Latest Wearables Articles

Energy Harvesting Wearable Used to Monitor Cardiovascular Health

A team from Purdue University has developed self-powered wearable triboelectric nanogenerators that help conserve mechanical energy and turn it into power. They can be used to monitor the wearer’s cardiovascular health.

August 20, 2020 by Luke James

Adapting Wearables to the Monitoring Needs of COVID-19 Patients

With engineering teams focusing on protective devices and treatments for the novel coronavirus, we have seen fewer ways to detect the virus.

July 05, 2020 by Lianne Frith

Soldier Modernisation: How Wearable Electronics Are Designed for The Military

Owing to the rapid rise and sustained adoption of wearable electronics in the military sector, the modern and future soldier may look similar to a character out of a video game. Armed forces of several nations are utilising body-worn protective gear that contain a wide range of sensors and electronic devices.

May 25, 2020 by Emmanuel Ikimi

Durable and Washable e-Textiles Developed for Use in Wireless Charging Electronics

Powercast Corporation and Liquid X have announced a partnership that will enable garment manufacturers to better integrate wireless power functionality and washable e-textiles.

May 22, 2020 by Sara McCaslin

Steps Taken to Integrate Electronic Sensors in Clothing to Monitor Vital Health Signs

The machine washable garments, created by researchers at MIT, can be made to fit snug with the body of the person wearing them.

May 06, 2020 by Luke James

Texas Heart Institute and UCLA Partner to Develop Wirelessly Powered Solutions for Cardiovascular Conditions

Doctors and engineers at Texas Heart Institute and UCLA come together to develop an advanced cardiac device.

February 19, 2020 by Luke James

The National University of Singapore Demonstrates the Benefit of Oximeters For Medical Applications and Wearables

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has created a new low-power, responsive, and reusable sweat pH monitor that they have prototyped as a ‘pH Watch’ add-on for wearable health monitors.

January 27, 2020 by Luke James

Self-Healing Thermoelectric Material Enables Wearables to Be Perpetually Charged

A new stretchy, self-mending material is said to have the ability to utilize body heat to produce electricity, which in turn can be used to power wearable devices.

January 25, 2020 by Luke James

The Development of ‘E-yarns’ Paves the Way for a New Class of Wearables

Nottingham Trent University has developed ‘E-yarns’—threads with electronic components embedded in them—which could enable the creation of wearable textile electronics as sophisticated as computers.

January 20, 2020 by Ingrid Fadelli

Disruptive Electrical Engineering Technologies: the System-on-Chip

Almost every kind of electronic device used today utilises a system-on-chip (SoC). Measuring about the size of a human thumbnail, these chips comprise both software and hardware components that add functionality to electronic devices and equipment.

January 10, 2020 by Sam Holland

Dialog Semiconductor Has Introduced Its Record-Breaking BLE Technology: Product Marketing Group Manager Adrie Van Meijeren Discusses

BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) is a mainstay, whose energy efficiency has led to countless applications. Now, with Dialog Semiconductor’s latest BLE system-on-chip (SoC), the DA14531 (nicknamed the SmartBond TINY for its ground-breaking size-to-power ratio) on the market, Dialog’s product marketing group manager, Adrie Van Meijeren, talked to Electronics Point about the breakthrough.

December 19, 2019 by Sam Holland

Designing Wearables for the Medical Industry With Meaningful and Long-Term Impact in Mind

With medtech innovation on the rise, doctors and patients alike are turning to medical wearables to create more cutting-edge approaches to healthcare. And despite some public hesitation (largely due to their novelty), medical wearables have extensive benefits—and engineers are continuously conjuring ways to act on medical needs using the technology.

December 02, 2019 by Caroline Szachnowski

Fighting for Future Dominance: AR vs. VR

As the world continues to advance technologically, our concept of reality has evolved in lockstep. Hardware and software have combined to create immersive experiences beyond our normal perception.

May 04, 2019 by Tyler Charboneau

The HaptX Gloves: ‘Hands-on’ Haptic VR and How it Works

For engineers, HMIs, particularly those in VR and AR, are becoming an increasingly relied-upon approach to the design and manufacture of products, especially in the automotive industry. But aside from the audiovisual benefits of immersive computing, the user experience ideally needs to be tactile, too; and this is where haptic wearables, such as HaptX Gloves, come in.

April 16, 2019 by Sam Holland

A Doctor on Your Wrist? The Rise of Wearable Technology in European Healthcare

Western medicine has seen huge growth in the use of technology for the treatment of disease and in preventative medicine. Many centres in Europe are leading the way in the use of smartwatches and fitness trackers to treat a number of different conditions, making innovative new leaps in how these body-worn sensors can help keep us fit and well.

