Most women suffer pain during menstruation; oftentimes, the aches can get bloody awful. It happens every month, and painkillers don’t always alleviate the cramps.
Now, an Israeli device called Livia is offering a solution to these scheduled periods of discomfort, by sending weak electric pulses to your abdomen. This wearable technology, which clasps onto your pants and is hidden under your blouse, can be discreetly worn in public (it certainly doesn’t cramp your style!) and also helps women stay away from painkillers.
Technology can be awkward. Our pockets are weighed down with ever-larger smartphones that are a pain to pull out when we’re in a rush. And attempts to make our devices more easily accessible with smart watches have so far fallen flat.
But what if a part of your body could become your computer, with a screen on your arm and maybe even a direct link to your brain?
Artificial electronic skin (e-skin) could one day make this a possibility. Researchers are developing flexible, bendable and even stretchable electronic circuits that can be applied directly to the skin. As well as turning your skin into a touchscreen, this could also help replace feeling if you’ve suffered burns or problems with your nervous system.
U.S. track cyclists training for the 2016 Olympic Games are equipped with a new high-tech wearable: the Solos smart cycling glasses. The shades display in real-time performance metrics culled from the athletes’ bike sensors, heart rate monitors, and other self-tracking devices, enabling riders to view their critical stats without taking their eyes off the road.
Qualcomm is launching a new set of Snapdragon Wear chips for targeted wearable devices.
The company made the announcement at the Computex trade show in Taiwan today. The new Snapdragon Wear 1100 chips are an expansion of the company’s previously announced wearable chips that have many different functions. The new chips will be part of devices that are targeted at certain audiences, such as kids’ watches or watches for the elderly, fitness trackers, smart headsets, and wearable accessories.
Microsoft today announced that it’s rolling out an update for the Microsoft Band wearable that will let users track their hikes using the new Explore Tile.
The Microsoft Health app is also getting an update and becoming available for all Windows 10 devices as a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app, not just Windows Phone. Once the Band has tracked your hike with the Explore Tile, you’ll be able to sync data with the app and check out the map of your travels on a larger screen, Lindsey Matese, senior communications manager for Microsoft Band and Health, wrote in a blog post.
Across the floors of the mobile industry’s annual mega trade show a year ago, it was difficult to walk the cavernous halls without someone shoving a smartwatch in your face.
In 2015, Mobile World Congress took place at a precipitous moment between the time Apple had announced its smartwatch the previous fall and the late spring when the gadget would actually go on sale. As such, everyone at MWC seemed to be simultaneously holding their breath and doing their best to pimp whatever wrist-bound technology they had for fear that Apple would soon stomp on them.
earable devices are changing the way people think about their lives and lifestyles. Smart watches are changing how we interact with each other, activity trackers are changing how we exercise, and wearable cameras are changing the nature of memory.
So what can we expect from the next generation of wearable electronic devices?
Copenhagen-based Motosumo has spent the last three years developing “gait analysis” systems based on body mounted sensors coupled with its own algorithm to model motion physics. It’s then been applying this tech to professional sports, physiotherapy, and athletics.
However, the startup now wants to bring its wares to the consumer market with fitness and sports tracking apps that operate sans any external sensors or gadgets. Instead, its tech will rely solely on the array of ‘inertial’ sensors that can typically be found on a modern smartphone.
Orion Labs, the startup behind the Onyx push-to-talk wearable device, is announcing today that it has raised $9 million in new funding from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital and Avalon Ventures. The startup is also unveiling the second version of its Onyx wearable for push-to-talk app-enabled voice communication that some have likened to a Star Trek communicator badge.
Orion Labs (formerly known as OnBeep) pulled the covers off of its Onyx wearable in November 2014. Thousands of people are now using the devices, and a new version is on the way within the next two months, founder and CEO Jesse Robbins told VentureBeat in an interview.
Wearable fitness trackers are becoming increasingly popular, but a lot of them are quickly abandoned after the novelty of tracking exercise and sleep wears off. GOQii, however, believes it has landed on the winning formula for long-term success. The Menlo Park, California and Mumbai-based company just raised a $13.4 million Series A, which it will use to expand in the U.S. and China.
Co-founder and chief executive officer Vishal Gondal says the company is already the leading fitness tracker company in India and wants to hit one million users there as soon as possible.
