POSTS TAGGED AS wearable monitors

Apple’s Patent Application for a Wearable Blood Pressure Device

Apple patent drawing for Aplle watch BP monitor
Two years ago, Apple engineers filed a patent application for a blood pressure monitoring [MORE]

Smart Contact Lens for Diabetes and Glaucoma Monitoring

New Contact Lens Senses Glaucoma and Diabetes
This piece reports on smart contact lenses developed by two university labs in South [MORE]

Cuffless BP Monitor

Cuffless Blood Pressure
Last week’s Tagline had a story about researchers at Kyoto University and Panasonic Corporation using radar and sensors [MORE]

Wearable, Wireless Blood Oxygen Sensor

Organic Blood Oxygen Sensor
Pulse oximetry’s history dates to 1860, proceeds to Karl Matthes’ ear oximeter in 1936, and comes to [MORE]

The Power of Sweat

Sweat-Powered Electronics
The current edge in wearable technology is in pairing flexible circuits with microbatteries. This piece describes research at the [MORE]

Wearable Autonomic Monitoring

Rijeva Autonomic Nervous System Monitor
The video in this piece is aimed at crowd funding—maybe even crowd funding among the “worried [MORE]

Smart Diaper Tracks Baby’s Health

Smart Diaper
Recently, we’ve seen “smart” sox for infants that track their temperature and movement, and a growing number of [MORE]

Personal Health Monitoring: Perspective-Prospective

Dr. Emil Jovanov
Three years ago, Dr. Emil Jovanov, head of mHealth research at the University of Alabama-Huntsville, attended our [MORE]

Stretchable, Wireless Rechargeable Batteries for Wearable Monitors

Stretchable Battery
Two desirable properties of wearable health monitors are a comfortable fit, and wireless rechargability. Electrical engineers at the [MORE]

Next Generation of Monitor-Wear

"SMART" socks
Let me quote directly from this piece: “We see a future where athletes and everyday folks may start to [MORE]

Free Pedometer App for Smart Phone

"Moves" App for Activity Tracking
At present, smart phone culture is well ahead of smart phone medicine, but bridges between [MORE]

SIDS Monitoring with Sensored Romper

Most electronic baby monitors work by detecting sound—crying mostly.  But they cannot tell if an infant has stopped breathing, [MORE]

Grandpa’s Smart Slippers

GTX Tracking Shoe
GTX Corp (Los Angeles, CA) has introduced a GPS tracking shoe designed for Alzheimer’s patients who [MORE]