Use of Wearable Devices in Healthcare Seen Rising Rapidly. INN Breaking News, October 21, 2014 Bob Violino One in five American adults already owns a health-related wearable device and the adoption rate is expected to rise quickly, with significant implications for the healthcare sector, according to a new report from consulting firm PwC.
The study, Consumer Intelligence Series—The Wearable Future report, surveyed 1,000 U.S. consumers, wearable technology influencers and business executives, and monitored social media chatter to explore the technology's impact on society and business. As wearable devices gain traction over the next five to ten years, they can help consumers better manage their health and healthcare costs, the report says. But based on PwC research, wearables' potential in the U.S. healthcare system will only be realized if companies engage consumers, turn data into insights and focus on improving consumer health. Demand for Fitness Technology to Quadruple in 2014 - Wearable Devices. Demand for wearable fitness technology and exercise-related gadgets is expected to quadruple in 2014, according to a new study published by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
“Consumer interest in purchasing dedicated wearable fitness devices in the next 12 months quadrupled to 13 percent in 2013, from just three percent in 2012, making it the largest year-over-year increase for any category of fitness device,” states the report. “Dedicated wearable fitness devices also tripled in ownership from 2012 (3 percent) to 2013 (9 percent).
Conheça 4 conceitos incríveis para a tecnologia vestível - Boa Informação. A consultoria Argodesign desenvolveu ideias de dispositivos vestíveis que parecem ficção científica.
Excluindo a categoria dos relógios inteligentes, a empresa se concentrou em conceitos de produtos que fazem mais do que medir batimentos cardíacos e informar sobre novos e-mails: eles trazem superpoderes. Confira abaixo: 5 dispositivos vestíveis que mostram como essa categoria tem evoluído. Do Wearable Devices Spill Secrets? Sizing Up the Privacy Risks of Fitness-Tracking Apps By Mathew J.
Schwartz, October 17, 2014. Follow Mathew J. @euroinfosec Candid Wüeest Apps for wearable devices that are designed to track a user's pulse rate, blood-oxygen level or location may be leaking that personal data. The researcher said the leaked data could enable account hijacking or targeted spam attacks and reveal a user's location, leading to privacy concerns and, in a worst-case scenario, the potential for the information to be abused by extortionists or stalkers (see Privacy Controls for Fitness Devices?). In a study of the top 100 most popular personal fitness-tracking apps on both the Apple Store and Google Play, Wüeest found that information being transmitted by the apps often included the user's name, e-mail, password, birthday and target weight, as well as their Facebook and Google access tokens.
Compounding that concern was the finding that each app shares personal data with - on average - five sites. Sniffing Test. Welcome to Forbes. Nod Bluetooth Ring Controls All Your Smart Devices. As our primary computing environment gradually shifts from the desktop to mobile, so too will our interface needs.
To that end, a group engineers in Mountain View, Calif. believe that they have the solution for the next phase of interfaces, and it comes in the form of a ring. The Nod ring is a Bluetooth-enabled gesture controller that connects to your smartphone to accomplish a number of input and controller tasks all by using natural motions with your finger. In addition extending the capabilities of your smartphone, the ring can also be connected to other smart devices, such as a smart television and other Internet-connected devices like the Nest. If a device doesn't have Bluetooth capability, you can connect the ring to your smartphone, which will then connect to the device via Wi-Fi.
Will.i.am lança seu próprio relógio inteligente - Boa Informação. São Francisco, Califórnia – Will.i.am, astro da música internacional, lançou nesta quarta-feira (15/10) seu próprio relógio inteligente.
Chamado de Puls, o novo dispositivo inteligente é uma aposta ousada. Com 16 Giga de armazenamento interno, 1 GB de memória RAM, o relógio inteligente traz espaço para um SIM Card (os cartões dos celulares), e se conecta às redes celulares via 3G. Dispositivos vestíveis são tendência na medicina, mas ainda há barreiras - Converge Comunicações.
Five Ways to Get Consumers to Love Wearables. Wearables are the future.
We may all be flashing some type of wearable device in 2020, but most of us don’t own one today. In fact, only one in five owns a wearable device now, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The survey of 1,000 consumers, “wearable technology influencers,” and business executives gives some recommendations for how the products might go from promising to truly useful items in our daily attire. The report defines wearable technology as “clothing and accessories that incorporate computer and advanced electronic technologies,” including smartwatches and glasses, action cameras, and fitness trackers. Here are five of the report’s prescriptions for wearable tech. 1. 2. Of the respondents who had bought wearable gadgets over a year ago, 33 percent had already stopped using them regularly. 3. 4. 5.