Corpus Index
238 entries total. Generated from corpus.jsonl.
| Name | id | Year | Corpus | Form factor | IP | Tier | Draft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‘The Machine Stops’ — pervasive personal mediated-communication apparatus | forster-the-machine-stops-personal-apparatus |
1909 | fictional | other | fictional | 2 | |
| ‘Waldo’ — wearable master gloves for teleoperated manipulation | heinlein-waldo-master-gloves |
1942 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Abbott FreeStyle Libre (2014) — factory-calibrated flash glucose monitoring | abbott-freestyle-libre-2014 |
2014 | private | patch | patented | 1 | |
| Abbott FreeStyle Libre 2 (2018) — factory-calibrated CGM patch with real-time Bluetooth streaming and optional glucose alarms | abbott-freestyle-libre-2-2018 |
2018 | private | patch | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Abilify MyCite (Otsuka / Proteus Digital Health, 2017) — first FDA-approved drug with an ingestible sensor (digital-pill / medication-adherence system) | proteus-abilify-mycite-2017 |
2017 | private | ingestible | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Aktiia bracelet (2021) — optical-PPG-based continuous cuffless blood-pressure monitoring bracelet | aktiia-bracelet-cuffless-bp-2021 |
2021 | private | bracelet | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Aliens — Colonial Marine helmet camera with live command feed | aliens-marine-helmet-cam |
1986 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| AliveCor Heart Monitor / KardiaMobile (2012) — smartphone-coupled single-lead ECG | alivecor-kardiamobile-2012 |
2012 | private | other | patented | 1 | |
| Allen (2007) — ‘Photoplethysmography and its application in clinical physiological measurement’ | allen-2007-ppg-review |
2007 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Altered Carbon — ‘cortical stack’ cervical-spine consciousness store | altered-carbon-cortical-stack |
2002 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Ancoli-Israel et al. (2003) — ‘The role of actigraphy in the study of sleep and circadian rhythms’ | ancoli-israel-2003-actigraphy-review |
2003 | academic | watch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Ant-Man’s cybernetic helmet (head-worn interspecies signaling device) | ant-man-cybernetic-helmet |
1962 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 2 | |
| Aoyagi (1974) — two-wavelength pulse oximetry principle | aoyagi-1974-two-wavelength-pulse-oximetry |
1974 | private | other | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Apple AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Health (2024) — earbuds as a clinical hearing test, OTC hearing aid, and hearing protection | apple-airpods-pro-2-hearing-health-2024 |
2024 | private | earbud | patented | 1 | |
| Apple Watch (1st generation, 2015) — wrist green-PPG heart rate and activity | apple-watch-original-2015 |
2015 | private | watch | patented | 1 | |
| Apple Watch Series 4 (2018) — wrist single-lead ECG and PPG-based irregular-rhythm notification | apple-watch-series4-ecg-2018 |
2018 | private | watch | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Aserinsky & Kleitman (1953) — discovery of REM sleep via electrooculography | aserinsky-kleitman-1953-rem-sleep |
1953 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Axon Body 2 (2016) — networked law-enforcement body-worn camera with cloud digital-evidence chain of custody | axon-body-2-police-bodycam-2016 |
2016 | private | body-camera | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Back to the Future Part II personal video/phone glasses | bttf2-video-glasses |
1989 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| Back to the Future Part II self-drying / auto-sizing jacket | bttf2-self-drying-jacket |
1989 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Back to the Future Part II self-lacing ‘power laces’ shoes | bttf2-power-laces-shoes |
1989 | fictional | shoe | fictional | 1 | |
| Bandodkar & Wang (2014) — ‘Non-invasive wearable electrochemical sensors: a review’ | bandodkar-wang-2014-wearable-electrochemical-sensors-review |
