Jawbone offers 'no questions asked' refund for troubled Up band, even if you keep it. Jawbone starts over, announces a redesigned version of its Up lifestyle-tracking wristband. In life, we're often told the best-learned lessons are those spurred by mistakes.
In Jawbone's case, its plague-ridden Up wristband from last winter turned out be a sweeping education. So much so that the Jambox-maker now refers to the launch as an accidental "beta" program; a public exercise in wearables R&D that ended in an official apology and full refunds. Sounds extreme, but those missteps led to a ground-up reinvention for the product: the company just announced a new version of the band, which goes on sale today for $129 with necessary improvements in tow: a refined mold, reinforced water-resistance and a more robust iOS app. In advance of this v2.0 launch, we sat down with the company's VP of Product, Travis Bogard, to find out just what went wrong with its ambitious first effort, how it got fixed and what new innovations users can look forward to this time around.
So, follow along as we look back at the growing pains that spawned Up's rebirth. Jawbone Up hands-on (2012) 9 Photos. GPS shoe for seniors to launch in US this year. Personal location services device manufacturer GTX announced that its GPS-enabled shoes, developed for tracking seniors with Alzheimers, will be released later this month in the US.
Aetrex Worldwide will sell the shoes, which will retail for $299. The GPS-enabled shoe received FCC clearance in September. The tracking service will be powered by GTX’s partners Omnilink and the MedicAlert Foundation. Omnilink will offer customer service and the online store that supports sales. MedicAlert will facilitate the 24/7 location-based emergency service that powers the shoes. Other companies that offer tracking services for people who wander include Lojack and Adiant Solutions. “As the GPS Shoe transitions from vision to reality and we approach the launch we are excited and honored to align ourselves with these exceptional companies,” stated Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp Chairman and CEO in a press release. Want to read stories as soon as they are posted? Welcome to Zeo Sleep Manager. LumoBack. Polo Tecnologico Biomedical Thecnology. Bioingegneria applicata al sistema cardiorespiratorio e ai sistemi di telemedicina.
GPS shoe for seniors to launch in US this year. La MagIC-maglietta intelligente che misura i parametri vitali. Ideata dalla Fondazione don Gnocchi, approvata dal mondo della medicina La MagIC-maglietta intelligente che misura i parametri vitali Rivela ritmo del cuore, respiri e direzione dei movimenti con sensori e trasduttori sistemati nel tessuto MILANO - La maglietta MagIC, capace di rivelarci il ritmo del nostro cuore, dei nostri respiri e la direzione dei nostri movimenti grazie a sensori e trasduttori sistemati nel tessuto stesso, è stata assolta a pieni voti dal mondo della medicina.
«È un modo nuovo e utile per monitorare la frequenza cardiaca», afferma Filippo Crea, direttore del dipartimento di medicina cardiovascolare del Policlinico Gemelli di Roma. «Può essere tuttavia usata nei soggetti cardiopatici, che hanno per esempio avuto un infarto o un’ostruzione alle coronarie o che soffrono di scompenso nei quali questo parametro deve raggiungere un livello ottimale. APPLICAZIONI - Fino a oggi l’hanno indossata circa 200 persone, ma in futuro saranno molte di più.
Electronic underpants come to NSW. They are electronic undies that can send text messages and pages - and they're coming to NSW.
SIMsystem, the world's first electronic underpants, are to be introduced across NSW nursing homes to monitor incontinence. An Australian invention, the SIMsystem first appeared on ABC's New Inventors program in 2008 and following successful trials in Victoria, will now be rolled out across NSW. SIMsystem looks like a regular incontinence pad but comes with a sensor strip that alerts staff to wetness by text message or over the facility's paging system. Advertisement CEO of Simavita, the company that owns the product, Philippa Lewis, said the invention will halve the time spent on incontinence management at nursing homes. "Incontinence management is a key area in which innovative technologies can benefit aged care," Ms Lewis said on Friday. "We developed SIMsystem to provide greater comfort and dignity to the elderly while aiming to significantly lower costs for aged care facilities. " Wearable Technology Goes to the Hospital.
Among the many not-fun things about going to the hospital is that the place has no fashion sense.
What’s even worse, as you may have noted, is that those inelegant gowns they make you wear lack embedded technology to measure your vital signs and pinpoint your location within two-meters. Well, no more! Researchers at the Unversidad Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M, for short) have developed an intelligent shirt that can monitor a patient’s temperature, heart rate, and other vital signs; it can also locate a patient within a two-meter margin of error, like an eagle-eyed GPS, and it can tell nurses or doctors whether the patient is sitting, lying down, or moving about.
And it’s all wireless. What’s most intriguing, perhaps, is the localization unit that pinpoints the patient’s location so precisely. Not quite.