March 06, 2019 by Emily Gray-Fow

The Components That Make Smart Clothes Possible

Smart clothing may already be here, but it will take a while before the average person is reading their heart rate statistics through the very fibres of their jumper. For now, let’s discuss the components and engineering considerations involved that, once mastered, could eventually commercialise this latest breakthrough in wearable tech.

March 03, 2019 by Sam Holland

A Breakthrough Alternative to Traditional Password ‘Security’

Passwords are often guessed, and fingerprint cloning is an infamously easy way to trick the usual biometric scanners. Now, brain and heart biometrics, used in tandem, may be the key to breakthrough authentication.

February 22, 2019 by Sam Holland

Electrical Engineers Designed This Shoe and That’s How It Should Be

Wearable technology is nothing new. Smart devices such as watches and glasses have become commonplace, giving us convenient access to all their features. In the same way that smartphones have untethered us from our desktops, smartwatches have released us from our phones.

February 20, 2019 by Lianne Frith

3 Implantable Medical Devices That Should Have Never Left the Lab

Since the first pacemaker was implanted back in 1958, there have been numerous developments and innovations in the area of implantable medical devices. By their very nature, these devices need to exist within the human body, and they are challenged by material, power consumption, size shrinkage and more.

January 21, 2019 by Lianne Frith

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Energy Harvesting Wearable Used to Monitor Cardiovascular Health

Adapting Wearables to the Monitoring Needs of COVID-19 Patients

Soldier Modernisation: How Wearable Electronics Are Designed for The Military

Durable and Washable e-Textiles Developed for Use in Wireless Charging Electronics

Steps Taken to Integrate Electronic Sensors in Clothing to Monitor Vital Health Signs

Texas Heart Institute and UCLA Partner to Develop Wirelessly Powered Solutions for Cardiovascular Conditions

The National University of Singapore Demonstrates the Benefit of Oximeters For Medical Applications and Wearables

Self-Healing Thermoelectric Material Enables Wearables to Be Perpetually Charged

The Development of ‘E-yarns’ Paves the Way for a New Class of Wearables

Disruptive Electrical Engineering Technologies: the System-on-Chip

Dialog Semiconductor Has Introduced Its Record-Breaking BLE Technology: Product Marketing Group Manager Adrie Van Meijeren Discusses

Designing Wearables for the Medical Industry With Meaningful and Long-Term Impact in Mind

Fighting for Future Dominance: AR vs. VR

The HaptX Gloves: ‘Hands-on’ Haptic VR and How it Works

A Doctor on Your Wrist? The Rise of Wearable Technology in European Healthcare

The Components That Make Smart Clothes Possible

A Breakthrough Alternative to Traditional Password ‘Security’

Electrical Engineers Designed This Shoe and That’s How It Should Be

3 Implantable Medical Devices That Should Have Never Left the Lab

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Energy Harvesting Wearable Used to Monitor Cardiovascular Health

Adapting Wearables to the Monitoring Needs of COVID-19 Patients

Soldier Modernisation: How Wearable Electronics Are Designed for The Military

Durable and Washable e-Textiles Developed for Use in Wireless Charging Electronics

Steps Taken to Integrate Electronic Sensors in Clothing to Monitor Vital Health Signs

Texas Heart Institute and UCLA Partner to Develop Wirelessly Powered Solutions for Cardiovascular Conditions

The National University of Singapore Demonstrates the Benefit of Oximeters For Medical Applications and Wearables

Self-Healing Thermoelectric Material Enables Wearables to Be Perpetually Charged

The Development of ‘E-yarns’ Paves the Way for a New Class of Wearables

Disruptive Electrical Engineering Technologies: the System-on-Chip

Dialog Semiconductor Has Introduced Its Record-Breaking BLE Technology: Product Marketing Group Manager Adrie Van Meijeren Discusses

Designing Wearables for the Medical Industry With Meaningful and Long-Term Impact in Mind

Fighting for Future Dominance: AR vs. VR

The HaptX Gloves: ‘Hands-on’ Haptic VR and How it Works

A Doctor on Your Wrist? The Rise of Wearable Technology in European Healthcare

The Components That Make Smart Clothes Possible

A Breakthrough Alternative to Traditional Password ‘Security’

Electrical Engineers Designed This Shoe and That’s How It Should Be

3 Implantable Medical Devices That Should Have Never Left the Lab

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