2014 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Bandodkar et al. (2015) — tattoo-based noninvasive glucose monitoring | bandodkar-2015-tattoo-glucose-sensor |
2014 | academic | tattoo-electronic | public-domain | 1 | |
| Bangle.js 2 (Espruino, 2021) — open JavaScript-app smartwatch validated in academic research | bangle-js-2-2021 |
2021 | open | watch | open-permissive | 1 | |
| Batman — cowl with ‘Detective Vision’ (head-worn AR with through-obstacle vitals/skeletal overlay) | batman-detective-vision-cowl |
2009 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Batman’s utility belt | batman-utility-belt |
1939 | fictional | belt | fictional | 2 | |
| Berger (1929) — first recording of the human electroencephalogram | berger-1929-human-eeg |
1929 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| BioIntelliSense BioSticker (2019) — long-wear adhesive chest patch with extensive multi-parameter monitoring | biointellisense-biosticker-2019 |
2019 | private | patch | patented | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Arkangel’ parental-monitoring neural implant | black-mirror-arkangel-implant |
2017 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Crocodile’ — portable memory-extraction device (‘the recaller’) | black-mirror-crocodile-recaller |
2017 | fictional | headband | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Fifteen Million Merits’ — gaze-enforced compulsory viewing | black-mirror-fifteen-million-merits-gaze-enforcement |
2011 | fictional | other | fictional | 2 | |
| Black Mirror ‘grain’ implant (‘The Entire History of You’) | black-mirror-grain-implant |
2011 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Men Against Fire’ — ‘MASS’ military neural implant | black-mirror-men-against-fire-mass-implant |
2016 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Nosedive’ — AR social-rating overlay | black-mirror-nosedive-rating-overlay |
2016 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Playtest’ — adaptive mixed-reality implant driven by biometric fear response | black-mirror-playtest-implant |
2016 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Striking Vipers’ — minimal-form temple disc for full-immersion VR | black-mirror-striking-vipers-temple-disc |
2019 | fictional | headband | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Mirror ‘Z-Eye’ ocular implant with selective people-redaction (‘White Christmas’) | black-mirror-z-eye-redaction |
2014 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Black Panther ‘Kimoyo beads’ | black-panther-kimoyo-beads |
2018 | fictional | bracelet | fictional | 1 | |
| Blade Runner — the Voight-Kampff machine (contactless multi-physiological liveness/identity test) | blade-runner-voight-kampff |
1968 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Blue Beetle ‘Scarab’ — spine-attached adaptive armor generator with HUD and AI | blue-beetle-scarab |
2006 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Bluetooth SIG — Heart Rate Profile / Heart Rate Service (2011) | bluetooth-sig-heart-rate-profile-2011 |
2011 | standards | other | standards | 1 | |
| Bragi Dash (2014) — the first true ‘hearable’: in-ear PPG heart rate, accelerometer, storage and touch control inside wireless earbuds | bragi-dash-2014 |
2014 | private | earbud | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Brave New World — the ‘feelies’ (multisensory immersive media with tactile feedback) and hypnopaedia | huxley-brave-new-world-feelies |
1932 | fictional | other | fictional | 2 | |
| Cerebro (X-Men) — brain-amplifying head device for remote detection | professor-x-cerebro |
1964 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| CHB-MIT Scalp EEG Database (Shoeb, 2009) — benchmark seizure-detection dataset | chb-mit-scalp-eeg-database-2009 |
2009 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Clark & Lyons (1962) — the enzyme electrode (basis of the amperometric glucose biosensor) | clark-lyons-1962-enzyme-electrode |
1962 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| CogWatch (HardwareX, 2024) — open-source smartwatch for cognitive-load monitoring | cogwatch-2024-hardwarex |
