Founded by neuroscientists from MIT and Robert Goldberg, Neumitra started over an year ago to develop a wearable watch called “bandu,” which helps monitor our body’s stress levels and also alerts us to relax. Through this wearable technology that measures and manages the autonomic brain, Neumitra hopes to gain positive impact to create a stress-free […]
One of the things that excites us the most is the enormous potential of the data from wearable and activity tracking devices. Kinsa Health focuses on using this data to improve the health of communities, specifically children, with their smartphone-tethered thermometer. The Device works like any thermometer that you would find in a drugstore. The […]
Founded in 2009, SporTracker is aiming to revolutionize the sports and consumer health markets through its optical-based technology and algorithms that detect and measure heart rate, calorie count, and other vital signs. We’ve been focused a lot lately on computational biology, accuracy, and adapting to unique form factors — SporTracker is innovating at the intersection of […]
Update: Find XOWi on Kickstarter. Ahmed Bouzid and Weiye Ma are convinced that the time has come for the voice based UI and its integration with wearables and the Internet of Things. To this end, the two speech technology innovators have turned their efforts to developing XOWi (pronounced Zoey). XOWi is a wearable voice badge that […]
Image from Hexoskin on Indiegogo The role clothes play in our lives is rapidly changing. Innovation in textile sensor technology is pushing the limits of what our clothes will be able to do for us, beyond providing protection, cover, and style, though recent innovations in phase changing materials and other areas of fiber science will […]
Companies wanting to win designing and marketing wearables to young children have the unenviable task of convincing both parents and children that their devices are worthy. While parents control the purse, those of us with kids aged 4-11 (really 4-8!) fully understand how difficult it is to convince them to want to play with or […]
In a recent article, we covered MC10’s partnership with Reebok on its new Checklight product. While this product has the potential to introduce new levels of safety and care in the prevention of unnecessary sports related head trauma from youth to professional sports, the company’s potential spans far beyond sports. Which is why, like the […]
MotionX is a rising star in the wearable technology space, though to the mainstream media fascinated by Nike Fuelband, Apple’s rumored smart watch, and other headlines grabbers, it is perhaps one of the best known secrets. Being located in Santa Cruz might have something to do with it. Or the fact that it is actually […]
There is a reason Phil Black and his company FitDeck is batting lead off in the 10 company Nike+ Accelerator Demo Day. If you want to get the other team’s attention, you bring your big bat. And at 6’7” tall, Black not only carries a big stick, but he IS a big stick. Friends of IAT […]
Good secrets are hard to keep. Ever since the first weeks of the Nike+ Accelerator in Portland, we’ve been hearing from investors and mentors in and around the program about a unique fast moving company, with a very large vision, led by unique Founders with the capacity to think and execute BIG, in a very […]
