Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced it is partnering with wearable-maker Movano Health to use its Evie Ring's continuous health-monitoring capabilities to study COVID and chronic Lyme disease.
The ring will be used in MIT's MAESTRO study, which aims to identify biomarkers that indicate which individuals are likely to develop chronic conditions from acute infections.
Researchers...
A database that was not password protected exposed more than 61 million records containing data from fitness trackers and wearables, according to a breach report by WebsitePlanet and security researcher Jeremiah Fowler.
Fowler and WebsitePlanet’s research team found many of the exposed records contained information like first and last name, display name, birthdate, weight, height, gender and...
Digital health and fitness company WHOOP announced the acquisition of sports technology startup PUSH Thursday in an undisclosed cash and stock transaction.
The news comes days after WHOOP said it had secured $200 million in Series F funding, boosting its valuation to $3.6 billion.
WHOOP pairs a wearable that can monitor sleep, body strain and recovery metrics with membership service to provide...
Thirteen percent of consumers plan to purchase a health or fitness wearable device within the next year, according to a survey of 2,000 consumers from Acquity Group, a subsidiary of Accenture.
Acquity Group questioned consumers about all internet of things (IoT) technologies, which the company defines as everyday devices that connect to the internet through embedded sensors and computing power...
