The Jawbone Up is based on technology called MotionX from a company called Fullpower. The US Patent Office has issued patent 8,568,310 to Fullpower. There are 22 claims to the patent; this is the first and most foundational: A method of monitoring human activity using multiple sensors comprising: monitoring accelerations using an inertial sensor; identifying a user activity … [Read more...]
WAPost on Wearables Privacy
We're a little late on this, but our attention was just drawn to a really good Washington Post article about privacy concerns surrounding wearable tech (limited reads). The piece uses recent Samsung launches as the news hook, but it raises good questions about FDA and FTC regulatory issues that device makers and app writers might run up against. The massive amount of data … [Read more...]