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July 19, 2015

Micromax owned subsidiary YU Televentures has announced that its YuFit fitness tracker wearable will be available for grabs on July 29 at a price of Rs 999 on Amazon India. Registrations for the flash sale will start on July 21 at 12PM respectively.

Also, Yu has announced that the first 1,000 customers will get free access to a coach via Healthifyme, a startup which Yu had invested in. Healthifyme subscriptions for coaches start at Rs 1,800 for two months and go up to Rs 10,000 for a year.

The YuFit features an OLED display that can track steps, track your sleep and also alert you about incoming calls and messages. The Yu Fit Band is accompanied by the YuFit app which will work with HealthifyMe service to give feedback on data collected by the band.

The new band is said to be the first calorie counter for Indian foods and also, keeps a tab on weight and fitness tracking. On fitnesss front, it gives access to group coaching, social fitness, motivation and more.
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August 22, 2014
Technology has something for everything these days, now even disease monitoring. A wearable vapor sensor that is currently under development at the University of Michigan might just offer disease monitoring continuously for patients who have diabetes, lung disease, anemia and high blood pressure. The market for wearable technology itself is exploding and expected to go up to $14 billion by the next four years or so.
The sensor will be able to detect chemicals that are airborne, from either being released through the skin or exhaled from the lungs, and will most likely be one of the first, if not the only, piece of wearable technology that will be able to pick up on a broad array of not physical, but chemical attributes. The researchers at the University of Michigan are working together with the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps program for the purpose of moving the gadget out of the labs and into the market.
When it comes to wearable technology, everything that could ever be done, is about to get done. Technology has come a long way, from the first ever computer all the way to a piece of technology that can be worn to monitor someone who has issues with their diabetes. The world we live in is truly extraordinary, and technology has yet to slow down.
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August 16, 2014
Computer vision and machine learning may play a role in the next evolution of mobile devices.
Raja Bala, Xerox principal scientist, demonstrates a camera system for highways that uses pattern recognition technology to detect if a driver is using a cell phone.
"Computer vision is making sense out of visual data. It involves capturing and using machine learning to make sense of it," Bala said. It's not quite an out of the box solution. There's a lot that takes place behind the scenes with training the machine-learning component of computer vision to understand objects and even faces.
Bala said that computer vision is the intelligent use of all the sensors on a smartphone. For example, a light sensor can be used to tell how much time someone is spending indoors versus outdoors. Other applications for computer vision include depression therapy, lighting correction in smartphone photography, and even an accelerator for monitoring your activity throughout the day.
Applications
The promise of computer vision and mobile devices could have an impact across healthcare, transportation, and retail. Here's a list of some typical applications of computer vision and mobile devices:
Wearable s and computer vision
Computer vision will play a part in the future of optical wearables (for example, Google Glass) especially in recognizing activities and interaction. Bala offered the following examples:
This video gives an overview of Xerox's Computer vision work:




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