Instruments of Things is a German music-tech company founded in 2018 that develops solutions for sound and media interaction. The company’s vision is to build bridges between humans and auditive media to let people become musicians, performers and creators in an intuitive way. The company is now launching SOMI-1, an interactive wearable sensor kit that […]
Movesense congratulates TeamNL for winning wheelchair basketball in Tokyo Paralympics! The team has been using Movesense sensors to monitor their training and, apparently, to gain a competitive edge. The training tool that the team is using is Wheelchair Mobility Performance Monitor, an application developed by a Dutch research group led by Dr. Rienk van der […]
Firstbeat Sports has released the Firstbeat Sports: Athlete app, available on iOS and Android mobile devices via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Increase buy-in and make your athletes part of the data collection process This dedicated app gives athletes greater control and access to their performance data, providing a resourceful aid for […]
We are proud to introduce a new member of the Movesense sensor family, Movesense Sensor HR. The new sensor version features a 9-axis motion measurement, heart rate, and a single-channel, non-medical ECG, as in the widely used HR+ model, but does not have a temperature sensor or 1-wire connection that is used with Movesense Smart […]
The global shortage of electronic components is currently affecting the electronics industry on all fronts, including Movesense. Some chip manufacturers are unable to meet the global demand, leading to the situation that certain components are available through distributors only. The unfortunate consequence of the crisis is a rapid increase in purchase prices of individual components, […]
Movesense Academic Program is an initiative by the Movesense team and Movesense development partner Kaasa Solution to support scientific research with expert tools for collecting movement, heart rate and ECG data. We are proud to invite two new projects to the program. Both projects of this selection round are related to health. One of the […]
Movesense software partner Kaasa Solution recently announced a solution to connect the Movesense sensor with the Alexa voice assistant system. With the implementation, the sensor communicates directly with the voice assistant, enabling new use cases and a practical voice command user interface. In the demo setup, Movesense sensor detects specific exercises and sends the information […]
Heart2Save, Lumoava and Suunto have developed and launched the Awario Gem ECG necklace, which, together with the user’s phone, enables the measurement of a hospital-level ECG (electrocardiogram) at home. Awario Gem helps identify the four most common arrhythmias, the most dangerous of which is atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation causes about 4,500 strokes in Finland every […]
Navispace is calling all health-related Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs to join the 13th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® – the world´s leading open innovation platform in the Internet of Medical Things. The competition promotes innovations, makes them visible to the world, and connects innovators with decision-makers, potential partners, investors and customers. […]
Physilect is a Finnish pioneer of computer aided remote rehabilitation. The company has just launched their first mobile game that includes exercise elements and is working on several more. The games are utilizing Movesense sensors as a game controller and an interaction device between the game and the player. Exergames are computer games that are […]
