Wearable Technology

There will be over 3 billion sensors in wearable technology devices by 2025, with more than 30% being emerging sensor types.

Europe's biggest wearable technology event exploring the upcoming technologies and their market drivers.

Many people tell us that the Internet of Things (IoT) is much more than the narrow definition of systems based on IP addressed microcontrollers with sensors.

In 2025 over $25 billion will be spent on formulations and intermediate materials for wearable technology, as forecast by analysts IDTechEx in the brand new report Wearable Technology Materials 2015-2025.

The progress of virtual reality headsets.

IDTechEx report from the Protein event.

Intel have released the long-awaited Edison - a powerful microcontroller the size of an SD card.

In 2012 347 million people worldwide had diabetes according to the World Health Organization. Disposable glucose test strips have improved the lives of millions of diabetic patients who need to monitor their blood glucose level on a regular basis.

Analysts IDTechEx are unique in having six up-to-date reports with ten year forecasts on the wearable technology market.

In this article we focus on the current status of the main printed electronics technologies for components in consumer goods and healthcare applications, providing for each one market drivers, case studies and key suppliers, cost structures and challenges.