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1Q 2012

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Wireless within wearable devices, as within most devices, brings a new level of mobility and flexibility. For wearable sensors monitoring the performance or condition of an individual, it means being able to collect more data over longer periods of time without interrupting an individual's usual routines. Wireless has been embedded in wearable sensors for years, but a new way of wireless protocol standardization and simplified connectivity to online applications is driving a new wave of device development and adoption. This report focuses on the development, current adoption, and potential for embedded wireless communication technologies within wearable fitness and medical sensors. Such devices include heart-rate monitors, glucose measurement sensors, sleep monitors, activity sensors, and others. Examined in the report are the key technologies, applications, industry players, and associations that are shaping and growing this market as well as some of the issues yet to be overcome. The report splits the market for wearable wireless devices within sports and healthcare into four categories: sports, fitness, and well-being; home monitoring; remote patient monitoring; and on-site professional healthcare monitoring. The report also assesses the market for wearable devices embedded with wireless communications across two wireless connectivity options: short-range wireless and embedded cellular connectivity.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

• What is driving demand for wearable wireless sensors?
• How quickly is the market for wearable wireless sensors growing and how will it develop over the next five years?
• What are the key applications and device categories that will drive adoption and what are the specific requirements and potentials of each?
• What are the key considerations - both drivers and inhibitors - that companies assessing the potential of this market should consider?
• What are the key wireless connectivity protocols and air-interfaces that will support and drive the market?
• What are the key regions investing in and set to drive adoption of wearable wireless sensors?

Who Needs This Report?

• SRW semiconductor and M2M module suppliers
• Consumer sports and healthcare device manufacturers
• Healthcare providers
• Health insurance providers
• On-line sports and activity application developers
• Sports equipment manufacturers
• Wearable GPS device manufacturers
• Assisted living and personal emergency alarm device and service providers