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Verizon Acquires Virtual Reality Startup Jaunt
Verizon has bought Disney-backed XR company Jaunt for an undisclosed amount of money. This acquisition will give Verizon access to Jaunt’s cutting-edge AR/VR software, technology. Additionally, Jaunt...
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Printed Electronics Paves the Way for Bandages, Electric Tattoos and Biosensors
Flexible electronics are vital for monitoring various physiological parameters. At present, manufacturing flexible electronics requires chemical baths, hardening methods, and baking in high temperature...
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Livongo Shares Soar on Winning Diabetes Contract for Federal Employees’...
Livongo Health, a leading healthcare company empowering people with chronic conditions to live healthier lives, was awarded a contract to provide the Livongo for Diabetes solution to eligible members...
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Apple’s Patent Suggests Health Tracking via Smart Clothes
A patent filed by Apple suggests the tech giant is investigating integrate health monitoring technology into clothing. Last year Apple filed a patent for a stretchable fabric band that could include...
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French Gait Rehabilitation Provider FeetMe Raises €9.4M in Series A funding
FeetMe, a medical device company based in Paris, France has raised € 9.4 million in Series A funding. The investment round was led by LBO France, with additional investment from existing investors...
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Dexcom Receives FDA Clearance for Dexcom G6 Pro Continuous Glucose Monitor
Dexcom, a maker of continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management, received FDA clearance of its Dexcom G6 Pro Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System for healthcare professionals to...
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With Tap Strap 2 You Can Control Any Bluetooth-Enabled Device with Gesture
Tap Systems, a Los Angeles, CA-based startup made headlines when it introduced futuristic wearable keyboards last year. Now, the company has released Tap Strap 2, a new wearable device with AirMouse...
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Timex Launches TESLAR Watch to Combat Electromagnetic Pollution
Today, we’re surrounded by all manners of technology. While technology helps us in many ways, it has some negative effects on our health and the environment as well. The most notable is the blanket of...
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Sweat Sensors to Predict Behavioral Issues in Autistic Children
Children affected by autism can become unruly and aggressive, often without any warnings. For normal people, it’s very natural to sweat when they become stressed. Now, University of Missouri (MU)...
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Medtronic Files for FDA Approval of Its InterStim Micro Neurostimulator
Medtronic has filed a pre-market approval (PMA) supplement with the FDA for approval of its InterStim Micro neurostimulator and the accompanying InterStim SureScan MRI leads. The device is used to...
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Sentio Raises $4.5M, Launches Feel to Expand Access to Mental Health Care
Sentio, a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare company developing biomarkers and digital therapeutics for mental health, raised $4.5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Felicis...
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Abbott Inks Deal with Omada Health to Integrate FreeStyle Libre with Omada’s...
Abbott has signed a partnership deal with Omada Health to integrate its FreeStyle Libre system with Omada Health’s pioneering digital care program. Freestyle Libre is Abbott’s revolutionary continuous...
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Google’s Pixel 4 Will Have Built-In Radar Chip for Gesture Control and May...
Google showed off its Pixel 4’s “Motion Sense” features at the Made By Google unveiling event in New York City. Using gestures users can silence calls, skip tracks, and even interact with the Pokémon...
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Sony Debuts New Wearable with B-to-B Mobile Health Platform
Electronics giant Sony has launched its new mSafety mobile health platform at the Connected Health Conference in Boston. The platform combines a connected wearable device, a wristwatch, with a...
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ProGlove Launches New Wearable Barcode Scanner for Low-Frequency Scanning
ProGlove, a Munich, Germany-based leading provider of industrial wearables just launched a new wearable barcode scanner for companies with low-frequency scanning environments such as product returns or...
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Duke Athletes Develop Wearable That Can Predict Injuries Before They Happen...
From muscle strains to ankle sprains, sports can bring about a number of injuries. Sometimes preventing common sports injuries is beyond our control, but many times sports injuries are preventable....
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Top 5 Health Tech Companies That Are Developing Wearable Medical Devices
Not too long ago, the only way for people to precisely check their health status was to go to the doctor’s office and undergo a series of tests. Now, with the advent of wearable technology people can...
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Bristol-Myers Squibb-Pfizer Alliance and Fitbit Collaborate on AFib Diagnosis
Wearable device maker Fitbit and pharmaceutical giants Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer have signed a multiyear partnership to speed up the detection and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (AFib) to...
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The Vatican Launches Wearable eRosary to Help Get Young Catholics to Pray
The Vatican announced that it launched a wearable smart device that connects with a smartphone app for guided prayer. Read more This Smart Bracelet Uses Your Heartbeat to Authenticate Access Launched...
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Microsoft and Nuance Announce Collaboration to Transform the Doctor-Patient...
Back in the day a visit to the doctor’s office was a more fulfilling experience for the patient. The doctor would ask them questions about their health condition and their medications. The entire time...
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