Oura files to go public with $1.2bn of nine-month revenue as smart-ring rivals regroup
The filing shows 3.6 million rings sold in a year and about 5 million paying members, while Ultrahuman prepares to ship a redesigned Ring Pro in the US.
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Wearables
Skin-worn electronics, stretchable circuits, medical patches and e-textiles — the body as the most demanding substrate electronics has ever printed on.
Defence start-up Smack raises $61m to put a flexible screen on soldiers’ forearms
The Series B funds Alpha, a wrist-worn display fed by Smack’s Omega AI software, which the company says is about a year from a working prototype.
FDA grants breakthrough status to Nutromics’ microneedle patch for real-time vancomycin monitoring
The DNA-sensor wearable is aimed at a US launch in 2027, but a pivotal study and FDA authorisation still stand between it and the ward.
Printed glucose biosensor patches close in on a sub-$3 disposable cost floor
Screen-printed enzymatic electrodes are pushing continuous glucose monitoring toward a per-patch cost that no longer requires an insurance code to justify.
Stretchable circuits move from lab demos to skin-worn products
Stretchable interconnects and island-bridge architectures are quietly appearing in shipping skin-worn devices — the bridge between printed electronics and medical-grade wearables.
E-textiles forecasts can't agree if the market is $29 billion — or $3 billion. We checked the sums
Six analyst houses, a ten-fold spread, and a lesson in how to read any electronics forecast. We compare the numbers and find the definitional fault lines.
The printed battery finally ships — in the one place thinness beats everything
Skin patches made printed batteries a commercial reality. Inside the ~28% CAGR flexible-battery market and the disposable medical devices pulling it forward.
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