2024 | academic | watch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Cole & Kripke et al. (1992) — automatic sleep/wake identification from wrist activity (the Cole-Kripke algorithm) | cole-kripke-1992-wrist-actigraphy-sleep |
1992 | academic | watch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Continua Health Alliance — Design Guidelines (first edition, 2007) | continua-design-guidelines-2007 |
2007 | standards | other | standards | 1 | |
| Crysis — the ‘Nanosuit’ (mode-switchable nano-augmentation suit with HUD and neural integration) | crysis-nanosuit |
2007 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| CTRL-labs (later Meta) wrist surface-EMG band (2018) — neural-interface wristband for finger/hand intent decoding | ctrl-labs-meta-wrist-emg-2018 |
2018 | private | armband | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Cyberpunk 2020 — ‘cyberoptics’ and ‘Interface plugs’ (implanted sensor eyes + neural ports) | cyberpunk-2020-cyberoptics-and-interface-plugs |
1988 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Cyborg / The Six Million Dollar Man — bionic eye and limbs with sensing | caidin-cyborg-bionics |
1972 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Cyclops’s ruby-quartz visor (X-Men) | cyclops-ruby-quartz-visor |
1963 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 2 | |
| Darth Vader life-support suit (wearable respiratory support and biometric monitoring) | darth-vader-life-support-suit |
1977 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Dead Space — ‘RIG’ (suit with body-mounted health display and projected holographic UI) | dead-space-resource-integration-gear |
2008 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Debener et al. (2015) — cEEGrid: unobtrusive around-the-ear EEG with flexible printed electrodes | debener-2015-ceegrid-around-ear-eeg |
2015 | academic | patch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Demolition Man subcutaneous tracking implant and ambient sensing ‘fine machine’ | demolition-man-tracking-implant |
1993 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Dexcom G6 (2018) — no-calibration real-time CGM with predictive low-glucose alert and direct phone streaming | dexcom-g6-2018 |
2018 | private | patch | patented | 1 | |
| Dexcom STS (2006) — early real-time continuous glucose monitoring system | dexcom-sts-2006 |
2006 | private | patch | patented | 1 | |
| Dick Tracy 2-Way Wrist Radio | dick-tracy-2way-wrist-radio |
1946 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| Dick Tracy 2-Way Wrist TV | dick-tracy-2way-wrist-tv |
1964 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| Digimon — ‘Digivice’ (worn companion-monitoring device) | digimon-digivice |
1999 | fictional | pendant | fictional | 2 | |
| Doraemon — ‘Take-copter’ (head-worn thought-controlled flight device) | doraemon-take-copter |
1969 | fictional | cap | fictional | 2 | |
| Dragon Ball ‘Scouter’ (monocular scanning eyewear) | dragon-ball-z-scouter |
1989 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| Dune ‘stillsuit’ (body-moisture reclamation garment) | dune-stillsuit |
1965 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Dune — Holtzman shield belt (worn personal force-field generator) | dune-holtzman-shield-belt |
1965 | fictional | belt | fictional | 2 | |
| e-Glass (Zanetti, Aminifar, Atienza; EPFL, 2025) — wearable EEG eyeglasses | zanetti-aminifar-atienza-eglass-2025 |
2025 | academic | glasses | unknown | 1 | |
| Eargo (2017) — direct-to-consumer rechargeable in-canal hearing aid | eargo-otc-hearing-aid-2017 |
2015 | private | hearing-aid | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Einthoven (1903) — the string galvanometer electrocardiogram | einthoven-1903-string-galvanometer-ecg |
1903 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Elysium ‘Med-Bay’ — contactless full-body diagnostic and treatment scanner | elysium-medbay-scanner |
2013 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Elysium — surgically-integrated powered exoskeleton with neural control | elysium-bolt-on-exoskeleton |
2013 | fictional | exoskeleton | fictional | 1 | |
| Emotiv EPOC (2009) — 14-channel wireless saline-electrode consumer EEG headset | emotiv-epoc-2009 |
