BIOMETRIC UPDATE - Sep 25 - The company's Nymi band authenticates a person's identity by analyzing their heartbeat, or unique electrocardiography, and can also be used with applications that require passwords, PINs and keycards. Bionym has already received more than 10K pre-orders for the Nymi Band, which is scheduled to roll out later this fall.
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Rithmio Inc Startup Raises $650K
CHICAGO BUSINESS - Sep 25 - University of Illinois researchers will use their motion-recognition technology to improve wearable fitness products. Using the same techniques for tracking missiles and space junk, the software will result in more accurate devices that automatically recognize particular movements or exercises, allowing athletes to better track their performance.
Vuzix Releases OS 2.0 Platform
UBERGIZMO - Sep 24 - The new generation of its software platform is a total overhaul that will cater to the Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses, with new user interfaces, new available services, and a completely revamped partner device manager application allowing it to support a handsfree headset, streaming audio, internet connectivity, voice and gesture control, among others.
Augmented Reality: Smart Glasses vs. Smart Phones
US NEWS - Sep 24 - While smartphones and smart glasses weren't necessarily built specifically for augmented reality, developers say there is a lot of potential for app development as those devices become more popular. While smartphones are cheaper and more mainstream, smart glasses are hands free and truly mobile.
Smart Watches Market Report 2014-2020
HERALD ONLINE - Sep 24 - The report offers a detailed analysis of the worldwide smart watches market with: detailed profiles and analysis for 51 leading smartwatch vendors, long term potential, overall market size and growth, Swiss and Chinese watch makers, leading brands, startups and new entrants, technology roadmap, cannibalisation, and the impact on smartphone and watch industries.
Garmin To Open App Store For Wearables
GPS BUSINESS NEWS - Sep 24 - The company announced Connect IQ, an open platform for third-party developers to create apps for Garmin wearable products, that will be downloadable through an app store. Garmin will start to sell products accepting third party apps early 2015.
Still No Valid Business Case For Wearables
TECHRADAR - Sep 24 - While it is still too early to predict long-term success of smartwatch and wearable markets, if early indications are anything to go by, their fate rests in the hands of innovators in the IT channel experimenting with the devices in their labs.
by Stephen Dale
See full article at TechRadar
Amazon To Expand Hardware Operations
MASHABLE - Sep 24 - Some of the projects reportedly being considered are Internet-connected household products and wearables.
Tech Giants Move To Protect Wearables
POLITICO - Sep 24 - Regulators and lawmakers believe that some wearable health devices should be regulated like other medical devices with regards to the storage and use of consumer health data. Technology giants are furiously lobbying Capitol Hill to keep their hands off wearable data because it doesn’t require the same level of protection as traditional medical records, which are protected by HIPAA.
Martian Notifier Smartwatch
NDTV - Sep 24 - Martian Watches has collaborated with Flipkart to to offer its smartwatch for Android and iOS (Rs. 9,999). Features: users view notifications from more than 1,000 Android and iOS apps, remotely access paired smartphone camera shutter with 3-second timer control, locate misplaced paired smartphone, set alarms and hourly alerts, digital time display, check local weather conditions, and will be released by October 10.
Body-Mounted Wearables Attracting Most VC Investment
POCKET GAMER - Sep 23 - Data from Kickstarter and IndieGoGo show that for every $1 of crowdfunding money pledged to: smartwatches: VC paid ~$1; head-mounted hardware and virtual reality: VC paid ~$3; body-mounted wearable tech: VC paid $10.
New Wearables Approved For U.S. Market
HEALTH IT OUTCOMES - Sep 23 - ViMove, muscle activity monitor; Personal KinetiGraph, Parkinson's disease monitoring; and CamNtech, patient-monitoring watches are among the new products receiving FDA approval. Devices with medical applications for mammography, obstructive sleep apnea, HPV, and Hepatitis B have also been approved.
Tracking Audience Emotional State Via Wearables
PSFK - Sep 23 - The XOX platform, by London-based fashion and technology brand Studio XO, comprises a number of products and services to allow for on-body sensing and analysis designed to measure audience emotional response to brands and experiences.
Survery Of Interest In Wearables
IT PRO PORTAL - Sep 23 - GlobalWebIndex found 71% of 16-24 yr-olds, 70% of 25-34 yr-olds, 62% of 35-44 yr-olds, and 50% of 45-54 yr-olds, and 35% of 55-64 yr-olds are "interested" in wearables. Men were more interested in wearable tech than women (69% vs. 56%). 71% of the top quartile of income, 65% of the middle quartiles, and 63% of the lower quartile expressed an interest in wearables.
A Chip That Can Handle Consumer Expectations
MASHABLE - Sep 23 - ARM's 32-bit Cortex-M7 chip architecture is a big step up from the previous top-of-the-line, performing twice as well while consuming the same battery life as previous chips will have benefits to many wearables.
Wireless Power Components For Wearables Adoption
WIRED - Sep 22 - The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) is looking to create a universal specification for wireless power transfer via magnetic resonance, called Rezence. It allows devices to be charged through different surfaces, including wood, granite, concrete, and plastic, enabling innovative charging solutions that are hidden from sight, like through a counter or table top. Flexible wireless charging based on Rezence will help drive the adoption of wearable devices.
Cross Country Smartwatch
LOAD THE GAME - Sep 23 - The device resembles a miniature phone and runs Android 4.2, not Android Wear. It sports a 1.5 inch 240*240 square touchscreen and costs $160. It has GPS, Bluetooth, music player, 3G, Wi-Fi, a microSD card slot, 4 GB internal storage, FM radio, photo editor, camera that can take both pictures and shoot video, access to the Google Play Store and even SIM card slot.
Gear S Smartwatch: Fingerprint Sensor, Mobile Payment
SLASH GEAR - Sep 22 - Features expected to debut on this wearable include a fingerprint scanner, which would in turn enable secure payments from the smartwatch. Samsung is reported to be working with PayPal; transaction and balances can be checked via SMS, which could mean that the next Gear smartwatch would again have its own network connectivity.
by JC Torres
See full article at SlashGear
Safety Wearables For Women
SHINYSHINY - Sep 22 - Safelet, a personal security bracelet, lets the wearer alert a 'guardian network' of friends, family, the police or other volunteers, using two buttons either side of the device. A microphone will record what's going on, and will transmits the user's whereabouts to their network. Artemis, the US smart jewelry brand developed to target street crime and harassment. They are hidden devices worn inside bracelets and necklaces as 'a tool for personal empowerment'. Roar works more like a high-spec rape alarm, by emitting a high-pitched noise and powerful flashing light to deter attackers, a text message is sent to pre-programmed contacts to let them know the wearer is in trouble, and an emergency call triggered to 911.
Beyond Verbal Raises $3.3M
MOBIHEALTHNEWS - Sep 22 - Its Beyond Wellness API enables app developers and wearable device makers to add emotion sensing capabilities to their offerings, turning any smartphone or mic-equipped wearable device into a proactive, emotional wellbeing sensor that can correlate behavior and activities with different emotional states.
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