Smart sock for baby monitoring in funding campaign
(Phys.org) —Owlet Baby Monitors, a Salt Lake City business, is self-raising funds for its product, Owlet Vitals Monitor, a "smart" sock on the baby that can monitor vital signs and can send the information direct to a smartphone or other mobile device. The monitor relays such information as heart rate, oxygen levels, sleep position and sleep quality and can give you that data realtime on the phone. The company's goal is $100,000 and it hopes to be able to start shipping in November. It is no secret that information technology is to advance beyond the confines of screen and keyboard, and all eyes are on the future of wearables and the applications these wearables will support. In medicine and general health, it is a no-brainer to imagine the possibilities of wearables providing monitoring information for preventive health, from athletes wearing watches and wristbands to monitor performance to wearables for...