A New Zealand data analytics company has created a smartphone app that it says can provide early COVID-19 detection by applying AI to biometric data from smartphones and wearable fitness devices. The company, Datamine says the app, ëlarm, detects changes that occur as the body begins fighting the infection, and claims it has been able […]
Epson eyes IoT and wearable devices market
Global tech company Epson is to start selling a range of IoT and wearable devices leverages its existing technology portfolio. The company has given few details of planned products, saying only that they will include: sensing devices and modules such as global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) and vital sign sensors; software libraries that optimise sensors […]
Global wearables conference comes to Sydney
WT | Wearable Technologies, a Munich-based association for the development and proliferation of wearable technologies, is staging its first conference in Australia on December 7 and 8 at the International Conference and Convention Centre (ICC) in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. It is the latest in series of events staged this year around the world: in San […]
Callaghan Innovation offering $NZ450K prizes for wearable innovations
Callaghan Innovation, a New Zealand government agency supporting hi-tech businesses in New Zealand, is inviting the nation’s innovators and entrepreneurs to create the next generation of wearable technology as part of its C-Prize Business Challenge, a biennial event that offers a $NZ100,000 prize package to the winner, and up to $NZ350,000 to finalists. […]
Catapult Sports buying US sports video company XOS Digital
Catapult will fund the acquisitions by raising approximately $A100m through a placement to institutional investors ($A68m) and an offer to existing shareholders ($A32m). Catapult CEO, Shaun Holthouse, said: “This acquisition [of XOS]is highly complementary with Catapult’s strategic focus to cement its position as the global market leader for analytics solutions for elite sports. The addition […]
Bullguard: security check your smart home, or your smart self
Internet security vendor Bullguard has introduced the Bullguard IoT Scanner – a web-based application for consumers that reveals connected devices that could be vulnerable to hackers. According to Bulllguard, its IoT Scanner allows anyone to quickly scan to see if their smart devices or network are accessible to hackers. If a user’s smart device is flagged […]
IoT tipped to drive US consumer tech market to record high
The US Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association, estimates that IoT will help drive the US consumer technology industry to a record-setting $US287 billion in retail revenues ($224 billion wholesale) in 2016. Of this it expects established products including smartphones, televisions and laptops to account for 51 percent but to contribute to […]
Australian wearables market tipped to hit $1b by 2018
Frost & Sullivan is forecasting a CAGR of approximately 78 percent for the Australian wearables market from 2014 to 2018 and is tipping annual revenues to reach $1 billion by 2018. It says growth will be fuelled by a combination of factors including innovation from local startups, high levels of activity in mergers and acquisitions […]
Wellness, wearables and the quantified self
There have been countless studies that have sought to assess, objectively, the health of populations, now Ericsson has undertaken a comprehensive study to determine individuals’—totally subjective—assessments of their own ‘wellness’ and to link this to their attitudes towards wearables, self-quantification and the Internet as aids to health and wellbeing. The findings are reported in an […]
Canalys says 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014
According to Canalys more than 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands, with the Moto 360 the clear leader in Q4 despite supply constraints. “LG’s round G Watch R performed significantly better than its original G Watch, while Asus and Sony entered the market with […]
