Archive for 'health and wellness' Category

CES is coming once again…

CES is less than two weeks away, and we’re expecting a strong emphasis on Health and Wellness this year. There’s a new and larger Digital Health Pavilion, where we will be exhibiting at booth 3031 in North Hall. (By the way that last link is worth clicking for the quite satisfying animation!). Also we’ll be taking [...]

Consumers showing growing appetite for health and wellness devices

A recent research report from IBM shows consumers are looking for information to help them lead healthier lives, and says that the corresponding market for devices that do this is relatively untapped.  This trend explains why a slew of consumer product companies are looking to launch ‘health and wellness’ devices in the near future. As [...]

Google Health and PowerMeter are closing – 5 reasons this may not be a coincidence

Last friday Google announced that it is withdrawing two of its services – Google Health and Google PowerMeter. It’s no coincidence that these two have been announced at the same time….

CES is only two weeks away….

…. it seems hard to believe at the moment, as we prepare for a brief chance to enjoy taking consuming our products at Christmas, but in two weeks we’ll be setting up the stand for another exciting Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  As Rachel mentioned, we’ll be showing two of the innovative consumer products [...]

Cambridge ideas that could change the world!

I went to Robinson College last night for the “Cambridge ideas that could change the world!” event,  the Cambridge Corporate Gateway open meeting. This isn’t a full write-up, but some take-aways, at least from my product innovation point of view. I’ve heard it said that these events can be somewhat  inward looking. The word Cambridge does [...]

Telehealth…the worried well…data sensor fusion…buzz words or opportunities for innovation?

The consumer products team here at CC are a pretty health conscious bunch. We all like to cycle to work, are fond of debating the merits of the banana over the sponge pudding in the canteen and do all sorts of sports in our spare time. So, as you would expect considering we also spend our days immersed in innovative consumer product developments, we’re quite geeky about healthy living gadgets as well.