Samsung announces new hardware platform to help you get healthy

[Guest Christian de Looper]

 

Today Samsung announced a new wearable health tracker at a health related event in San Francisco. The platform is called the SIMBAND, and it straps onto the wearers wrist and users a number of sensors to track heart rate, blood pressure, temperature, hydration, and so on.

 

The design of the device is modular, and it uses the new Samsung Architecture Multimedia Interactions (SAMI) platform to put together data from different sources. Despite this, the SIMBAND is a prototype, and may not go on sale.

 

 

The idea is that Samsung is testing what can be done with this kind of technology, so it could lead to another device that could be released, such as a follow up to the Galaxy Gear line. The device may also be meant to pre-empt Apple’s upcoming iWatch.

 

 

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