Tag: Wearables
China leads the US in connected health device adoption, Ipsos claims
According to a recent survey by market research company Ipsos, China is leading the way when it comes to connected health technology adoption.
The survey,...
Businesses brace for ripple effect as consumers abandon wearables
Consumers are abandoning wearables in their droves, largely because they do not find them useful, get bored of them or they break, according a...
Fujitsu and DHL to apply IoT to emergency services
Fujitsu and DHL Supply Chain announce strategic co-creation partnership to develop new wearable tech and Internet of Things (IoT) services.
IT services provider Fujitsu has...
US government to fund research into smart clothing for emergency staff
The US government department of Homeland Security is investing in wearables that monitor the health of emergency crew in real-time.
The US government has launched...
Augmented reality set for ‘accelerated growth’ in medicine
ABI Research has predicted that the medical augmented reality (AR) will hit an inflection point between 2018 and 2019.
The research firm forecasts that the market...
Metropolitan Police deploys 22,000 wearable cameras
The UK's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has started deploying 22,000 body-worn video cameras to frontline officers in London.
The roll-out, which began in Lewisham on Monday, and which...
Microsoft breaks up the Band
Microsoft's fitness tracker runs out of puff.
Microsoft has quietly shelved its fitness wearable, the Microsoft Band. The software behemoth removed the device from its...
NHS to rely on mobile apps and wearables
Data from wearables and the IoT is already making waves in many industries, but now it’s set to revolutionize the way patient records are...
Microsoft, MIT partner for IoT-enabled wearable tattoo
PhD students have partnered with Microsoft Research to develop a new type of wearable.
At a time when wearables are becoming increasingly accepted as a...
How insurer AIG is using wearables to reduce risk, protect workers
Speaking with Internet of Business earlier this month, AIG’s EVP construction casualty leader Tom Grandmaison detailed the firm’s pilot project, which uses wearables to protect workers...
Audi turns to wearable tech to improve driver health
Car maker Audi is turning to the latest connected technology to develop an in-car system for enhancing the health and fitness of its drivers.
This...
10 innovative technologies changing the face of retail banking
IoT, Big Data and Blockchain are just some of the technologies changing retail banking. IoB looks at how these newer technologies are transforming how we exchange and...