Smartwatches on the market today offer limited capabilities, but one company aims to change that and actually work to help patients living with epilepsy.
Embrace, a smartwatch created by an MIT Media Lab team that can measure changes on the surface of the skin to detect seizures, has already raised nearly $500,000 on crowdfunding site Indiegogo out of a goal of $100,000 (the campaign ends Jan. 21 at 11:59 p.m.).
The watch, which syncs up to a smartphone app, can alert caregivers about their child having a seizure, according to Matteo Lai, CEO of Cambridge-based Empatica, the company behind the watch. Along with a sensor that can detect changes in the skin, the watch has three other sensors that track heart rate, movement and temperature.
