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Will wearables change consumers’ behavior?

The forecast for wearables is still bright. Studies show that one in six (15%) consumers in the United States use smartwatches or fitness bands such as Fitbit, Jawbone, Nike, Apple Watch...

Category: behaviour change, consumers' behaviour, ECG monitoring, ECG sensors, Medical sensors, sensors, wearable devices, wearable garments, wearable glucose montitoring, wearable patches for cardiology, wearable sensros for cardiology Tags: can wearables change consumers' behavior?, reliability and vaidity of wearable devices, wearable devices and consumers' behaviour, wearable devices and data accuracy, wearable devices and real health issues

Wearable Technology Conference: Entering a Maturity Phase? Munich 7- 8 February 2017

The annual international conference on Wearable Technologies did not impress by innovative discoveries, but rather showed the meaningful utilization of the existing ones. Many of the demonstrated products such as smart...

Category: biosensors, ECG monitoring, electronic skin, flexible patches, graphene biosensor chip, Health sensors, mHealth, Mobile Health, printed electronics, sensors, Smart Cap, wearable devices, wearable garments, wearable patches for cardiology, wearable sensros for cardiology, Wearable Technology Conference Munich 2017 Tags: AiQ smart clothing, Bonbouton, Neopenda, newborns monitoring with wearable sensors, wearable sensors, Wearable Technology Conference Munich 2017

Why am I dissatisfied with health devices and applications?

After 2 months of initial excitement with my smart band and related apps, I have stopped wearing the device after. Seems I am not alone in my frustrations: a new study...

Category: health applications for consumers, medical applications, Medical sensors, mHealth applications, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps, mobile health applications, patient engagement, personal health, sensors, wearable devices Tags: consumer dissatisfaction with health applications, health data accuracy, inaccuracy of health applications, inaccuracy of medical devices, physicians do not trust health applications, wearable devices

The approaching wave of consumer wearable devices and applications.

Smart watches, intelligent bands and other gadgets that will calculate the frequency of our heart beat, the number of exercised steps and the quantity of consumed or burned calories are sweeping...

Category: AliveCor, Apple SIRI, Electroencephalography (EEG), glucose lens, Google Fit, Health Intelligent Engine, Health Kit, Health Vault, HealthWatch, Intelligent Engine, Life Watch, mHealth, Microsoft Band, Microsoft Health, Microsoft Health Vault, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps, Mobile Health, Niturit, non-invasive technology, Novartis, NovioSense, Patient safety, Patients, Patients Physcians Relationships, Samsung Simband, sensors Tags: cardiac irregulations, Medical sensors, mHealth expectations, non-invasive diagnostics, Remote diagnostics, wearable devices

Mobile Health: Will it meet its Big Expectations?

Mobile Health understood as the ability to receive and share information about one’s health with the help of mobile devices (such as tablets and smartphones) has created almost a universal excitement....

Category: Biosig Instruments, Causes of death, Health Kit, Health sensors, Infratec, Life Watch, Medical sensors, mHealth, Microsoft Health Vault, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps, Mobile Health, Research2Guidance, Samsung Simband, sensors, Surface Smart Watch, Weizmann Institute Tags: Healthcare transformation, Medical sensors, MHealth, mHealth expectations, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps and leading causes of death, Mobile Health, Mobile Health expectations, sensors, Weizmann Institute

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