In addition to the many device launches, several digital health companies use CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas as an opportunity to announce updates and major partnerships and collaborations. Read on for the biggest non-launch health news from the show.
Lots of news from Fitbit
Wearable giant Fitbit announced a number of partnerships as well as updates to its app...
While digital health doesn't have as big of a presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as other industries, there were a fair number of wearables, apps and sensor-enabled tools showcased. There were also several partnerships announced, which you can read about here. Some have already been covered in MobiHealthNews yet didn't make their official debuts til this week, but most were...
Boston-based Rest Devices has announced a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson to develop a smart, personalized sleep coaching system for babies (and their parents, hovering over their crib with a smartphone). The offering, which consists of a wearable baby monitor called Mimo and a companion app called Nod, was announced during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
The...
Boston-based Rest Devices, maker of baby tracking device Mimo, raised $1.2 million from Experiment Fund, Andy Palmer (Founder of Koa Labs), and Nuland & Arshad, according to an SEC filing. The company will use the money to bring its product to market.
"We are launching sales in mid January as well as bringing two additional products to market and growing our team," cofounder Dulcie Madden...
Mimo onesie and "turtle" device
Last week, Boston-based Rest Devices, maker of a smart baby monitor attached to a onesie called Mimo launched a campaign on crowdfunding site Dragon Innovation. The baby monitor connects to a smartphone and tracks the baby's respiration, skin temperature, body position and activity level and offers an audio feed in real-time.
But this isn't even the first baby...
