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Apple has further refined the fitness tracking capabilities of its Apple Watch devices, announcing upgrades at this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference for 2020. Apple’s latest smartwatches already support relatively advanced biometric capabilities, thanks in large part to the ECG monitor first implemented with the Apple Watch Series 4. Some of the new capabilities arriving through […]
Zwipe has teamed up with Watchdata Technologies to develop contactless payment solutions. The offerings will eventually include wearable devices and contactless payment cards, which will be distributed to banks in multiple regions around the world. Watchdata is based in Beijing, though its company headquarters are located in Singapore. The company specializes in secure transactions and […]
Goodix has announced that its technology is appearing in two new vivo products. Most notably, the company’s optical in-display fingerprint sensor will be used for biometric authentication in vivo’s X50 Flagship Series of smartphones. The X50 Flagship Series is one of several vivo smartphones with Goodix fingerprint technology. The optical in-display sensor has already appeared […]
Sweden-based eye-tracking wearables specialist Tobii has announced its new Tobii Pro Glasses 3, which have better recording technology than their predecessors along with being smaller, to about the same size as a regular pair of aviator-style sunglasses. Tobii is touting the Pro Glasses 3 as an ideal solution for outdoor visual attention research due to […]
Microsoft has applied for a patent for a set of headphones with built-in biometric fingerprint recognition. According to the patent, the fingerprint scanner would be placed somewhere on the surface of the headphones, with the ear cups standing as one of the more likely possibilities. Consumers would be able to use the fingerprint reader to […]
HandsFree Health has unveiled new technology that will facilitate the remote setup of the company’s various healthcare solutions. That includes the HIPAA compliant WellBe virtual assistant platform, in addition to wearable devices and mobile applications. The new patent-pending system will allow customers to conduct remote registration and limit the need for in-person contact. The technology […]
Medopad is shaking things up with a corporate rebrand and two new major acquisitions. The remote patient monitoring specialist will henceforth be known as Huma, and it will also be diversifying its portfolio after bringing BioBeats and Tarilian Laser Technologies (TLT) in-house. Huma (as Medopad) was founded in 2011, and has primarily focused on remote […]
A new study out of Duke University aims to use biometric data gathered from smart wearables and smartphones to try and spot early symptoms of the COVID-19 virus that has swept across the globe in recent weeks. The study — called CovIdentify — will look at the biometric and health data gathered by smart watches, […]
A team of researchers from Boston University (BU) are studying bacteria in an effort to develop advanced biosensors that operate around the clock to monitor all of the indicators of physiological health. BU biomedical engineer and team leader James Galagan says the team was inspired by continuous glucose monitors (CGM), commercially successful biometric devices that […]
SuperCom is launching a new technology pilot to ensure that people comply with quarantine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic. The solution is essentially a modified version of the company’s PureHealth platform, and includes the PureCare smartphone and the PureTag ankle bracelet. Both products have location tracking capabilities, which public health agencies and other government organizations […]
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