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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Made for the hardcore runner, the Sensoria smart sock manages to stand out of the wearable crowd on the show floor of CES 2015. Nic Healey Senior Editor / Australia Nic Healey is a Senior Editor with ...

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 ...

A PhD candidate at the Australia-based Melbourne School of Engineering developed a pair of “smart socks” to improve remote physical therapy. Rural patients who live far away from facilities with ...

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