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...

Shoe wearables – stepping into a new era for healthcare

Shoe wearables Stepping into a new era for healthcareConnected shoe technology is a growing field with a broad range of applications, and it is set to make a significant contribution to the world of health and wellbeing over the next few years. How does this...

Will health monitoring be revolutionised by hearable technology in 2021?

Hearables, headphones or earphones that use digital technology to improve the listening experience, connect us to smart assistants or monitor our health, are set to be one of the next big revolutions in wearables. Here’s a look at how that will happen. As smart...

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

System Prototypes may look ugly, but they sure do work!

Creating a System Prototype gives us the opportunity to create a fully functional prototype of the system without needing to miniaturise everything.

Rapid learning and risk reduction with Feasibility Prototyping

A guide to the key stages in wearable technology prototyping

In this series of posts, 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 the processes...

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Q&A with Marija Butkovic, CEO of Women of Wearables (WoW)

Jun 15, 2021

The social gains of location tracking in wearable tech

May 19, 2021

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...

How to bootstrap deployment of wearable tech products

May 10, 2021

Our CEO, Jacob Skinner, will be sharing insights from Thrive's diverse experience taking clients through a roadmap to deploy wearables at a webinar held later this month for the Women of Wearables Knowledge Hub. If you are a Women of Wearables (WoW) member, you can...