In 2018,Applehas had its engineers working on an interesting incremental innovation that could have a considerable impact on progress made in health in wearables. Something that does not yet exist in direct competition, and which could therefore be a key asset for the product to be favored by more… Athletes.
Indeed, who other than athletes to monitor the development of their muscle mass? This is what a future Watch model could offer, according to onebrevetregistered with the USPTO (American organization responsible for validating them) this month, in addition to thebiometric software unlock.
Measuring force
The technology in question is based on the principle ofelectromyography(abbreviated EMG in medical language). This uses different sensors placed all around the wrist in order to monitor the activity of the organs that power our forearm and our hand. Yes, you read correctly: all around the wrist, and therefore not under the screen, but indeed in thebraceletof the Apple Watch, which we hear about again afterfirst rumors about its connectivity.
The objective of such a device? Inform you of several physical data in real time, such as the level ofstressor the energy expended by your upper limbs to firmly grasp objects. Face ID would also be there, without Cupertino talking about the integration of any objective. Not long ago, we even learned thatthe antenna is also likely to follow this evolution.
The risk of this change is that the device becomes more expensive, or at best that it is available in a second high-end model like the new AirPods Pro. Accessory manufacturers, for their part, will have to get up to date by offeringsmartbandsrather than simple pieces of leather or metal.
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