Nuvo's alternative involves placing numerous passive sensors in a wearable product, combining it with cloud computing to make pregnancy more transparent to both parents and their doctors.
The Ritmo Beats is the consumer version of the product, and carries multiple acoustic and ECG sensors to provide mothers with real-time data on their unborn child's cardiac activity.
The collected raw data is processed live in the cloud using patented algorithms, with the consumer buying live processing time by the hour.
Users will be able to access the data on their smartphone or through the company's website, where they can record and share the baby's heartbeat with friends and family.
The PregSense is the medical-grade version of the product. According to the company, most of the differences happen in the background, with the device itself carrying the same array of sensors.
The data provided to Ritmo Beats users is limited to a level that's appropriate for consumer wellness use, PregSense will provide doctors with a wide range of stats, from the heart rates of the mother and fetus, to kicks, sleep state and contractions.
The company intends to have the product approved by regulatory bodies, and will provide less restricted access to the cloud platform.
A new wearable suit called the Antelope uses muscle-targeting electrodes to increase the intensity of your gym workouts and other types of exercise.
Wearable Life Science, the German startup behind the suit, says 20 minutes of exercise using the Antelope could be as effective and beneficial as three hours of activity without it.
The lightweight smart clothing can be worn for almost any activity.
The suit focuses on repeatedly stimulating different muscles depending on the type and intensity of your exercise. These pulses mimic prompts given by the brain to flex the muscles.
The smart garments are based around the same kind of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) technology that's extensively used in physiotherapy to prod muscles into action.
Usain Bolt is among the athletes known to have used EMS clothing in the past and the Antelope suit isn't the first wearable to use this approach, so it's a technology that's gaining momentum.
The Antelope is thin, light and wire-free and shouldn't interfere with any kind of exercise, whether that's a boxing session in the gym or several miles of cycling.
The Bluetooth Cloud Buds fix that by going wireless, and they offer some other great features, too.
The Cloud Buds offer a wireless range of around 30 feet.
The sound on offer is crystal clear due to a noise-canceling outer shell
You get multiple sizes of buds to ensure a snug fit.
The headset is surprisingly lightweight, and there are optional ear hooks.
It was a microphone built in, you can use the Cloud Buds as a handsfree kit, with the remote control offering quick access to answering calls and switching tracks.
The experimental system allows users to control mobile devices using flexible, stretchable stickers that attach to their skin.
It was developed by a team from Saarland University in Germany and Carnegie Mellon University in the US.
The silicone iSkin stickers contain capacitive and resistive sensors that respond to being touched.
They can be made in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and temporarily applied almost anywhere on the body via a medical-grade adhesive.
It can be removed, rolled up and put away when not in use.
It includes the taking and placing of phone calls, controlling music playback, typing and sending messages, so pretty much anything else that's currently done on a mobile device screen.
They're capable of multi-touch functionality, and also recognize gestures such as swiping.
The current prototypes are hard-wired to a computer, although it is hoped that integrated chips might ultimately allow them to communicate with other devices wirelessly.
