GEEKWIRE - Dec 30 - Pivotal Living, which this month began shipping its free wearable fitness tracker, is dealing with several customers who are fed up with faulty devices and a lack of communication. The company’s support forums reveal issues mainly for Android users, who are noting incorrect date stamps, app sync issues, and other problems. The company is dealing with significant scaling issues related to server and bandwidth problems during a launch that has clearly exceeded expectations.
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Huawei Dococchi Smartwatch For Children
TECNO ANDROID - Dec 30 - The device is equipped with a color display with 1.3 inch diagonal and a camera, features a 320 mAh battery and integrates a Nanosim. Huawei Dococchi is equipped with various sensors, such as GPS, accelerometer, weather sensors and a pedometer and is able to measure the temperature and humidity and allow parents to know where their child is and allows them to track movements using a special software.
by Matteo Mereu
See full article at Tecno Android
Deutsche Telekom Predictions For 2015 Smart Home
M2M WORLD NEWS - Dec 30 - Connected home products and services rely on different communication standards. Only platforms which both handle established standards and are able to learn new protocols will hold their ground in the market. New options for purchasing connected consumer equipment will move away from upfront bundling of financing, warranty, servicing and replacement to consumers paying for a hardware service, rather than the actual device. Connected home insurance will grow significantly. Management software will introduce new means of programming a home environment.
2015 CES To Feature Connected Car Tech
AUTO WORLD NEWS - Dec 30 - Ford CEO Mark Fields will make a speech on the rise of the connected car, and Hyundai will feature a smartwatch that integrates with a Genesis luxury sedan to unlock or start the car with one touch of a finger. As the auto industry heads toward self-driving cars, vehicles are becoming more like computers. Vehicle technology systems installed during production will rise 3% next year to become an $11.3B facet of the auto industry, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.
Mike Kahn Joins FreeWavz As CEO
PR NEWSWIRE - Dec 30 - Former Sony VP and 25-year CE veteran brings more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the consumer electronics industry to the FreeWavz team.
MagnaChip Inks To Make Magnetic Bio-Sensors
ZACKS EQUITY RESEARCH - Dec 30 - The Semiconductor Corporation inked a research pact with Massachusetts General Hospital and Pohang University of Science and Technology’s Analog IC Systems Lab to apply its revolutionary 0.18 micron mixed-signal technology for developing cost-effective magnetic bio-sensors.
In 2015, Software Eats The Wearable World
TECH CRUNCH - Dec 30 - In 2015, the wearable market will reach a critical inflection point where it will gain mass market adoption (close to 20% of adults will have one by EOY) and set itself on massive growth trajectory for the next 5 years. This key moment will hinge less on innovations in hardware, and more on the software and networks that make sense of all that data emitted by the devices. To succeed, wearables must expand from feeds of information to recommendations and other actionable health knowledge.
by Kunal Agarwal & Elliot Loh
See full article at Tech Crunch
Healbe GoBe Automatic Calorie Tracking
MARKETWIRED - Dec 29 - It is the only wearable device that can automatically measure a user's calorie intake through their skin. Users can view calories consumed, calories burned, activity level, heart rate, blood pressure, stress level, hydration level, and quality of sleep. The device utilizes Healbe's patented FLOW Technology, which combines data collected from an accelerometer, piezo pressure sensor, and an impedance sensor with an advanced algorithm to deliver comprehensive insights into whole-body health.
S+ Sleep Sensor: No-Contact Sensor/Alarm Clock Hybrid
GADGET REVIEW - Dec 29 - The sensor monitors breathing and body movement throughout the night to gauge restlessness. It can also monitor environmental effects, such as the presence of light in the room, how much noise there is, and what the temperature is throughout the night. It can play soothing music, help create a reminder list, and wake users up with a variety of alarm schedules.
Vigour Wearable Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy Tech
UBBERGIZMO - Dec 29 - It is a beautifully knitted cardigan with knit stretch sensors which will be able to keep track of the wearer’s movement constantly. All of the collected data will be sent over to a mobile app which can then be used by patients, therapists and caretakers in order to monitor and check out the rehabilitation process.
Wearables To Help Spot High BP
DECCAN HERALD - Dec 30 - People suspected of having high blood pressure may soon be asked to wear what’s known as an “ambulatory” blood pressure monitor for a day or so to confirm the diagnosis, according to draft recommendations issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force. The data gathered by wearing a monitor throughout a person’s daily routine was up to 40% better at predicting future heart attacks, strokes and heart disease than individual blood pressure checks done in a doctor’s office.
by Dennis Thompson
See full article at The Deccan Herald
Google VS. Apple: Who Will Win The Wearables War?
TECH TIMES - Dec 29 - It seems as though Apple's Watch OS is a little less familiar than Google's Android Wear, not to mention the fact that the Digital Crown seems a little frustrating. Apple will, however, inevitably sell millions of Apple Watches. While Google doesn't sell hardware, Android Wear is likely to end up on the wrists of far more people than Apple's offerings, just like in the smartphone market.
Xiaomi Confirms $1.1B Raised At $45B Valuation
TECH CRUNCH - Dec 29 - The round was raised from investors including All-Stars Investment, DST, GIC, Hopu Fund, and Yunfeng Capital. The company will likely use the capital to increase sales in its key growth markets of India, Southeast Asia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Sony Joining Smartwatch Game
FRANCHISE HERALD - Dec 28 - Japanese manufacturer Sony is working on a special smartwatch, which uses wrap-around by e-paper. Bloomberg says that the product could arrive as soon as next year.
WEPO For Cleaner Air
MALAYMAIL - Dec 27 — It’s a small, carbon-monoxide-sensing box that’s worn on the belt and notifies users by means of its corresponding app when the air quality around them gets dangerous. Future versions of WEPO equipped with nitrogen dioxide sensors, particulate matter sensors and other pollution patrolling capabilities will be made available soon.
Kairos: Turn Any Watch Into A Smartwatch
IT WIRE - Dec 28 - A new project on Indiegogo to either turn your mechanical watch into a smartwatch with a new band, or to sell you a mechanical watch that has a smartwatch built into its band, has been funded, raising US $73,849 at time of publication.
Porsche Releases Android Smartwatch Face
GT SPIRIT - Dec 27 - The Porsche watch face is available to download for free from Google Play and shows the hour, minute, seconds as well as the date. The most interesting element of the app is that when the 2015 World Endurance Championship kicks off, the display will show an outline of the track at each respective round of the series.
Google Glass To Help Monitor Newborns
NDTV - Dec 29 - Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston is set to use Google Glass to enable mothers to stay in contact with their newborns even after the infants are shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU). As per the experiment, a participant visiting the ICU will wear Google Glass and the images they see will stream live to a tablet computer in the mother's hands. It will allow the mothers to hear the nurses talking about her baby and ask questions, as if she were in the room.
Asus Zenwatch 2 Release Scheduled For Q3 Of 2015
PHONES REVIEW - Dec 28 - The ZenWatch 2 will be able to make and receive calls without being tethered to a handset. It’s not the only wearable the company plans to release next year either as two new fitness-related devices are said to be in the works.
Yahoo Targets Wearables And Mobile Growth
FINANCIAL TIMES - Dec 28 - Adam Cahan, senior vice-president of mobile, said wearable devices such as the Apple Watch present a big opportunity for Yahoo next year, both as new homes for existing apps and to create new user experiences. He expects Yahoo and the wider industry to benefit from “huge amounts of future growth”, including an acceleration in the adoption of mobile devices including wearables and IoT.
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