Here’s something I didn’t know until I became a NICU parent: In the United States, one in 10 babies are born prematurely. Many preterm babies require a NICU stay, with the average length being 13.5 ...

Redmond, Washington-based Heapsylon has partnered with shoe company Vivobarefoot to sell Heapsylon's Sensoria Fitness sensor-enabled "smart" socks and to further develop the product. The company says ...

Function: The Sensoria Fitness Socks and Anklet combo is meant to help serious runners, walkers, and hopscotchers achieve their fitness goals while avoiding injury, frustration, and the indignity of ...

Smart socks are playing a key role in helping to alleviate back pain. Palarum, the maker of the socks, is partnering with Mayfield Brain & Spine to use key measurements like gait speed and weight ...

Taking care of yourself sometimes requires a bottom-up approach, and here to help with that is Siren Care, a diabetic health-tracking startup with a rather novel approach to wellness. It all starts ...

Three years ago in a Seattle coffee shop, Mario Esposito’s wife Victoria tripped and spilled the cappuccino she had just bought him over his feet. Instead of leaping up in pain as the hot liquid ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by John Cook on Jan 4, 2017 at 9:45 am ...

Get ready for smart socks. Inventor Mario Esposito is taking the monitoring of running and walking to a whole new level. Not only will these socks tell you how fast and how far you’ve gone, they will ...

When the email appeared in my inbox, I thought it was a joke. Smart socks? For $150? The concept sounded, well, the opposite of smart. That impression did not diminish when I saw a prototype of the ...

Owlet Baby Care has discontinued its baby monitor, Smart Sock, in the United States after receiving a warning letter from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. Screenshot of Owlet website Owlet Baby ...

Now you need never sleep through you've favourite Netflix show again. The US streaming giant has just released its own DIY smart socks that can detect if you fall asleep on the sofa and pause the ...

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