Category: Health

Wearable Sports Technology from Decathlon

Posted by – April 3, 2015

Antoine Ravise of sports brand Decathlon talks to IDTechEx at the Wearable Technology LIVE! event about some of their innovations involving wearable technology, such as monitoring player performance during tennis. A sports top is also shown which monitors the heart rate of the player.

Printed Electronics Europe takes place in Berlin April 28-29th 2015

$10 Cypress PSoC ARM Cortex-M3 Programmable System-on-Chip


Cypress makes programmable system-on-chip solutions used in a wide range of applications, from consumer and automotive to industrial and military products. They are launching the $10 CY8KIT-059 development board to program their ARM Cortex-M3 PSoC 5LP at http://www.cypress.com/?rid=108038 The Cypress PSoC platform includes several families of devices that feature an ARM Cortex processor surrounded by a host of programmable analog and digital resources that can easily be customized with a simple drag-and-drop design tool called PSoC Creator. Cypress’s newest PSoC innovation includes the PSoC 4 M-Series, which, with its 32-bit ARM Cortex M0- core, 128KB of flash, programmable analog and digital components, dual CAN interfaces and 55 GPIOs, make it an ideal replacement for standard 8-bit and 16-bit applications. Another recent Cypress innovation is the Cypress PSoC 4 BLE, which adds Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity to any device, and is ideal for a variety of wireless applications from fitness and health-monitoring wearables to sensor-based systems in homes.

Flyshark company introduction, Smartwatches, POS-phone, foldable keyboard and more


Flyshark has Gaoxin as a brother company, established in 2009, where Flyshark focuses on R&D product development while Gaoxin focuses on the sales. They have created their brand” Flyshark” and “iLepo”. They have developed new products including the Flyshark keyboard (which I first filmed with them 6 months ago here), the Flyshark health smartwatch, Flyshark POS smartphone, the Flyshark massage mat and more.

Distributor can contact Flyshark here:
Ms Mary, Sales Manager
Mobile: +86 13714507573
Phone: +86 755 89485250
Email: sales@flyshark.mobi
WhatsApp: +86 13714507573
Facebook: Flyshark.ilepo@gmail.com
http://www.flyshark.mobi

Medica S.Mat Pro-01 Sleep Monitor monitors your heart rate, breathing, movement activity and more

Posted by – August 24, 2014

Medica Technology is a ShenZhen-based company that works on Smart Home solution, especially on Sleep Monitors. Their Sleep Monitor can monitor your heart rate, breathing activity, movement activity and sleep quality through days. A smart mattress has some smart sensors built-in that can monitor your sleep. This mattress is flexible and comfortable and gets connected with a control box by a USB cable. The control box communicates with a smartphone or tablet to output the results. If the heart rate is above or below the normal rates or the breath rates are not normal, a SOS will get activated. At the moment this is designed to work only for Android devices. This device costs around $300 retail price. This company also makes an Sleep Monitor specifically for babies.

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Address: Room 518-520, Building 4, ShenZhen International Software Park, Nanshan District, ShenZhen, China 518057
Tel: +86 755 86207990
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Scanadu Scout personalized medical devices (inspired by the Tricorder from Star Trek)

Posted by – January 14, 2014

Place the Yves Behar designed Scanadu Scout to the forehead, it measures, analyses, and tracks your vitals, they are trying to get FDA approved.

Fujitsu Wadant Dog Health Management System

Posted by – October 11, 2013

Here’s a Dog Pedometer, also senses if your dog is shaking. It puts the data on the computer, let’s you see online if your dog is doing enough exercise and if your dog is scared.

NTT Docomo R&D Google Glass like devices, healthcare, green food

Posted by – October 8, 2013

NTT Docomo demonstrates their latest R&D ideas for a smarter life in Japan, NTT Docomo is Japan’s biggest mobile carrier. Their show things ranging from Google Glass like devices (the Epson, Vuzix and some other heads-up-display with added Logitech like USB cameras it looks like, running demo software), green vegan food Radish Boya (now aquired by NTT Docomo), bike sharing and more.

Omron Healthcare Sensors, sleep assistant, weight, temperature, etc

Posted by – October 7, 2013

Omron Japan shows their latest range of healthcare products, sleep cycles, weight, blood pressure, heart rate and more. Omron is the leader in healthcare devices out of Japan, with plenty more to come.

Sharp Electronic Medical Chair

Posted by – October 2, 2013

The Sharp eletronic medical chair allows one to find out basic information on the condition of your body such as blood pressure. The device itself features a touchscreen for interaction and a webcam to communicate with doctors. The chair like the cleaning robots is a prototype. The chair can be used for a variety of applications such as educational or in shopping centers. Sharp also shows a tablet device connect to a TV and device for inserting you arm into.