Samsung is ramping up its focus on health. The company recently showed off its latest health-tracking wristband, the Simband. The Simband, a sort-of hybrid between a smartwatch and fitness tracker, uses different wavelengths of light to continuously track things like your blood pressure, respiration, heart rate and more. It then takes that raw data and converts it into a stream of information for you to interpret. The Simband is powered by a “shuttle battery,” which re-charges while you sleep. That means you can wear the device 24 hours a day to make sure you get complete readouts. For now, the Simband is still an “investigative device,” according to Samsung, which means it’s not available for purchase. But more importantly, it’s the first device Samsung designed around its new platform, SAMI. SAMI was made to unite health trackers from every manufacturer. Samsung wants to make wearable sensors more accurate and make them more readily available, and SAMI – and the Simband – are the first steps.
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Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.