Get Smart about Sleep with the Oura Ring at Wearable Technology Show

Activity trackers with built-in heart rate monitors are incredible pieces of technology. Sophisticated electronics crammed into a tiny space at relatively inexpensive cost and generating vast swathes of data. Fantastic as these devices are, they’re aimed squarely at consumers. There’s no guarantee that a thousand steps is a thousand steps. For medical applications, a validated wearable … Continue reading Activinsights Measures Health at Wearable Technology Show → The post Activinsights Measures Health at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

Continuing GNC’s coverage of the Wearable Technology Show, I’m with Kenneth from G+D Mobile Security which specialise in “user and device identities”. In particular, they’re behind some of the technologies that enable wearables and mobile devices to act as ID for, say, transit or ski lift passes. The team at G+D Mobile Security work to … Continue reading Pay By Swatch with G+D Mobile Security at Wearable Technology Show → The post Pay By Swatch with G+D Mobile Security at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

In my experience, expecting a new baby is a conflicting mix of emotions ranging from total joy to sheer terror…and I’m the dad. For mums-to-be there’s the extra worry from carrying the baby and 78% of women experience unhealthy levels of stress and anxiety during pregnancy. These concerns are not entirely unfounded as the risk … Continue reading Rubi Pregnancy Monitor at Wearable Technology Show → The post Rubi Pregnancy Monitor at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

When it comes to exoskeletons, many will think of Ripley’s power loader in Aliens. While that kind of machine is still a little way off, what it did get right is that exoskeletons will be used to help with work and here’s an early example from Dutch firm Laevo. I chat with Boudewijn Wisse from Laevo and … Continue reading Laevo Exoskeleton at Wearable Technology Show → The post Laevo Exoskeleton at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

It’s stressful enough as an adult to go into hospital for an operation or procedure. Much as you know it’s for your own good and the doctors are there for your benefit, hospitals are still unfamiliar territory for most people and there are machines which you’re not quite to sure what they do and whether … Continue reading Hospital VR Experience for Children at Wearable Technology Show → The post Hospital VR Experience for Children at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

I’ve been attending the Wearable Technology Show for a couple of years now and it’s been interesting to see the change in fabrics, yarns and threads. In particular, the conductive wires for LEDs have gone from being obvious to almost invisible. If the LED wasn’t powered up, it would be unnoticeable except close up. The … Continue reading Advanced Textiles Research at Wearable Technology Show → The post Advanced Textiles Research at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

Laser barcode scanners have revolutionised stock management and inventory processing in a wide range of industries and they’re ubiquitous at the supermarket checkout. Many of these scanners are handheld models that are constantly picked up and put down as needed, but ProGlove offers an alternative with the barcode scanner that’s fitted on the back of a … Continue reading ProGlove Scans from the Back of the Hand at Wearable Technology Show → The post ProGlove Scans from the Back of the Hand at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

At the Wearable Technology Show, there were many vendors demonstrating clothing with built-in sensors and lights – I think there was even one with a Raspberry Pi tucked away in the lining. All of them have the problem of how to get power from a battery pack to the electronics and one solution is to … Continue reading Silver Threads from Statex at Wearable Technology Show → The post Silver Threads from Statex at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

When I saw the second generation of the Oura smart ring at the Wearable Technology Show, I was impressed. The Oura team has managed to cram their smart ring with everything you’d expect to find in an activity tracker – motion, pulse, temperature. What you might have expected to wear on your wrist, you can … Continue reading Get Smart about Sleep with the Oura Ring at Wearable Technology Show → The post Get Smart about Sleep with the Oura Ring at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.

It’s well established now that blue light has a disruptive effect on sleep as it affects the production of melatonin more than any other wavelength of light but it’s not only effect of light in the hour before bedtime that’s important. Much of our day is spent indoors in often poor quality light conditions. But … Continue reading Get the Right Light with Lys at Wearable Technology Show → The post Get the Right Light with Lys at Wearable Technology Show appeared first on Geek News Central.