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For older adults, the future of wearables is predictive

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According to Gartner’s January 2021 forecast , this was driven by increased consumer interest in tracking their health status during the pandemic (smart watches) and the growth of remote work (purchases and upgrades to headphones and ear-warn devices). category tags: wearables, smart watch , Technology - AARP.

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Five smart clothing technologies for older adults

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The underwear current includes biometric sensors that measure things like sleep quality, activity, stress level, temperature, and electrocardiography (ECG)*. As consumers wear the underwear, sensors in Myant’s SKIIN brand fabric send data back to a corresponding app. Clinical dashboard provides adherence and compliance information.

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Ten technology offerings for older adults from CES 2021

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Pajama-like clothing is the only way to consume the content vastness of this entirely online Consumer Electronics Show with 500 exhibits, 70,000 registered attendees, and 3 full days of sessions, many pre-recorded, some live. Laptops were hot (remember the Ultrabook?) Voice First and the Apple Watch had not emerged. iCardioGuard.

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Six Health and Aging Technology Blog Posts from January, 2019

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Chattanooga was a visit to the Alexa World Fair , where the song ‘ Everybody’s Talkin’ acquired new meaning – clearly the Voice First landscape, well-tracked by Voicebot.AI The visibility of Facebook management issues and Google competitive quagmire may actually be good for consumers. and Bret Kinsella , is heating up.

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The most-read tech and aging blog posts from 2019

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If there was a key trend in all of this racket, Sleep has become a tech obsession, the uptake of Digital Health is almost here, new variants of companions and assistants were pervasive, including Google Assistant inside everything ad Amazon voice devices everywhere. Real seniors lack essential technology. Don't laugh, though.

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Withings Founder Eric Careel : Why I Bought My Digital Health Company Back From Nokia

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It sells connected-health products like a fitness-tracking watch, and bathroom scales that send your weight and BMI to a smartphone for display on a line graph. There’s also a blood pressure monitor, baby-monitoring camera, and a mat that tracks your sleep.

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Frenemies: what is big tech getting wrong in healthcare?

Lloyd Price

According to a leaked memo, Google is dissolving its single unified health division and reassigning all consumer and enterprise projects across myriad teams internally, consisting of 570 employees. So why are big trillion dollar tech companies not succeeding despite their significant track record in a myriad of other industries?

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