Wearables shipments worldwide declined 3% year-over-year in the first quarter, marking the industry's first-ever decline, according to a report by the International Data Corporation.
But the shipment slowdown wasn't equal across different types of wearables. Wristband wearables declined 40.5%, while hearables, like earbuds or smart headphones, fell only 0.6%. Watches actually grew 9.1% during the...
PILATUS OFFERS MEDEVAC WITH EPISHUTTLE
Together with its development partner, Aerolite AG, Swiss aerospace manufacturer, Pilatus now offers integration of the EpiShuttle in medevac PC-24s.
Created out of the growing demand for air transport solutions for infectious patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, the solution prevents in-flight transmission of viruses to cockpit and cabin crew.
Patient...
Samsung has partnered with nutrition app Lifesum for its upcoming Galaxy Watch4 series.
The new smartwatch series, launching Aug. 27, will feature Lifesum as a nutrition partner, allowing users to track food and water intake, and has functions like activity monitoring, step counting and sleep analysis on the Watch4.
“As a leading nutrition partner on the Samsung Galaxy Watch4 series, Lifesum...
Over the weekend, Samsung teased its latest stretchable display technology for heart rate monitoring devices.
In a press statement, the Korean electronics giant said its researchers at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) were able to integrate a stretchable organic LED (OLED) display and a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor in a single device to measure and display a user's heart...
The VA tapped tech giant Samsung and health tech company LIVMOR for a remote patient monitoring initiative focused on the cardiology space.
The program, which began in April 2020, was designed to help gather patient data via digital tools, including smartwatches, tablets and phones, as well as help clinicians coordinate and plan care.
"For me, this program has revolutionized the way that we...
Samsung has developed a medical device that uses older models of its Galaxy smartphone line to screen for eye diseases in underserved areas.
The global electronics firm teamed up with International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and Yonsei University Health System in South Korea to create the EYELIKE fundus camera under its Galaxy Upcycling programme, which started in 2017.
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23andMe's new COVID-19 resource. Consumer genomics company 23andMe has released a new interactive tool that allows users to see how various health factors could impact the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization. The COVID-19 Severity Calculator pulls data from the company's COVID-19 study, which included 10,000 participants diagnosed with the disease and 750 who were hospitalized.
23andMe warned that...
Samsung is moving forward with a steady rollout of blood pressure measurement and ECG monitoring on its consumer smartwatches. After securing regulatory approvals and launching the features in South Korea and the U.S. last year, the tech company announced today that both health monitoring tools will soon be released in an additional 31 countries.
The expansion follows the Samsung Health Monitor...
A one-sided arrangement. Earlier this week, budget-minded connected-exercise-maker Echelon Fitness announced the launch of is "Prime Bike," a $499 device that it described in its reveal as "Amazon's first-ever connected fitness product." Through a bring-your-own-tablet interface, the machine would enable owners to join live and on-demand fitness classes through Echelon's subscription service.
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Alongside yesterday's reveal of the Galaxy Watch3, Samsung announced that it has received regulatory clearance from the FDA for its ECG monitoring app.
But while the watch – which also has built-in sensors enabling blood pressure and blood oxygen saturation – is slated for release on Aug. 6, the company did not say specifically when the new Samsung Health Monitor app that enables these features...
