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Fitbit has announced a handful of new wrist-worn trackers; the Versa Lite, the Inspire, the Inspire HR, and finally for kids, the Ace 2. The Versa Lite is available now for GB£150 with a choice of four different colours - white, lilac, marina blue and magenta - and differs from the more expensive Versa by dropping a few features. Missing
Activity trackers with built-in heart rate monitors are incredible pieces of technology. Sophisticated electronics crammed into a tiny space at relatively inexpensive cost and generating vast swathes of data. Fantastic as these devices are, they're aimed squarely at consumers. There's no guarantee that a thousand steps is a thousand steps. For medical applications, a validated wearable is required and these devices
Continuing GNC's coverage of the Wearable Technology Show, I'm with Kenneth from G+D Mobile Security which specialise in "user and device identities". In particular, they're behind some of the technologies that enable wearables and mobile devices to act as ID for, say, transit or ski lift passes. The team at G+D Mobile Security work to put additional value into an
Laser barcode scanners have revolutionised stock management and inventory processing in a wide range of industries and they're ubiquitous at the supermarket checkout. Many of these scanners are handheld models that are constantly picked up and put down as needed, but ProGlove offers an alternative with the barcode scanner that's fitted on the back of a glove. I chat with Aaron
At the Wearable Technology Show, there were many vendors demonstrating clothing with built-in sensors and lights - I think there was even one with a Raspberry Pi tucked away in the lining. All of them have the problem of how to get power from a battery pack to the electronics and one solution is to use a conducting thread or
It's well established now that blue light has a disruptive effect on sleep as it affects the production of melatonin more than any other wavelength of light but it's not only effect of light in the hour before bedtime that's important. Much of our day is spent indoors in often poor quality light conditions. But how bad is it? The
Mio's range of heart rate and activity trackers compares well with the big names in the fitness space, but it's perhaps not the best known brand, though it does have history behind it. At the Wearable Technology Show, Andrew chats with Michael about Mio's products and the background to the company. Specialising in heart rate tracking during activity, all the models