WHOOP Expands Into Biometric Activewear
Last week, Boston-based biometric wearables company WHOOP held its first ever virtual event, in which it announced its expansion into biometric clothing and apparel along with the next generation of […]
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Biometric Wearables Specialist WHOOP Reaches $3.6B Valuation After Latest Funding Round
Boston-based biometric wearables company WHOOP has announced that it raised $200 million in Series F funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Following this latest round of investments, WHOOP says […]
Oura Courts $800M in New Investment Capital With Biometric Ring
According to a recent report from Bloomberg, Finnish healthcare tech company Oura Health is engaged in talks with a number of investors for another fundraising round that could result in […]
CrossFit Names WHOOP Biometric Band As Its Official Wearable
Boston-based biometric wearables company WHOOP and fitness platform CrossFit have announced a partnership naming WHOOP as the Official Wearable of CrossFit. The new announcement will result in CrossFit athletes at […]
US Army’s Biometric Wearables Study to Examine Stress of Arctic Environment on Soldiers
Boston-based biometric wearables company WHOOP and the United States Army Paratroopers of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade”, have announced a new study that […]
Purdue, PhysIQ to Study Whether Biometric Wearables Can Detect COVID-19
Digital medicine company PhysIQ and Purdue University have announced a partnership to jointly develop an algorithm that can detect early signs of COVID-19 from data gleaned from a biometric smartwatch. […]
MLB’s Seattle Mariners are Latest Sports Team to Use Biometric Oura Ring
The Seattle Mariners have announced a partnership with smart ring maker Oura Health to use the biometric sensor-laden Oura ring for the team’s players and staff. Using a number of […]
U.S. Military Turns to Biometric Wearables for Predictive COVID-19 Diagnosis
The United States military has announced that it has been trialing a new system set up by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) in partnership with Philips Healthcare and the Defense […]
G42 Healthcare Brings Biometric WHOOP Bands Into COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
G42 Healthcare has announced a partnership with Boston-based wearable tech firm WHOOP that will result in volunteers participating in Phase III trials of an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine having the option […]
Korean Partnership Produces Clinical Biometric Monitoring Solution
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) — a Korean state research institution — and medical device company Tribell Lab have announced that their jointly developed real-time biometric patient monitoring […]
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