A new
wearable sensor technology that measures things like stance and force for sports also has the potential to harvest energy from waves, machinery or human movement.
Not exact matches
Small smart
sensors are changing the workplace as
wearable technology becomes more widely used.
Investments in
technology have also been made at the league and franchise level - virtual reality, in - game
wearable tech (the Motus Baseball Sleeve measuring stress on elbows and the Zephyr Bioharness monitoring heart and breathing rates) and the recent announcement of Blast Motion as the official «bat
sensor technology» analyzing swings.
However, analysts were disappointed that the watch is missing a key element seen as vital in emerging smartwatch
technology: It lacks biometric
sensors that could be used to monitor heart rate, respiration and other body functions deployed in other
wearable fitness devices.
Additional funding was provided by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the UCSD Center of
Wearable Sensors, and the Thai Development and Promotion of Science and
Technology Talents.
Researchers from the FAMU - FSU College of Engineering have developed a class of breakthrough motion
sensors that could herald a near future of ubiquitous, fully integrated and affordable
wearable technology.
«New motion
sensors a major step toward low - cost, high - performance
wearable technology.»
Wearable and flexible technology has gained significant interest in recent years, leading to tremendous progress in soft and wearable
Wearable and flexible
technology has gained significant interest in recent years, leading to tremendous progress in soft and
wearable wearable sensors.
«We're also seeing a revolution in the development of
sensor technology, whether it's lifestyle fitness management or the trend for
wearables, I think we're on the cusp right now of seeing a huge number of these different sets of
technology get down to the physical size and low cost where they're going to be very ubiquitous,» he continued.
Future applications for this RF harvesting
technology could be to power other remote
sensors, such as for smart home devices, as well as to provide power for fitness
wearables and Beacon devices.
Wearables are here to stay, they are supposed to be the evolution of mobile
technology, since they can be worn as accessories and incorporate a lot of
sensors, thanks to the reduction in size that these components are now available in.
Manisha Mohan, an Indian scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), has developed a sticker - like
wearable sensor that can detect sexual assault in real time and quickly alert nearby people as well as the victim's friends and family and emergency services of the assault.
Several smartwatches and
wearable fitness devices that use similar
sensor technology have also been reported to struggle when worn on darker coloured skin.