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Report: 1.4 billion mobile health, fitness app downloads by 2017

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...

Wearable sensor technology enables SIDS prevention, revolutionizes kidney testing

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.

Button-sized computing device promising for elderly fall prevention

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.

Startup enters fitness app market with durable tracking device

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.

Wearable device market to reach $1.5B by 2014

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.