Wearables

The creation of innovation hubs in healthcare to rapidly prototype emerging tech in areas like wearables and telemedicine can not only save healthcare systems billions of dollars, but improve outcomes for all involved.

Your future commute will take you farther than you can imagine. Your car could keep you connected to your route, your family and your bank account.

The diversity of the current wearables market cannot be understated.

Device mounted to a toilet incorporates test strips and video cameras and recognizes the user by fingerprint and "distinctive features" on their anus.

A professor is testing artificial skin that can mimic human properties and potentially be utilized by amputees and skin graft patients to improve their quality of life.

Fibo device allows the wearer to feel a baby's womb movement in real-time.

MIT researchers have developed a wearable to help people who suffer from social anxiety.

Apple is reportedly planning its own version of the wearable device.

Stretchy optical fibers can serve as long-lasting implants that bend and twist with the body without breaking.

The Inupathy smart collar can tell if your dog is feeling yappy or sad.

Google's latest patent describes a diagnostic device that can be implanted in a person's body.

Google Glass has disappeared from public view recently, but Google hasn't given up on it just yet.

Electronic skin patch monitors a wearer's health using power transmitted from their smartphone.

Interchangeable modules of the Blocks smartwatch include a flashlight, GPS and an extra battery.

The patch, thinner than a human hair and free of charge, measures your daily UV exposure.

The new system expands the touch interface of wearables to include your entire arm.

The deal signals the faded phone giant's re-emergence as a consumer brand.

Tiny sensors can detect eye movements and blinking, according to a Samsung patent.

Research suggests we're bored of smartwatches and wearable tech - but manufacturers think otherwise.

Exercise monitoring is only the beginning for this personal health-tracking technology.

Wearables aimed at living a healthy lifestyle are getting more and more sophisticated.

Quell tricks the central nervous system to produce natural opioids to relieve pain.

Tech tattoos are made from small pieces of hardware that connect with electricity-conducting paint and tiny chips that collect data.

They could change how we monitor our steps and vital signs—and even pay for a cup of coffee.

But the wearable may not be attractive enough: "It's like a chastity belt for your face"