MAINSTREAMDECLINING EMERGINGDATA THAT’S MORE THAN SKIN DEEP

Capturing movement is only a small fraction of the

data available to understand the human body. The

real insights lie beneath the skin, at the

microbiological level, where the body’s first signs of

ailment and disease occur. To sense these issues,

device makers are beginning to release next

generation sensing platforms – breath sensors and

impedance devices – that provide users with a

particle-level view of his/hers body composition.

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MINT BREATHOMETER

Mint is a portable breath quality and hydration

detection product.

MYBIODY BALANCE

The MyBiody is a handheld impedance device

that runs a gentle current through the body to

measure body fat, muscle mass and hydration.

LEVL

LEVL measures acetone in the breath, using

a nano-sensor, to reveal when a user has

reached a fat burning state during exercise

PLAYTABASE REEMO

Reemo enables seniors to control their

surroundings using simple gestures, while

providing caretakers with remote insights

into the person’s well-being.

MAINSTREAMDECLINING EMERGINGCONNECTED US for the REST OF US

At the dawn of Quantified Self movement a host of

devices were created to show to 25 to 35-year-old,

Bay Area technocrats just how much (or little) they

were moving. As the category matures, other

products have been introduced to monitor the health

and wellbeing of the oldest and youngest among us,

whose fragility has made a compelling use case for

how these products can be used to save lives.

EMFIT SAFEBED

The SafeBed is a monitor placed beneath a

mattress to detect heartbeat, breathing and a

person’s presence on or absence from a bed.

BLOOM BELLI

Belli is a smart device worn during the third

trimester to track a woman’s contractions, as

she prepares for the big day.

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MAINSTREAMDECLINING EMERGINGYOUR TECHNOLOGY is SHOWING

With wearables, as in real estate, it’s all about loca-

tion, location, location. In the early days of fitness

tracking, the electronics used to capture our activi-

ties landed on the wrist because it was fun to show

off a new gadget and we didn’t have anywhere else

to put it. But with advances in miniaturization and

flexible materials, the future of the category is

moving to less ostentatious locations – in our shirts,

in our shoes and hidden within our jewelry.

MISFIT RAYSENSORIA SPORTS BRAUNDER ARMOUR GEMINI 2s

The Gemini 2 has an embedded chip that tracks a

runner’s speed, distance and cadence without

requiring the user to carry a smartphone.

The Sensoria Fitness Smart Sports Bra provides

accurate and consistent heart rate monitoring

without the hassle of wearing a strap.

Misfit’s newest wearable – Ray – can be worn

on the wrist or around the neck, and is meant

to stylishly pair with the user’s wardrobe.

CES 2016 TRENDS RECAP

DIETSENSOR, ScIO

MAINSTREAMDECLINING EMERGINGYOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

NIMA BY 6SENSOR LABS HIDRATE SPARK

CES 2016 TRENDS RECAP

In Worrell’s research, “eating healthy” is the most

common response to what does being healthy mean

to you? We all know we need to do it, but how, what,

when and why remains unclear. On top of that, the

gadgets we use to stay fit only focus on calories

burned, providing little to no feedback on what is

being consumed. New products, revealed at CES

2016, are solving for the other side of the equation,

exposing new insights on the food and liquids going

into our bodies.

Nima’s one-time-use capsules and discrete

food-tester reveal potentially dangerous food

allergens to a user within two minutes of sampling.

The Spark keeps track of how much water you

drink, sending reminders to help you stay

appropriately hydrated.

SCiO uses spectrometry to analyze the chemical

makeup of your food, which is automatically ported

to a diet-coaching app.

MAINSTREAMDECLINING EMERGINGCONNECTED COACHING

KUAI BIOMETRIC HEADPHONESUNDER ARMOUR COGNITIVE COACHING

CES 2016 TRENDS RECAP

Fitness goals based on population averages are

useful to no one. Our bodies are different, our goals

are different and therefore the needs we require of

our wearable technologies are unique to each user.

Thankfully, advances in user interface design and

artificial intelligence have ushered in a new era of

personalized coaching with the power to deliver

course-correcting insights to a user in real time.

IBM Watson’s Cognitive Coaching System

will provide Under Armour’s users with

timely, evidence-based coaching based

on other users “like you.”

Kuai’s headphones coach users during their

exercise with live voice feedback and

professional training plans.

ORCAM MYEYE

OrCam leverages the latest advances in

computer vision and machine learning to help

the vision impaired make sense of the faces

and spaces around them, in real time.

Have more to share about these trendsor want to continue the conversation?Please feel free to reach out:

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