Perhaps you have followed the antics of Healbe/Gobe with their Indiegogo campaign that raised more than $1M. This wearable wellness device is (was) the hot item on the crowd funding site. It started with a splash, and continued to make waves. Originally (purportedly) devised by a Russian software company using technology and experimentation from a [...]
Even in the short time that we have been keeping this blog, the evolution of the wearable world has been outpacing the ability to keep informed. Apple has a new iWatch,or maybe not. Healbe (Gobe) can measure glucose content in the blood, or maybe not. Google glass is a bust, or maybe not. Nike is [...]
We have all heard of a pedometer - a simple step counting device. Pedometers were first envisioned by Leonardo da Vinci, and first put to use in the 1700s. And if you have heard about pedometers you have likely also heard of the 10,000 steps per day goal. The concept for this goal came from [...]
If you are interested in tracking physical activity you have likely heard of the Nike Fuel Band, the Fitbit, and Garmin watches. These are examples of consumer grade activity monitors. However, in the rapidly expanding world of physical activity research we generally do not use Fuel Bands or Fitbits to assess outcomes of clinical trials [...]
Human body heat has been trending as a “hot” source of power (pardon the pun) for (wearable) devices at the moment. It has some drawbacks however, but more on that later. As a firmware engineer turned product manager, I am fascinated with wearable technology. Not only in figuring out how it works and how humans [...]
I consider myself a relatively normal person, despite what my wife says. I sort of exercise regularly and I try to move around as much as possible. So, I suspect that I am not in the key demographic for Nike Fuel Band. I think the product is aimed at young guys and girls who believe [...]
As part of our research for Vivametrica, I purchased a Fitbit Flex - a wireless activity tracker. Well actually, I first purchased a Fitbit One but promptly lost it. The One fell off somewhere between my house and gym - the very first time I wore it, leading me to doubt the practicality of the [...]
In the year or so that we have been working on a start-up focused on activity monitors and health, the wearable technology space has exploded. This is supposed to be the next "Big Thing". There are estimates that the market will expand to 90-100 million devices in 2014 and that the healthcare wearable share of [...]
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