2009 | private | headband | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Empatica Embrace2 (2018) — first FDA-cleared seizure-monitoring smartwatch (accelerometer + electrodermal activity) | empatica-embrace2-seizure-watch-2018 |
2018 | private | watch | patented | 1 | |
| Englehart & Hudgins (2003) — robust real-time multifunction myoelectric (surface-EMG) control | englehart-hudgins-2003-myoelectric-control |
2003 | academic | armband | public-domain | 1 | |
| Escape from New York — wrist countdown unit and arterial micro-charge implant | escape-from-new-york-life-clock |
1981 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| eXistenZ — spinal ‘bioport’ and organic neural game pod | existenz-bioport-and-game-pod |
1999 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Fahrenheit 451 ‘Seashell’ ear radios | fahrenheit-451-seashell-radio |
1953 | fictional | earbud | fictional | 1 | |
| Falcon — ‘EXO-7’ wing-pack exoskeleton with HUD goggles and tethered drone | falcon-exo7-wing-pack-and-goggles |
2014 | fictional | exoskeleton | fictional | 1 | |
| Fallout — the ‘Pip-Boy’ (forearm-worn personal computer with multi-parameter health and radiation monitoring) | fallout-pip-boy |
1997 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| Fantastic Voyage — miniaturized intravascular craft navigating the body | fantastic-voyage-intravascular-craft |
1966 | fictional | ingestible | fictional | 1 | |
| FDA 510(k) K113862 (~2011) — iRhythm Zio Patch, long-term single-lead adhesive ECG monitor | fda-k113862-irhythm-zio-patch-2011 |
2011 | regulatory | patch | regulatory-filing | 1 | |
| FDA 510(k) K181861 (2018) — Empatica Embrace physiological-signal-based seizure monitoring system | fda-k181861-empatica-embrace-seizure-system-2018 |
2018 | regulatory | watch | regulatory-filing | 1 | |
| FDA De Novo (2018) — ‘integrated continuous glucose monitoring system’ (iCGM) classification (Dexcom G6) | fda-den170088-dexcom-icgm-2018 |
2018 | regulatory | patch | regulatory-filing | 1 | |
| FDA De Novo DEN180042 (2018) — photoplethysmograph analysis software for over-the-counter irregular-rhythm (possible-AFib) notification (Apple Watch) | fda-den180042-irregular-rhythm-notification-2018 |
2018 | regulatory | watch | regulatory-filing | 1 | |
| FDA De Novo DEN180044 (2018) — over-the-counter electrocardiograph software for use in detecting atrial fibrillation (Apple Watch ECG app) | fda-den180044-apple-watch-ecg-app-2018 |
2018 | regulatory | watch | regulatory-filing | 1 | |
| Fitbit Charge HR (2015) — wristband with continuous wrist-PPG heart rate (‘PurePulse’) | fitbit-charge-hr-2015 |
2015 | private | watch | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Fitbit Tracker (2009) — clip-on accelerometer activity and sleep monitor | fitbit-tracker-2009 |
2009 | private | pendant | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Gantz — interface bodysuit (strength augmentation + player tracking) | gantz-suit |
2000 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Gao et al. (Javey group) (2016) — fully integrated wearable sensor array for multiplexed in-situ perspiration analysis | gao-javey-2016-wearable-sweat-sensor-array |
2016 | academic | headband | public-domain | 1 | |
| Garmin Forerunner 201 (2003) — wristworn GPS running watch with pace/distance and heart-rate (strap) integration | garmin-forerunner-201-2003 |
2003 | private | watch | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Gattaca continuous multi-modal biometric identity verification | gattaca-biometric-checkpoints |
1997 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Geddes et al. (1981) — pulse transit time as an indicator of arterial blood pressure | geddes-1981-pulse-transit-time-bp |
1981 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Geordi La Forge’s VISOR (Star Trek: TNG) | star-trek-tng-visor |
1987 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| Get Smart shoe phone | get-smart-shoe-phone |
1965 | fictional | shoe | fictional | 2 | |
| Ghost in the Shell — cyberbrain neural-interface implant and cyberbody monitoring | ghost-in-the-shell-cyberbrain |
