Singapore-based insurtech Aktivolabs gains $10M in Series A funding
Aktivolabs, a Singaporean health tech startup, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co., Adaptive Capital Partners and Enterprise Singapore's investment arm SEEDS Capital. The investing round was also joined by HH Investments and Govin Capital.
Founded in 2017, the company provides individualised...
Winston-Salem, N.C. - based Novant Health is partnering with Movano Health to beta test its smart rings with the health system's employees.
As part of the beta, 30 Novant workers will test the "functionality and wearability" of the company's rings, Movano's first commercial product. The evaluation is slated to begin this month, and the program will help prepare Movano for a direct-to-consumer...
Google has finally unveiled its long-awaited Pixel Watch, a wearable that includes Fitbit's health-tracking features.
Though the tech giant has provided the operating system for other wearable devices and completed the acquisition of Fitbit early last year, this is Google's first smartwatch under its own name.
The Pixel Watch, which will start at $349.99, includes continuous heart rate tracking...
Apple revealed the latest iterations of its Watch wearables Wednesday, including new temperature-sensing capabilities to track ovulation and car crash detection.
The Apple Watch Series 8, which will retail starting at $399, includes two temperature sensors, one near the skin on the back of the device and one under the front display. Apple said that these sensors can reduce bias from the...
Google announced three updated health and fitness-tracking Fitbit wearables Wednesday, including options with new exercise modes and additional sensors for stress monitoring.
The Inspire 3, which will retail for $99.95, includes heart rate tracking, activity and exercise monitoring, and sleep quality information – including blood oxygen tracking, sleep duration and a sleep score. The lower-end...
Nearly half of respondents said they had participated in at least one virtual medical appointment in the past year, and more are satisfied with their experiences, according to Deloitte's 2022 Connectivity and Mobile Trends Survey.
The survey asked more than 2,000 U.S. consumers about connected devices, virtual experiences and how their use has evolved over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic....
The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) on Monday revealed four toolkits to help healthcare and life science organizations use data from sensors like wearables and remote patient monitoring systems at scale.
The four toolkits are based on resources derived from the society's Sensor Data Integrations project, which includes organizations like Amazon Web Services, Oracle, the Moffitt Cancer Center,...
Using wearables to track health data could empower patients, but there are several barriers to effective use, including the need for provider support.
The review, published in JMIR, analyzed 20 studies published in Europe and the U.S. that collectively included more than 7,000 participants. Researchers found three main overarching themes: the role of providers and potential benefits to care,...
Wearables shipments worldwide declined 3% year-over-year in the first quarter, marking the industry's first-ever decline, according to a report by the International Data Corporation.
But the shipment slowdown wasn't equal across different types of wearables. Wristband wearables declined 40.5%, while hearables, like earbuds or smart headphones, fell only 0.6%. Watches actually grew 9.1% during the...
Tohoku University's Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, pharmaceutical firms Daiichi Sankyo and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., and medical IT company MICIN have started a collaborative research project to track long-term lifestyle habits to drive the creation of new drugs.
According to a press statement, the organisations will loan wearable tracking devices to about 2,000 participants. Over a year...
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