The World's Smallest Wellness Wearable, Smart Earrings, Just Launched on Kickstarter
Lumia Health has launched the Lumia 2, a smart earring wearable billed as the world's smallest wellness device, on Kickstarter, where it quickly raised over $800,000. The device tracks over 20 health metrics, including heart rate, blood flow, sleep, and activity, using sensors placed behind the ear for improved accuracy. It features swappable batteries for continuous use, works with a mobile app, and offers optional data sharing for research. The device is not FDA-cleared and requires a subscription for full functionality.
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Wearables like smartwatches and smart rings can be bulky, making them difficult to wear 24/7. That's a gap that smart earring creator Lumia Health hopes to fill with the Lumia 2 device, which was originally created in collaboration with researchers at Johns Hopkins, Duke and Harvard to assist patients with chronic blood flow disorders.The company calls the Lumia 2 smart earrings the world's smallest wellness wearable. It's an earring back-like device about the size of a coffee bean that houses a second-generation PreciseLight sensor, processors, a battery and additional health sensors.On Tuesday, the Lumia 2 earrings launched on Kickstarter, earning more than $800,000, which is over 80 times the original goal of $10,000.What Lumia 2 tracksWeighing less than 1 gram and being five times…
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