1989 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Google[X] / Verily smart contact lens (2014) — tear-glucose-sensing contact lens project | verily-google-smart-contact-lens-2014 |
2014 | private | contact-lens | patented | 1 | |
| Green Lantern power ring | green-lantern-power-ring |
1940 | fictional | ring | fictional | 2 | |
| H-Watch (Magno et al., 2024) — open-source ARM Cortex-M4F + ML + NB-IoT + energy-harvesting research smartwatch | h-watch-magno-2024 |
2024 | academic | watch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Halo — MJOLNIR powered armor (powered exoskeleton with energy shield, HUD, integrated AI, and biofoam medical system) | halo-mjolnir-armor |
2001 | fictional | exoskeleton | fictional | 1 | |
| Halting State AR glasses (‘CopSpace’ and ARG overlays) | halting-state-ar-glasses |
2007 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| HealthyPi Move (ProtoCentral, 2026) — open-source medical-grade smartwatch | healthypi-move-2026 |
2024 | open | watch | open-permissive | 1 | |
| Heikenfeld et al. (2018) — ‘Wearable sensors: modalities, challenges, and prospects’ | heikenfeld-2018-wearable-sensors-lab-on-chip-review |
2018 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Her — ‘Samantha’ in-ear conversational AI | her-samantha-earpiece |
2013 | fictional | earbud | fictional | 1 | |
| Hertzman (1937) — photoelectric plethysmography (the origin of PPG) | hertzman-1937-photoplethysmography |
1937 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Hexoskin smart shirt (2014) — textile-integrated ECG, respiration and activity garment | hexoskin-smart-shirt-2014 |
2013 | private | garment | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Holter (1961) — continuous ambulatory electrocardiography (the Holter monitor) | holter-1961-ambulatory-ecg |
1961 | academic | garment | public-domain | 1 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn — the ‘Focus’ (compact ear/temple-worn AR scanner with object analysis and log playback) | horizon-zero-dawn-focus |
2017 | fictional | earbud | fictional | 1 | |
| Iddan et al. (2000) — ‘Wireless capsule endoscopy’ (the foundational ingestible-camera disclosure) | iddan-2000-wireless-capsule-endoscopy |
2000 | academic | ingestible | public-domain | 1 | |
| Idiocracy machine-readable barcode identity tattoo | idiocracy-barcode-identity-tattoo |
2006 | fictional | tattoo-electronic | fictional | 2 | |
| IEEE Std 11073-10406-2011 — personal health device communication: basic electrocardiograph (1- to 3-lead ECG) | ieee-11073-10406-basic-ecg-2011 |
2011 | standards | other | standards | 1 | |
| Inan et al. (2015) — ballistocardiography and seismocardiography review | inan-2015-bcg-scg-review |
2014 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Inspector Gadget’s headgear (‘Gadget-copter’ hat) | inspector-gadget-gadget-hat |
1983 | fictional | cap | fictional | 2 | |
| Inspector Gadget’s wrist computer (‘Gadget-phone’) | inspector-gadget-wrist-computer |
1983 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| Iron Man helmet HUD with biometric monitoring | iron-man-helmet-hud |
2008 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Iron Man — ‘Extremis’ (integrated body modification with wireless sensorium) | iron-man-extremis |
2005 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Iron Man — arc-reactor chest implant (embedded power/life-support device with status display) | iron-man-arc-reactor-chest-implant |
1963 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| ISO 80601-2-61 — particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of pulse oximeter equipment (2011/2017) | iso-80601-2-61-pulse-oximeter-equipment-2011 |
2011 | standards | other | standards | 1 | |
| Judge Dredd — Judge’s helmet HUD and palmprint-authenticated ‘Lawgiver’ | judge-dredd-helmet-and-lawgiver |
1977 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Kamen Rider — ‘Henshin Belt’ (gesture-and-command transformation belt) | kamen-rider-henshin-belt |
1971 | fictional | belt | fictional | 2 | |
| Kim et al. (Rogers group) (2011) — ‘Epidermal Electronics’ (electronic-tattoo skin-mounted devices) | kim-rogers-2011-epidermal-electronics |
2011 | academic | tattoo-electronic | public-domain | 1 | |
