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Article updated on September 1, 2026 The future of healthcare is personal, predictive, and increasingly powered by devices you wear, carry, or have implanted. What was speculative a few years ago is now a $117 billion global market for wearable medical devices, growing at roughly 20 percent annually. Smartwatches detect irregular heart rhythms. Continuous glucose…

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Beyond 10,000 steps: Fitness wearables get smarter about recovery From watches and screenless bands that track heart rate variability, VO₂ max and sleep to physiological testing, fitness is moving beyond simply working out, but what consumers want to know is if all premium Representative image for fitness wearable Namrata Kohli7 min read Last Updated :…

Samsung just concluded its First Look event at CES 2026, announcing a number of new products, including a gigantic 130-inch Micro RGB TV. However, the impressive new display wasn’t the only takeaway from the keynote. The company also announced that it’s taking health tech on its wearables in a whole new direction

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Accessible Healthcare and Assistive Technology with Wearables Aug 07, 2026 Wearable technology has the means to revolutionize health and wellbeing management, with the introduction of streamlined and miniaturized devices in recent years for diabetes management, assistive audio transcription, and general health stats access. IDTechEx’s portfolio of Wearable Technology Research Reports and Subscriptions covers a diverse…

Healthcare wearables developer Whoop has raised $575 million in Series G funding, bringing its valuation to $10.1 billion

I’ve been tracking biometric data about my body since what feels like the dawn of time (or at least the dawn of wearables). I ran a half-marathon with the first Fitbit tracker, reviewed the very first Apple Watch and used the first smartphone-connected thermometer for ovulation tracking back when it was a pen-and-paper operation for…

Wearable devices have transformed how people track exercise, sleep, heart rate and other vital signs. Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) are now exploring whether similar technologies could one day help monitor medicines inside the body. 

What new methods can be used for plants to monitor their health? This is what a recent study published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated using “wearable” technology for plants to monitor their health. This study has the potential to develop new technologies to monitor plant…