Puma is Bringing Back its 80s Smart Shoe with Updated Technology
Bavarian shoe maker Puma believes step tracking should be done by something you wear on your feet, and not on your wrist. So, the...
Wearable SOS Button to Reduce Lone Worker Hazards
Lone workers work by themselves without close or direct supervision. There are many hazards of lone working. Working alone carries increased risk because any...
Hip’Safe Wearable Airbag for the Elderly will Begin Shipping Worldwide in 2019
Hip’Safe, the wearable airbag designed to protect the elderly from a fall, will be available in 2019. Helite, its maker announced that it’ll start...
Garmin Health Partners with ActiGraph to Create Wearables for Clinical Trials
Garmin has partnered with ActiGraph, the leading provider of medical-grade wearable activity and sleep monitoring solutions for the global research community, to create innovative...
Smart Pill can Deliver Drugs Following Smartphone Commands via Bluetooth
U.S. researchers have developed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled wirelessly to deliver drugs. Scientists from MIT, an engineering firm called Draper, and...
Abbott, Medtronic Driving Deep Brain Stimulation Innovation for Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson's disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one...