| Kingsman AR glasses (HUD, recording, X-ray, scanning, holographic conferencing) | kingsman-ar-glasses |
2014 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| Kingsman lethal-capsule molar (dental implant with deployable payload) | kingsman-poison-tooth |
2014 | fictional | dental | fictional | 2 | |
| Kingsman signet ring (electroshock ring) | kingsman-signet-ring |
2014 | fictional | ring | fictional | 1 | |
| Knight Rider Comlink wristwatch | knight-rider-comlink-watch |
1982 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| Koh et al. (Rogers group) (2016) — soft wearable microfluidic device for sweat capture, storage, and colorimetric sensing | koh-rogers-2016-soft-microfluidic-sweat-device |
2016 | academic | patch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Logan’s Run ‘Lifeclock’ palm crystal | logans-run-lifeclock |
1967 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Looney et al. (2012) — ‘The in-the-ear recording concept’ (ear-EEG) | looney-mandic-2012-in-ear-eeg |
2012 | academic | earbud | public-domain | 1 | |
| Magneto’s helmet (telepathy-shielding headgear) | magneto-helmet |
1963 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 2 | |
| Masimo W1 (2022) — first FDA-cleared continuous wrist medical-grade pulse oximetry watch | masimo-w1-2022 |
2022 | private | watch | patented | 1 | |
| Mass Effect — the ‘omni-tool’ (forearm-worn device with projected holographic interface and medical scanning) | mass-effect-omni-tool |
2007 | fictional | armband | fictional | 1 | |
| Medtronic MiniMed CGMS (1999) — first FDA-cleared continuous glucose monitoring system | medtronic-minimed-cgms-1999 |
1999 | private | patch | patented | 1 | |
| Mendelson & Ochs (1988) — reflectance-mode pulse oximetry / skin-reflectance PPG | mendelson-ochs-1988-reflectance-pulse-oximetry |
1988 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Metal Gear Solid — ‘Sneaking Suit’ with body monitoring and the ‘Solid Eye’ (monocular multi-mode HUD) | metal-gear-solid-sneaking-suit-and-solid-eye |
1998 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Metroid — Samus Aran’s Power Suit (powered armor with multi-mode scan visor and health/environment systems) | metroid-power-suit |
1986 | fictional | exoskeleton | fictional | 1 | |
| Microsoft Band (2014) — ten-sensor wristband (optical HR, GPS, GSR, UV, skin temp, barometer, ambient light, capacitive, microphone, IMU) | microsoft-band-2014 |
2014 | private | watch | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Minority Report ambient retinal identification and personalization | minority-report-retinal-id-ads |
2002 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol — contact-lens camera and document scanner | mi-ghost-protocol-contact-lens-camera |
2011 | fictional | contact-lens | fictional | 1 | |
| MIT wearable ring sensor (Rhee, Yang, Asada) — finger-ring PPG for ambulatory monitoring | asada-mit-wearable-ring-sensor-2003 |
2001 | academic | ring | patented | 1 | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam — ‘psycommu’ head-worn neural interface for remote weapon control | gundam-psycommu-interface |
1979 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Mojo Vision Mojo Lens (2022) — wearable AR contact lens with embedded microLED display | mojo-vision-ar-contact-lens-2022 |
2022 | private | contact-lens | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Mukkamala et al. (2015) — ‘Toward Ubiquitous Blood Pressure Monitoring via Pulse Transit Time: Theory and Practice’ | mukkamala-2015-ptt-cuffless-bp-review |
2015 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Muse headband (InteraXon, 2014) — multi-channel dry-electrode EEG headband for meditation and sleep | muse-headband-2014 |
2014 | private | headband | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion — ‘plug suit’ and ‘A10 nerve clips’ (bio-monitoring suit + head-worn neural sync interface) | nge-plug-suit-and-a10-clips |
1995 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Neuromancer — ‘trodes’ (head-worn cyberspace interface) and ‘simstim’ (worn sensory-broadcast rig) | neuromancer-cyberspace-deck-trodes-and-simstim |
