Tag: wearables

Wear OS 3 smartwatch now compatible with Google Home

Jorge Gonzalez
Google Home - Smart Speaker

Wearers can now use check who is at the door by taking a glance at their wrists. A new Google Home app update has made it possible for Wear OS 3 smartwatch users to view rich notifications from their other gadgets such as their video doorbell or smart camera. The update has been a long time coming and was announced in a recent blog post from the company. The feature arrived as a component of the Google Home Public Preview. The company used a blog post to announce that it…

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Could your wearable technology stop your medical devices from working?

Sam Lambert
Wearable technology - Fitness Tracker - Workout

Should you be wearing a Fitbit if you’ve also got a pacemaker? Wearable technology such as fitness trackers and smartwatches have become extremely popular, as bioimpedance sensing tech help us to keep track of a number of helpful health stats. However, according to new research, that same tech could be affecting the way that implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers, function. Smartwatches, smart rings, smart scales, fitness trackers and other gadgets can all cause interference. The study was published in the Heart Rhythm journal showed that a broad spectrum of…

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Wearable devices can improve sleep provided the right data is tracked

Stephanie Beck
Wearable devices - Person sleeping wearing smartwatch

Fitness trackers and other gadgets record lots of figures, but it’s not all equally useful to getting rest. Wearable devices have been adding an increasing number of data types that have to do with getting sleep. That said, according to sleep experts, not all that information is equally helpful to people who are trying to get more rest at night. While users are often interested in the information tracked while they sleep, using it isn’t as obvious. Various types of wearable devices from smartwatches to fitness trackers often measure the…

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New disease detection wearable technology developed at the University of Arizona

Julie Campbell
Wearable technology - University of Arizona

Engineers at the university developed the new medical tech to help spot illness and deterioration. A team of University of Arizona engineers has developed a new form of wearable technology that can help detect the presence of diseases or deterioration in older adults. Thought it is a form of tech worn on the body, it is considerably smaller than a smartwatch. This tiny wearable technology isn’t just smaller than a fitness tracker, but it is also tinier than a dime. At the same time, its accuracy level is substantially greater…

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FDA-approved wearable device offers drug-free chronic migraine relief

Julie Campbell
Wearable device - person reacting to headache

The medical gadget developed in Israel triggers Conditioned Pain Modulation in the central nervous system. A new wearable device developed in Israel has been shown to be highly effective for the significant reduction of pain and other debilitating chronic migraine symptoms after two hours of use. The results of the study into the effectiveness of this gadget were published in the Pain Reports journal. The Nerivio device by Theranica underwent a prospective, multi-center, open-lab trial. That research, which was published in the peer-reviewed Pain Reports journal, showed that the wearable…

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