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WEARABLE INSIGHTS
How 5G will transform wearable technology and make us healthier
Wearable insights How 5G will transform wearable technology and make us healthierThe next generation of mobile communications network, 5G, promises faster data transfers, increased bandwidth, and the ability to connect many more devices to the internet. Mobile network...
Improving clinical trials through wearable tech
Wearable insights Improving clinical trials through wearable techClinical trials are the universally accepted way of ensuring the safety of new pharmaceuticals and clinical treatments. But is there room to innovate using wearable technology? Clinical trials are the...
The social gains of location tracking in wearable tech
The social gains of location tracking in wearable tech Our collective experience of the pandemic has swept many of the old concerns about tech privacy to one side, while bringing to the fore the need to apply human ingenuity to solve long-standing social and health...
INSPIRING PEOPLE Q&As
Q&A with Marija Butkovic, CEO of Women of Wearables (WoW)
Insights into femtech and succeeding as women entrepreneurs A conversation with Marija Butkovic, CEO of Women of wearables (WOW)Marija Butkovic is a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, innovation consultant, feminist, and advocate for diversity and inclusion in the tech...
Product Development Engineer Zima on femtech and her unconventional journey to wearable tech
Zima Pawulska is a member of the Thrive tech team, a Product Development Engineer and Project Lead. She holds a BSc in Product Design and an MSc in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Recently, she’s been working with Moonly to create a prototype of a belt which provides...
Q&A with an inspiring entrepreneur #1: Hadeel Ayoub, Founder of BrightSign
In our Inspiring People Q&A Series, we focus on a set of entrepreneurs who are developing Wearable Technology and IoT products that will change people’s lives. Our first entrepreneur is Hadeel Ayoub. Hadeel is a PhD student in the Department of Arts &...
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT INSIGHTS
Production validation is the final sprint to the line of wearable product development
In this series of posts on prototyping, we explore how wearable technology is created. Through tried and tested prototyping iterations, we look at how to deliver game-changing wearable technology products from idea to mass production. Every product is different, but...
Bringing a product to life through a Form Factor Prototype
Creating a System Prototype gives us the opportunity to create a fully functional prototype of the system without needing to miniaturise everything.
Closer to market with a Concept Prototype
In this series of posts on prototyping, we explore how wearable technology is created. Through tried and tested prototyping iterations, we look at how to deliver game-changing wearable technology products from idea to mass production. Every product is different, but...
NEWS AND EVENTS
Meet Will Robards, Thrive’s new Head of Technology
Introducing the newest member of our team Meet Will Robards, Thrive's new Head of TechnologyIntroducing the newest member of our team: Will Robards! Will has joined Thrive as Head of Technology, and is applying himself to our client projects as well as internal work....
Smart Shoes and Parkinson’s: Seeking European Partners for Gait Analysis Grant Application
Thrive Wearables is the leading wearable technology design and development consultancy based in the UK, making an impact in global health and wellbeing through bringing wearable innovations to market. Call for Partners: We are seeking to partner up with European...
Stress management revolutionary wearable to hit mass production stage
We have been working with BioSelf, a London and Los Angeles based startup, on their revolutionary wearable product tackling stress and anxiety. Sensate is designed to calm your fight-flight-freeze response, to relax you in the moment and improve your stress resilience...
