CNBC February 1, 2019
KEY POINTS
- Alphabet’s Verily has been showing off a prototype of shoes that can track weight, movement, and potentially even detect falls.
- The Google sister company has pitched the prototype in hopes of securing a co-development partner, according to two people familiar.
- Verily’s team is working on a wide range of health-related hardware projects, including “smart” contact lenses and a “smart” spoon to make it easier for people with movement disorders to eat.
Alphabet’s life sciences arm, Verily, has been looking for partners to co-develop shoes with sensors embedded to monitor the wearer’s movement and weight, as well as to measure falls, CNBC has learned.
Three people familiar with the project say that the Google...
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