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What if your everyday wearable could go beyond steps and sleep and help you understand your body in ways no one else has before?

Wearables are no longer just about counting steps, tracking heart rate or monitoring sleep. Today’s innovations are pushing the boundaries of personal health data. From wrist sensors to smart textiles, the next wave of wearable tech is moving closer to the body and further into meaningful insights.

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/healthcare-innovation/steps-stress-and-sleep-what-wearables-can-measure/90640652

Fibra, a Canadian, Velocity-linked startup is developing smart underwear that continuously and non-invasively collects health data, starting with reproductive metrics like cycle trends and ovulation — all delivered to your phone in real time.

By integrating advanced textile sensors with data analytics, Fibra is helping to democratize access to health insights that have traditionally required invasive tests or clinical visits. This wearable tech is connecting to people in everyday life.

Connect with Fibra at https://myfibra.com/

Page raises $4.1 million to help organizations track government changes with AI.

“The uncertainty and the trade war and the tariffs and the change in government have really put a spotlight on companies needing to make sure they have good, clear, actionable insight into what’s happening … I think the current climate is just a really visceral example of why this is so important,” Ben Cox told BetaKit in an interview.

• The External Affairs industry has quadrupled since 2000 with about $42 billion spent in labour in North American and European markets that could be addressed by AI tools like Page.

• Page's AI solution addresses the challenges faced by external relations teams in processing vast amounts of information at unprecedented speeds.

• Page plans to expand AI platform to United States, United Kingdom markets.

Read more: https://betakit.com/as-trade-war-rages-page-raises-4-1-million-to-help-organizations-track-government-changes-with-ai/

A simple saliva test could detect a concussion.

HeadFirst, a company at Velocity has developed a way to test for concussions using a simple saliva test. The process provides a rapid and accurate way to detect mild traumatic brain injuries.

The startup’s technology advances the traditional concussion tests that are largely subjective and could give athletes a way to circumvent a head trauma diagnosis, which ultimately leaves these injuries undetected and untreated. HeadFirst has developed a saliva-based concussion test to equip athletic departments, sports organizations, and healthcare facilities with objective results to treat athletes proportional to their injuries.

HeadFirst’s CEO and co-founder Andrew Cordssen-David was inspired to find a better way of testing concussions after playing competitive hockey for many years. An athlete’s competitive nature often incentivizes them to downplay symptoms to pass standard concussion tests and remain in the game, he said.

Read more: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/detecting-concussions-simple-spit-test

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