Dynamic Visual Changes in Smart Clothing Suppress Consumer Adoption Intentions
A study of Korean female consumers reveals that dynamic visual changes in smart clothing enhance aesthetic appeal but inadvertently suppress ...
Tag: wearable technology
Wearable Pulse Oximeter Agreement Varies by Activity Rather Than Skin Pigmentation
A controlled laboratory study evaluating four consumer pulse oximeters found that measurement agreement shifted significantly across resting and walking conditions ...
Pilot study tracks dairy worker stress with smartwatches
A pilot study in New Zealand found that smartwatches can effectively track the high physical activity and variable physiological stress ...
Personalized Smart Ring Models Forecast Weekly Panic Attack Risks in College Students
Researchers developed personalized machine learning algorithms using smart ring biometric data to predict weekly panic attack risks among college students.
Wearable monitoring in mental health care: scoping review finds limited evidence and unresolved ethical tensions
A systematic scoping review of 147 studies finds that wearable monitoring in mental health care may offer benefits but rests ...
Nigerian Pregnant Women Embrace Wearables to Guard Against Deadly Blood Clots
A survey of 100 pregnant and postpartum women at a Nigerian teaching hospital found that 87 percent were interested in ...
Wearable Sports Tech Perceptions Linked to Sports Commitment and Health Awareness
A cross-sectional study of 1,277 Turkish fitness center attendees found that more favorable perceptions of wearable sports technology were independently ...
Earbud EEG matches lab sleep study in first head-to-head validation
A custom-molded in-ear EEG system closely matched scalp polysomnography for overnight sleep staging and showed first-ever agreement with the Maintenance ...
Wearable edge-AI device detects epileptic seizures and texts caregivers a map link in under half a second
A low-cost wrist wearable running an optimized random forest model on-device detected simulated convulsive and non-convulsive seizures with high sensitivity ...
Oreejoy wins Boeing BUILD grant for AI-powered mobility wearable
IIT Gandhinagar startup Oreejoy received a ₹10 lakh Boeing BUILD grant for a pressure-sensing, AI-powered insole designed to analyse walking ...
Wearable system detects and transmits scents over distance
A peer-reviewed wearable prototype used machine learning to recognize five odors and transmit them to distant users through wristband and ...
Hidden Rhythms of Team Sport Movement Reveal What Wearable Trackers Can Actually Capture
A new accelerometer study of elite athletes maps the true frequency content of team sport movement, finding most meaningful signal ...
AI research on sports injury prediction has exploded, a new map shows
A new bibliometric analysis of 809 publications shows that research on artificial intelligence for predicting and preventing sports injuries grew ...
Smartphones and Wearables Could Track Mental Health in Cancer Patients, Review Finds
A scoping review of 17 studies suggests that passively collected smartphone and wearable data can mirror depression, anxiety, and distress ...
Smartwatches After a Stent: New Study Reveals How Heart Patients Really Judge Wrist-Worn Alerts
A qualitative study of 23 post-PCI patients finds that smartwatch alerts are judged against bodily sensations and stent memories, often ...
Smartwatch Shows High Accuracy in Screening Adults for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Stanford researchers found that a Samsung Galaxy Watch detected moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea with 94 percent accuracy, offering an accessible ...
Embroidered Textile Pressure Sensor Could Give Protective Clothing a Sense of Touch
Latvian and Portuguese researchers have embroidered a single-layer textile pressure-sensing matrix that can localize impacts and measure their force for ...
Gold Nanoparticles Supercharge Flexible Infrared Photodetectors Built from TiS3
Researchers have built flexible near-infrared photodetectors from gold-functionalized titanium trisulfide nanostructures on plastic substrates, achieving high responsivity, quantum efficiency above ...
Battery-Free Smart Shoe Uses Footstep Energy and AI to Track How You Walk
Rutgers engineers have built a self-powered smart shoe that harvests energy from each footstep and uses onboard artificial intelligence to ...
Just 1,000 Extra Steps a Day Lifts Mood in Adults with Heart Disease and Diabetes
A three-month smartphone-supported walking intervention in 419 Lithuanian adults with cardiometabolic disease produced roughly 1,000 extra daily steps and meaningful ...
