consumer devices

Rockley Photonics, consumer devices, wearables, funding, optics solutions
By  Sophie Porter 03:00 am October 7, 2020
Rockley Photonics is a leading integrated optics solutions provider, dedicated to building a unified silicon photonics process. As such, it is an integrated photonics chipset developer and supplier of high-volume sensor and communication products. It specialises in silicon photonics for high-growth markets, including healthcare, wearables and machine vision. Rockley Photonics was recently...
By  Dave Muoio 03:08 pm August 8, 2019
Sensors from consumer-grade devices like iPhones, Apple Watches, iPads and Beddit sleep monitors capture enough data to spot mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease dementia, according to a new feasibility study conducted jointly by Apple, Eli Lilly and Company and Evidation Health researchers that was presented today at a research conference held in Anchorage, Alaska. “Over the past few...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:11 pm June 8, 2018
Pharma companies are increasingly embracing the use of wearables and other connected devices to streamline and improve data collection in clinical trials. But for all the advantages these devices might have, there also challenges — especially when it comes to data standardization. This week at BIO 2018, Dr. Daniel Karlin, Pfizer’s head of clinical, informatics, regulatory strategy, digital...