coming, reports CNBC.

The shoes will officially debut on January 16, and Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum will be the first one to wear them.

The smart shoes will be available from Nike’s online store starting February 17 and will be priced at $350.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Embrace 2, a seizure monitoring smart wristband to be used by children ages 6 and up. Developed by Boston and Milan-based Empatica, this is the first such device to receive clearance for pediatric use, reports MobiHealthNews.

“We’re proud to announce that Embrace2 has received FDA clearance for children ages 6 and up, the company wrote in a blog post. “This significant accomplishment makes it the first wrist-worn wearable in the field of epilepsy to be cleared as a medical device for children. It is yet another milestone that reinforces our commitment to improving the lives of the millions of families living with epilepsy.”

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The Epilepsy Foundation estimates there are around 300,000 American children under the age of 14 have epilepsy. A device like this not only save lives but also give parents some piece of mind.

Embrace 2 uses advanced machine learning to detect unusual patterns that may be associated with convulsive seizures, and immediately notifies caregivers. It also provides rest and physical activity analysis to better understand your lifestyle. And with fast charging and a 48+ hour battery life, it gives you more freedom to do more of what you love.

“We are so happy to provide Embrace with FDA’s formal clearance of its use by pediatric subjects aged six to 21,” Empatica Chief Scientist and MIT Professor Rosalind Picard said in a statement. “Embrace improves the likelihood that a trusted caregiver will be there during the critical moments after a seizure happens. Having somebody present is associated with better health outcomes.”

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Embrace 2 retails for $249 plus a $9.99 per month subscription fee. The device also works as a smartwatch that tracks stress, sleep and physical activity.

Embrace 2 is a prescription-only medical device indicated for use as an adjunct to seizure monitoring in home or healthcare facilities during periods of rest, according to the company.

To diagnose, monitor and prevent future illnesses, healthcare professionals now routinely use wearable devices such as fitness trackers or phones. By monitoring physiological data and behavior, these devices boost self-awareness and encourage behavior change.

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Wikipedia describes wearable devices as smart electronic devices (electronic device with micro-controllers) that can be incorporated into clothing or worn on the body as implants or accessories.

So far, we have only seen limited usages of these devices. For example, an app may remind us to take our medication or get more exercise. But “in 2019 this technology will expand into the world of mainstream therapeutic intervention,” says Patti Maes of Wired.

Studies have shown that wearables do not only collect our health data, they also stimulate our bodies through various sensory organs to enhance our body and mind. In one such study, data collected via wearable device determines if a user had atrial fibrillation (a heart condition that increases your risk of stroke). This crucial data can help the wearer more conscious of how their diet or health habits can make an impact on their lives.

Vibrational, temperature-based, olfactory and electrical stimulation can solve our physical and mental health problems.

Nataliya Kosmyna a post-doctoral associate at the MIT Media Lab, has designed a device called AttentivU, which in real-time helps you to stay attentive and engaged with your current task. It provides haptic feedback when it detects that you have a low attention span based on your brain signals. Our hope is that use of the system can train the wearer to increase his/her attention span. Her experiments show that subjects are more attentive and perform better on comprehension tasks.

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PK Vitality, a French tech company, has made headlines with their K’Watch Glucose wearable device, which allows diabetics to instantly measure their glucose levels, without the painful finger pricks. The device connects to Android or iOS mobile apps. This is a great example of how a simple wearable could change the lives of millions of people with diabetes across the globe.

3M, a leader in the field of adhesives, now offers a variety of products designed for medical applications. The company has been in the medical adhesive business for over 55 years. They offer transparent adhesives, silicone adhesives, smart adhesives and a range of other solutions.

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At CES 2019, 3M showcased their latest efforts in medical adhesives.

Silicon adhesives are very gentle and they don’t adhere to hairs. Transparent adhesives are for people who don’t want their bandages to be shown. It’s low profile and transparent.

“Our experience is that it would be easy to think that adhering a medical device to the body is a trivial exercise and what we’re hearing from the marketplace through our experience in findmyadhesive.com is that it’s really helping to simplify what is a pretty complex decision tree for people and help them to funnel down based on their clinical need, the patient type and the application that they require to choose the right adhesive to begin with,” Marcello Napol, Director, medical device development at 3M told Medgadget.

There are trends as the medical wearable space has developed. On one side, there’s a need to extend the wear time of a medical device and the other area is sensitivity.

“In the year and a half or so we launched two products in the extended wear platform for medical wearable adhesives out to 14-days wear time, which is really pushing the envelope for what is physiologically possible, as you know skin regenerates every 14 days. So that’s been really successful,” said Napol.

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Silicon adhesives are designed for sensitive skin, younger patients with fragile skins, and the elderly. 3M has also developed adhesives that are unobtrusive.

“Because other things we’re looking at is devices, wearables that are somewhat invisible to our lifestyle. We wanna monitor, but we don’t want something that’s clunky and something that’s really showing. We can take it off easily and it’s gentle to the skin and still provide that low profile and long-term wear solution that people are looking for in their design,” said Tony Kauffman, New Business Development Manager at 3M.

Everyone was talking about the Willow breast pump when it debuted at the CES in 2017. This convenient and unobtrusive breast pump is quiet and hands-free, and most importantly it fits inside your bra. The wearable pump works while you go about your day, collecting milk into a special spill-proof container.

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At this year’s CES, the company unveiled Willow 2.0, which is an updated and improved version of its first pump, reports CNBC.

The older version of the pump had some issues concerning its alignment and some users complained about suffering injuries because they couldn’t see what they were doing.

These issues have been fixed by Willow with the new version. The new version is transparent with a clear flange, allowing pumping moms to see how the pump aligns on their nipple and watch the milk flow. The new pump allows moms to use it without the need for an app.

What’s New in the Version 2.0?

• Allows moms to put it on faster
• Proprietary technology makes it completely spill proof
• Proprietary app feeds automatically in real-time telling moms to keep their volume and how they’re progressing.

Willow comes in a double kit – one for each side. It comes with 24 milk bags and a special introductory pre-order price of $499, which gives you an extra bonus of 48 milk bags.

What’s special about the Willow milk bags is that they have a one-way valve that lets milk go in but not come out. So, they’re totally spill-proof.

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“Moms work really hard to get their liquid gold, so they’re not going to leak or spill,” says Willow CEO Naomi Kelman.

They’re also fridge or freezer safe so you can throw them in the fridge or freezer. When you’re ready to use it, just snip off the top and you pour it into a bottle and feed it to the baby.