Wearable well being monitoring specialist NOWATCH has pledged to launch a screen-free smartwatch, developed in partnership with Philips, which it claims not solely predicts wearer stress ranges but additionally helps cut back them.
“Individuals are extra pressured than ever earlier than and want easy but highly effective options to assist them maintain their feelings and well being,” says Hylke Muntinga, CEO and co-founder of NOWATCH. :NOWATCH is simple to make use of, so it doesn’t change into one other distraction or impediment for the person and is a strong software that helps individuals keep related to the current and obtain well-being. NOWATCH reminds us all that there isn’t any time like the current, there’s solely now.”
The NOWATCH doesn’t have a show when worn as a watch – however does have a replaceable gemstone face in place – and communicates with the wearer by way of vibrations. An electrodermal exercise (EDA) sensor from Philips displays the wearer’s pores and skin conductivity and makes use of it to foretell stress ranges – studying whereas detecting patterns and predicting the height of the “cognitive zone” when the wearer’s mind is more likely to work at its finest.
Different sensors on the machine embody a purple and inexperienced photoplethysmography (PPA) sensor for coronary heart charge monitoring, an accelerometer, temperature sensor and barometer. A Bluetooth Low Power (BLE) radio connects NOWATCH to the person’s smartphone, the place readings will be monitored and time-stamped information logged by urgent the highest of the machine can be utilized to create a “stress fingerprint.” In response to its creators, the app additionally presents respiration workouts and way of life tricks to cut back stress.
Regardless of no display, NOWATCH consists of an array of sensors and a BLE radio. (📷: WATCH NOW)
NOWATCH launches on the Client Electronics Present (CES) in Las Vegas this week, with costs beginning at $369 – rising to $499 when the present is over. Patrons throughout CES may also get pleasure from a free lifetime subscription to the corporate’s software program updates, which usually begins at $6 monthly for a three-year contract.
Extra data out there on the NOWATCH website.
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