Technology

This is the second interview of our interview series – The Latest and Greatest – A Glimpse Inside Health and Sport Tech. This time, we have the privilege of speaking with the CEO and co-founder of Mirror 3D Lab Ltd, Dr. Marios Kyriakou, the innovative mind behind Darefore – a cutting-edge solution that’s revolutionizing the world […]

The Latest and Greatest – A Glimpse Inside Health and Sport Tech interview series offers readers an unparalleled look into the cutting-edge innovations transforming health and sports technology. Each interview delves into the minds of industry leaders and pioneers who are at the forefront of developing technologies that improve health outcomes, enhance athletic performance, and […]

We’ve gathered the most common questions about the Movesense MD medical sensor. Discover more about this wearable ECG medical device and how it can enhance your health solutions! What is Movesense MD? Movesense MD is a Bluetooth-equipped, Class IIa (MDR) wearable medical device specifically designed for medical applications, solutions, and remote patient monitoring. Medically certified […]

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the pressure on systems worldwide is mounting. Staff shortages and the prevalence of chronic health conditions are challenging the traditional methods of care delivery. While increasing funding has been a default response, it’s clear that a more sustainable approach is needed. This is where digital health solutions step in, […]

At the Movesense Webinar few weeks ago, we received a large number of questions from participants. We promised to answer all of them and some of them were already answered during the webinar, the recording of which can be viewed here. However, we thought it might be useful to share all the Q&A with anyone […]

Movesense sensor firmware 2.2 is a major update for the Movesense sensor framework. It brings eight new sensor features, three new or improved sensor firmware sample applications, and fixes 25 bugs from the pervious release 2.1.5. We hope you enjoy the new features and build great new products that take advantage of the new possibilities! […]

Movesense partner Nahtlos AG, a pioneering Swiss medical technology startup, has developed a medically certified Nahtlos Durastrip®, a conductive textile ECG Electrode patch, which is compatible with all Movesense sensors. Emerging from the forefront of Swiss research, Nahtlos AG, a spinoff of the Swiss Federal Laboratories (Empa), is pioneering the next wave in medical electrode […]

Human movement analysis is a rapidly evolving field of research and development with a wide range of practical applications. It is especially accelerated by capable wearable sensors and efficient and easy-to-use machine learning tools. New wearable sensors like Movesense are lightweight and unobtrusive to wear in daily life as well as during any kind of […]

Movesense software partner Kaasa solution GmbH just released a .NET MAUI plugin for Movesense on GitHub. .NET Multi-platform App UI (.NET MAUI) is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. The Kaasa.Mds plugin makes life easier for mobile app developers. It speeds up app development for Movesense and […]

Hello developers in Movesense network! We just updated the Flutter plugin for Movesense called mdsflutter. The new version supports the asynchronous features of new Flutter versions. The update will help you create Flutter-optimized code easier than before. If you are using mdsflutter to develop a Movesense compatible mobile app with Flutter, we would really love […]

The Finnish sports watch expert Suunto just released an update to its ecosystem tools that is of great interest to the Movesense community. The core of the update is SuuntoPlus Editor, an easy-to-use tool for companies that want to build their own SuuntoPlus watch apps or make their device compatible with Suunto watches. The update […]

We have received a number of request for updating the Flutter plugin for Movesense that was originally published by Tugberk Akdogan. He kindly helped us to get access to the code and we can now manage the plugin also from the Movesense team’s side. We recently published a new version of the plugin called mdsflutter. […]

We just released a new version 1.1.0 of Movesense Showcase App for iOS. The new features include Setting of the sensor real time clock from the app Setting the sensor UART port on/off New ECG sampling rates enabled: ECG recording at 125Hz, 200Hz, 250Hz and 500Hz sampling rates is now possible in addition to the […]

Kaasa solution GmbH is a German software company and a highly active member of the Movesense ecosystem. Kaasa is offering its expertise to Movesense customers who need software resources for their own projects, but the company also has its own products, many of which help developers and researchers to use Movesense sensors efficiently. Kaasa is […]

The Finnish national broadcasting company YLE is developing new lightweight tools and methods to produce interesting content about sports and events that would not normally be in the spotlight. One example of the initiative is a month-long live tracking of adventure runner Jukka Viljanen‘s incredible ultra running expedition across Rub ‘Al Khal desert in Saudi […]

We are happy to announce that the Movesense Sensor firmware 2.1.0 is now available for Movesense Active devices. The firmware will also be released for Movesense Medical as soon as additional documentation and other specific requirements of the medical standard have been met. The new firmware introduces a range of useful new features and fixes […]

Science driven Sports & Health Tech organizations join forces to improve product effectiveness Sports technology is an area of massive growth, with major potential commercial incentives, from the individual consumer to the elite sport level. Products in the health and performance domains, however, are not always trustworthy and effective, mainly because of a lacking integration […]

