Fighting disease with a smartwatch? That’s genius.
A Duke lab uses Al and machine learning to analyze data collected by devices such as smartwatches to ultimately predict and prevent outbreaks of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu.
Read MorePosted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Jan 24, 2024
A Duke lab uses Al and machine learning to analyze data collected by devices such as smartwatches to ultimately predict and prevent outbreaks of RSV, COVID-19 and the flu.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 1, 2023
Apple plans to add blood pressure monitoring and sleep apnea detection to an Apple Watch with an updated design in 2024, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Oct 4, 2023
Google refreshes its product lineup with new Pixel smartphones, a new Pixel watch, and updated Pixel earbuds, all of which will compete with Apple devices.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 14, 2023
The Apple Watch Series 9 replaces the Apple Watch Series 8 in Apple’s smartwatch lineup, so how different are the two successive smartwatch generations? MacRumors compares …
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Dec 5, 2022
The Apple Watch is the most popular wearable device while other similar products from Google and Samsung also dominate the wearables market. But something notable is underway: product which look and sometimes function markedly different from more mainstream wearables, are gaining renewed traction.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 14, 2022
Meta has scrapped the development of its health and messaging-focused smartwatch, in an abrupt end to the company’s plans to directly compete with the Apple Watch. It’s also dropping communications product Portal.
Read MorePosted by Jason Parker | Oct 7, 2022
Google unveiled its new Pixel 7 smartphone lineup and its first-ever Pixel smartwatch, packed with tracking and health features from its subsidiary Fitbit.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Sep 16, 2020
Apple introduced a cheaper version of its smartwatch, its latest attempt to broaden the appeal of its trend-setting products while many consumers are forced to scrimp during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 14, 2019
The results of what researchers are calling the first “virtual study of its kind” were published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday, the product of a collaboration between Apple Watch and Stanford Medical Center. Is this the future of healthcare?
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