Global annual sensor shipments for mobile sensing health and fitness devices will reach 515 million in 2017, up from 107 million in 2012, according to an announcement from San Diego-based research...
Parents may be able to sleep easier with a newborn in the house with the advent of new technology that comes in the form of a wearable romper with sensors that immediately indicate if a baby stops breathing.
A University of Texas at Dallas professor has developed a wearable wireless computing device the size of a button designed to improve health monitoring for the elderly.
Touted as one of the world's thinnest wireless activity trackers, Shine from San Francisco-based startup Misfit Wearables is poised to make a dent in the fitness app marketplace.
The market for next-generation wearable devices, including smart glasses and other head-mounted displays, will be worth more than $1.5 billion by 2014, up from just $800 million this year, according to a new report from Juniper Research.