Did you know that the Movesense sensor is compatible with Suunto 7 smartwatch? Movesense sensor is an awesome tool on its own for a whole bunch of use cases, varying from health measurement uses to environmental monitoring to sports performance data gathering. But there are even more possibilities, as Movesense sensor’s functionality can be extended […]

We just updated the Movesense Showcase for iOS to the version 1.0.3. It is now available on Apple App Store. The new version includes the following improvements: – MD­Slib ver­sion up­dat­ed to 1.38.0 – De­fault firmware ver­sion up­dat­ed to 1.9.4 rc1 – Mi­nor Bug­fix­es Movesense Showcase app is a great tool for visualizing and recording […]

We just released Movesense sensor firmware update 1.9.2 that fixes a power consumption issue related to heart rate measurement found in 1.9.1. This version comes as an intermediate hot fix while the team is working on 2.0 that will have some bigger technical improvements. As always, we recommend taking this latest firmware version to use […]

German Kaasa solution GmbH is publishing Data Collector 2.0, a powerful iOS solution for recording Movesense raw data and to manage data collecting in projects where data is collected in several locations and multiple people. – We developed the Data Collector originally for our own Movesense projects but noticed that many developers need such a […]

The German startup Evomo, based in Dresden, developed a technology for evaluating human movements with only one Movesense sensor. The company provides their solution as an SDK to other companies like software providers and mobile app developers to give them new opportunities for interacting with users. This enables Evomo’s customers to develop new innovative features […]

We are excited to announce that the sensor firmware version 1.9.0 is now available for developers after an extensive testing period. At the same time, we are also publishing a new version of the MDS library, Movesense Device Service that takes care of the sensor communication on mobile side. Here’s what’s new: Sensor Firmware 1.9 […]

Few weeks ago, Movesense team got a phone call from the Finnish Squash Federation about live sports data: ‒  We would want to show live heart rate on TV from squash players in the Finnish Championship tournament. Can you help with that? ‒  Sure, it should be doable. When is the tournament? ‒  Well, the finals […]

Movesense sensor firmware version 1.7 is now available for developers. It took a while to get it out as it includes major new blocks that took longer to implement than our ordinary six week cycle. In addition to a big amount of bug fixes and general improvements, the update includes two main new features: PC […]

The Movesense Sensor Plugin for Unity 3D, the leading game development and 3D visualization platform, can now be found in the official Unity Asset Store. This asset makes the integration of your Movesense sensor into a Unity application very fast and easy. The asset gives real time data (e.g., linear acceleration, gyroscope, magnetic field, heart […]

Version 1.0.3-beta of Plugin.Movesense is now available on NuGet and supports both Xamarin Android and Xamarin iOS. Xamarin is a set of tools and SDKs from Microsoft that allows developers using Visual Studio on PC or Mac to develop native apps for Android, iOS and Windows using C# and .NET. Apps can be developed from […]

When developing wearable tech and IoT solutions, there are a few important steps that need to be in place to succeed on the market: First, the actual measurement has to be practical, reliable and convenient for the user. Second, the measured data must be converted into meaningful insights and conclusions. This often requires processing and […]

The freshly released 1.3.0 Movesense sensor firmware facilitates the use of Movesense connector benefits. The Gear API now includes a System/States path that provides an automatic connect / disconnect event when the sensor is plugged to a Movesense smart connector or a heart rate strap. Instead of continuously polling the physical connection status, your app can now just […]

This week’s firmware update 1.2.0 doesn’t include new features but is a very important one for another reason: It includes a new bootloader and a new SoftDevice Bluetooth stack version 4.0.5 by Nordic Semiconductor. This brings a clear improvement to the BLE connection with many Android phones, including the popular Samsung Galaxy A3 that has caused […]

The 1.0.0 embedded software version for the Movesense sensor is now available for developers! We have concentrated on finalizing the basic feature list and optimizing BLE connection between the sensor and mobile. Also, the overall quality of the firmware has improved remarkably from the previous published version 0.9.1. What’s new: Support added for Inertial Motion […]

Hello Developers, last week we released the version 0.9.0 of the Movesense sensor firmware on Bitbucket. This release adds a number of important elements and improves the overall quality of the software. Key improvements include New sensor sample applications: s sens_output_test_app, hr_wakeup_app Cmake files now available for sample applications Release build of the Movesense library available New […]

Edit: Movesense Showcase App is available on Apple Store, click here to install. These instructions are outdated. Find links other developer resources on our developer site. Several Movesense projects are approaching a phase where data from actual motion is needed to develop the actual motion analysis. Here’s how you can collect sensor data with an […]