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Vitamin D tracker
Millions of people today are vitamin
D deficient due to a lack of sunlight.
E-Senses showed prototypes of Helios
Smart Ring, a wearable that monitors the
user’s Vitamin D, sunlight and daylight
intake and encourages them to go outside
more often. It also provides notifications
about sun protection with advice on how
long you can safely stay outside.
Contactless payment ring
Kerv Wearables launched a contactless
payment ring that enables the wearer to
make a contactless payment wherever
Mastercard contactless transactions are
allowed. The ring is waterproof, scratchproof
and doesn’t need charging or pairing with a
smartphone to work. It links to a Mastercard
prepaid account issued by PSI-PAY Ltd
and comes with a companion card for
higher value transactions, online payments
or cash withdrawals. Users can view their
spending activity in real-time and, for
added security, can turn the ring on and off.
Dave Meadon, senior vice president, EMV
and digital devices at Mastercard, said:
“Mastercard is continually looking for new
ways to make transactions more secure
and more convenient. The Kerv ring is a
demonstration of how Mastercard’s secure
M/Chip technology can power contactless
payments in innovative consumer devices.”
Biometric button
Tapdo is a wearable smart button that
lets you control technology with your
fingerprints. The user can assign different
functions to different parts of the finger,
enabling the hand to become a shortcut
for controlling apps and devices with the
tap of a button. Tapdo is raising funds on
Kickstarter and should ship to backers in
September.
Neuroscience-informed
recruitment
Cognisess helps companies use
‘people analytics’ as a recruitment and
benchmarking tool. Its software platform
Cognisess Deep Learn provides insights
on candidates’ strengths, attributes and
personality traits so a company can screen
hundreds of applicants and auto-invite for
interview without having to sift through CVs.
It can also be used to assess current talent
to boost performance and target training
where needed.
Smart glasses
Epson’s stand featured a range of wearable
devices including its Moverio BT-350
smart glasses, which use AR to bring
museums and other visitor attractions to
life, and the Moverio Pro BT-2000 smart
headset designed for business and mobile
workforce applications. Following a recent
partnership between the two companies,
Epson was also highlighting DJI drones
and the DJI GO app. Optimised for Epson
Moverio BT-300 AR smart glasses, this
enables drone pilots to see the view from
a drone camera while maintaining a line of
sight view of their aircraft.
Wearable Technology
Show 2017
The fourth annual Wearable Technology
Show took place on March 7-8 at London’s
ExCel conference centre. Co-located with
The Digital Health Technology Show, the
AR, VR & MXR Show and IOT Connect, the
two-day event attracted 100 exhibitors
from 20 countries and around 5,000
industry professionals and ‘prosumers’.
More than 50 new products were
launched. Tayla Ansell picks some of her
favourites.
Connected worker
Wearable Technologies Limited
develops washable electronics that
can be embedded into safety wear for
workers. Subsidiary company Visijax has
developed hi-vis safety vests and parkas
with integrated LEDs for visibility and an
ICEid tag (In Case of Emergency), which
makes the wearer’s emergency contact
details and medical information quickly
available to first responders. Wearable
Technologies is also developing an
IoT-connected worker safety platform
for real-time incident monitoring that
connects to smart workwear and
provides businesses with data on their
workers’ state and location.
