health monitoring

A runner checking on their smartwatch
By  Adam Ang 12:55 am September 3, 2024
Huawei has announced the launch of its new health monitoring system for its wearable products.  In an event in China, the Chinese IT giant said that the TruSense system offers "comprehensive and accurate" monitoring capabilities, measuring over 60 health and fitness indicators.  It runs on a proprietary algorithm that can assess these indicators, including emotional well-being and stress levels...
Person looking at smartwatch while standing outdoors
By  Anthony Vecchione 05:02 pm August 30, 2024
Hyrox, a global fitness race for competitors, announced it is partnering with Zepp Health, a health technology company that manufactures smart wearable products, including its flagship wearable brand Amazfit.  Under the two-year partnership Amazfit will act as the official wearable and timekeeping partner of HYROX. The aim is to assist athletes' training regime and supply them with a user-...
Sky Labs' CART-I Plus ring as worn on a finger
By  Adam Ang 01:39 am March 30, 2023
South Korean health tech startup Sky Labs has recently obtained the approval of the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety for the latest blood pressure monitoring feature on its ring-type health monitoring device.  Worn on the finger, CART-I Plus uses PPG and sensor algorithms to measure and monitor blood pressure continuously around the clock. It provides a range of blood pressure data,...
Laptop version of PanopticAI
By  Adam Ang 11:13 pm January 30, 2023
Hong Kong-based health tech startup PanopticAI has raised undisclosed seed funding from a round co-led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and Gobi Partners. The round was also participated by HKUST Entrepreneurship Fund and other investors. WHAT IT DOES Founded by researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Panoptic AI develops digital health solutions that provide...
A person looking at their smartwatch
By  Adam Ang 01:44 am October 26, 2022
The Australian government has awarded grants to research projects working on wearable technology to improve health monitoring for Australians. A project at Curtin University, which has been provided with A$1.5 million ($950,000) funding, will develop and test wearable sensors to monitor the movement of children with cerebral palsy who are unable to walk.  Another project at the University of New...
A visual of the Hyundai Mobis Smart Cabin controller
By  Adam Ang 12:17 am June 24, 2022
South Korea-based Hyundai Mobis, the car parts arm of the Hyundai Motor Group, has unveiled an integrated vehicle controller with health monitoring capabilities. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Dubbed "Smart Cabin," the controller features four sensors: a 3D camera that captures a driver's posture, an ECG sensor mounted on the steering wheel, an ear-set sensor to measure the brainwaves flowing around the ears,...
Anura mobile app by NuraLogix
By  Adam Ang 10:50 pm June 2, 2022
NuraLogix introduces health measurement app in Singapore Canadian health AI company NuraLogix has introduced its mobile health measurement app in Singapore. Anura uses proprietary transdermal optical imaging technology, which captures blood information from a person's face through a video camera. It can measure various vital parameters, including blood pressure, heart rate, stress level, cardiac...
MFine CTO Ajit Narayanan holding a smartphone to measure his vitals
By  Adam Ang 05:24 am March 23, 2022
Indian digital health startup MFine has added blood pressure and glucose monitoring tools on its mobile health app. Three weeks ago, the health tech startup launched its latest vital measurement features for beta testing after two years of development and clinical trials involving around 3,000 patients. WHAT IT'S ABOUT  According to a press statement, these health monitoring features are built...
A person's vital measurements as shown through their smartphone
By  Adam Ang 11:03 pm March 3, 2022
Indian digital health startup MFine has rolled out a new heart monitoring feature on its mobile app. As with its blood oxygen saturation app MFine Pulse, this heart rate tool makes use of a smartphone camera and flash to detect blood volume changes. A machine-learning algorithm then calculates the levels of absorption of red, blue, and green light signals as seen through a user's fingertip to...
Amrita Spandanam featuring a finger clip and a mobile app showing vital parameter measurements
By  Adam Ang 03:56 am March 2, 2022
Amrita University, a private university in India, has launched a wearable health monitoring device for home use.  WHAT IT DOES Developed by Amrita's Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita Spandanam is a wearable device that uses a finger clip to measure six body parameters: blood glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, and 6-lead ECG. According to a...