Droid Sensors, Mobile Sensors

NASA Ames Scientist Develops Cell Phone Chemical Sensor

Source: NASA.gov Jing Li, a physical scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., along with other researchers working under the Cell-All program in the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, developed a proof of concept of new technology that would bring compact, low-cost, low-power, high-speed nanosensor-based chemical sensing capabilities to cell phones. The device Li developed is about the size of a postage stamp and is designed to...

Fitbit

The Fitbit accurately tracks your calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled and sleep quality. The Fitbit contains a 3D motion sensor like the one found in the Nintendo Wii. The Fitbit tracks your motion in three dimensions and converts this into useful information about your daily activities. You can wear the Fitbit on your waist, in your pocket or on undergarments. At night, you can wear the Fitbit clipped to the included wristband in order to track your sleep. Anytime you walk by...

Diabetes Meter Mates With PC/Phone to Track Trends

Source:  The Wall Street Journal The device  looks like a fancy USB thumb drive, with an extra appendage. The appendage is the business end of the glucose meter, where the patient inserts a test strip dabbed with a drop of blood. The device sells for $75. It’s loaded with software that runs when you plug it into a USB port, and can show you various charts and logs of how your blood-sugar levels vary over time. Read more: link

Sensortive

Package name : com.freshprogramming.sensortive Reports data from GPS, Network and Accelerometer. Records min and max accelerometer data. Can prevent phone from sleeping to allow uninterruptible data collection. v 1.1.0 Now with record and export features to save data to SD card. Feel free to email suggestions for future updates and other new features.

Only sensors will make revolution in profitability of mHealth and Health 2.0

Only sensors will make revolution in profitability of mHealth/ Health 2.0 (sensors for mobile phones, not ordinary Health 2.0  web portals ) As the editor of two medical software blogs for iPhone and Android, I can notice that there are the low share of apps and the low profit in medical and healthcare categories because of poor quality of majority of the apps . Therefore at the present time there is almost nothing innovative there from the user’s or technological points of view, isn’t i...

Apple investigates space-age fitness tracking technology

Source: AppleInsider New patent applications revealed this week show that Apple has investigated technology with advanced physiological sensors for measuring workout activity from inside the user's ear canal. Apple currently has a number of fitness-oriented features available in its iPod line, but the Cupertino, Calif., company's latest patent describes an extremely advanced system using unique technology. Among a number of described methods for measuring exertion during physical exercise ...

Telemedicine, e-records, and wearable sensors: Medical tech’s growth spurt

Technological innovations, driven by extensive research and development, are vital to progress in the sphere of healthcare, according to IEEE. As new technologies are applied on various fronts of healthcare, several workshops on creation of CCC Robotics Roadmap, which is set to determine the impact of robotics technology on various spheres of human lives, were held recently by the Computing Community Consortium (CCC). During the workshops, the organization developed a roadmap for wearable se...

VeriFone Announces iPhone Secure Payments Solution

VeriFone Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: PAY) today announced PAYware Mobile, a complete payment solution for the Apple iPhone that provides small businesses with simple and secure card processing capabilities on the popular smartphone platform. VeriFone’s payment solution for the iPhone (www.paywaremobile.com) puts mainstream payment processing capabilities in the hands of small business merchants who need a mobile card acceptance solution for enterprises such as home repair, small cafes, door-to-do...

NANO Sensors’s Future from Nokia

Future from Nokia

PROXIMITY SENSOR

Package name : TomReay.proxSensor For the HTC Hero: Acts as a proximity sensor using the built in light sensor during phone calls. Automatically locks the screen when you put it to your ear, unlocking it again when you take it away from your ear