The product monitors fitness by measuring distance, calories burned, and heart rate safety by tracking location, potential risks for sleep apnea, and automatic emergency alerts health by gathering data on skin temperature, blood oxygen saturation, electrocardiography, and stress levels and lifestyle choices by offering a barcode scanner, gesture control, and a method for payment. While there are many wristworn wearables on the market, Vidameter’s pitch is that their device offers a holistic approach to well-being. In the first six days, Traq Me raised $3,040 of its $5,000 goal. Traq Me wants to use the funds from the campaign to setup of a server, launch a pilot product, and make Traq Me available to those who speak Spanish.
There are over 10 million people with diabetes in the US alone who do not own a smartphone but have a normal mobile phone, according to Traq Me’s website. The campaign launched 5 days ago and has raised $376 out of a $60,000 goal.Īlthough many products are already on the market that offer smartphone connected glucometers, including Sanofi’s iBGStar and LabStyle’s Dario, Traq Me aims to provide people with reminders to measure blood sugar and record these metrics via text message. The company aims to get FDA 510(k) clearance in time to ship the device by October 2014. Users can also use the portal to video conference with their physician, screenshare images, and schedule exams. The headset connects to an eVisit web portal and mobile app so that this information can be saved. The company’s product, a headset, lets a user connect any stethoscope to record sounds of his or her heart, lungs, and GI tract. The small device is meant to be worn on the upper half of the user’s shirt and sends alerts to the user’s smartphone when they slouch.īecause doctor’s office visits tend to be infrequent, InstaMD wants to provide users with a way to give their physicians an up-to-date view of their health. Posture correcting company Lumo Body Tech crowdfunded its latest device, called Lumo Lift, in January 2014. UpRight's campaign started yesterday and has raised $7,899 of its $70,000 goal. The app helps users set goals, review analytics about their posture, and connect with other UpRight users. Data is sent to a connected app via Bluetooth, which offers users a training program based on their height, age, and other factors. UpRight also has an embedded accelerometer that takes note of the user’s position and can determine whether the user is standing, sitting, walking, or running. The small device attaches to the user’s lower back and gently vibrates when the user slouches. This company claims its posture correcting device will train users to stand straighter in just a few weeks. This month, companies are crowdfunding products that include a mobile system to help prevent heart attacks or strokes and a texting service for people with diabetes. Last month’s set of projects included Fitnotix, a company that is developing a web and mobile platform to help consumers incorporate fitness into their daily lives CureCrowd, a platform that wants to crowdsource health information from patients and iFocusBand, a wearable brain training system that fits into an existing hat or headband and contains three EEG sensors. During the past month, at least five startups have launched new Indiegogo campaigns to crowdfund their digital health startups.
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