1982 | fictional | headband | fictional | 1 | |
| Neuromancer — Molly’s mirrored ocular implants with embedded data readout | neuromancer-mirrorshade-ocular-implants |
1984 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| NeuroSky MindSet / MindWave (2007) — single dry-electrode consumer EEG headset | neurosky-mindset-2007 |
2007 | private | headband | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Nike+iPod Sport Kit (2006) — instrumented-shoe accelerometer pod | nike-plus-ipod-sport-kit-2006 |
2006 | private | shoe | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Nineteen Eighty-Four telescreen (remote body and behaviour monitoring) | 1984-telescreen-body-monitoring |
1949 | fictional | other | fictional | 2 | |
| Nova — ‘plug’ sockets at wrist and spine for direct machine operation | delany-nova-cyborg-sockets |
1968 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Omron HeartGuide (2019) — wristwatch with an inflatable oscillometric blood-pressure cuff in the band | omron-heartguide-2019 |
2019 | private | watch | patented | 1 | |
| Open-Watch (Salar Motlaqolahi, 2021) — fully documented open STM32 smartwatch (BSc thesis) | smotlaq-open-watch-2021 |
2021 | open | watch | open-permissive | 1 | |
| OpenBCI Cyton — open-source 8-channel biosignal (EEG/EMG/ECG) acquisition board and 3D-printed headset | openbci-cyton-2014 |
2014 | open | cap | open-permissive | 1 | |
| Oura Ring (Gen 1, 2015) — finger-ring PPG, skin-temperature and accelerometer for HRV, sleep and body temperature | oura-ring-gen1-2015 |
2015 | private | ring | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Pacific Rim — Jaeger ‘Drivesuit’ and ‘Conn-Pod’ dual-pilot neural bridge | pacific-rim-drivesuit-and-conn-pod |
2013 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Pandey et al. (2010) — ‘A fully integrated RF-powered contact lens’ (the disclosure root of ambient-RF-powered wearables) | pandey-2010-rf-powered-contact-lens |
2010 | academic | contact-lens | public-domain | 1 | |
| Pantelopoulos & Bourbakis (2010) — survey on wearable sensor-based systems for health monitoring and prognosis | pantelopoulos-bourbakis-2010-wearable-health-survey |
2010 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Paradiso et al. (2005) — ‘A wearable health care system based on knitted integrated sensors’ (WEALTHY) | paradiso-2005-wealthy-knitted-smart-shirt |
2005 | academic | garment | public-domain | 1 | |
| Patel et al. (2012) — ‘A review of wearable sensors and systems with application in rehabilitation’ | patel-bonato-2012-wearable-sensors-rehab-review |
2012 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Peñáz (1973) — the volume-clamp (vascular unloading) method of continuous finger blood pressure | penaz-1973-volume-clamp-finger-bp |
1973 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| PillCam SB (Given Imaging, 2001) — first FDA-cleared wireless capsule endoscope | pillcam-given-imaging-2001 |
2001 | private | ingestible | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Pine64 PineTime (2018-2020) — low-cost open-source smartwatch | pine64-pinetime-2020 |
2018 | open | watch | open-permissive | 1 | |
| Pokémon — ‘Pokétch’ wrist device with an app ecosystem | pokemon-poketch |
2006 | fictional | watch | fictional | 2 | |
| Polar H10 (2017) — research-grade chest-strap ECG heart-rate sensor | polar-h10-chest-strap-2017 |
2017 | private | garment | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Polar Sport Tester PE2000 — first wireless wrist heart-rate monitor | polar-sport-tester-pe2000-1982 |
1982 | private | watch | patented | 1 | |
| Portal 2 — ‘Long Fall’ boots (footwear with integrated impact-absorption) | portal-long-fall-boots |
2011 | fictional | shoe | fictional | 2 | |
| Pourshaban et al. (2024) — dual-mode (solar + RF) energy-harvesting contact lens delivering 150 μW at 3.3 V | pourshaban-2024-dual-mode-contact-lens-harvester |
2024 | academic | contact-lens | public-domain | 1 | |
| Predator bio-mask (multi-spectral helmet HUD) | predator-bio-mask |
1987 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Psycho-Pass — ambient continuous psychological-state scanning (‘cymatic scan’) | psycho-pass-cymatic-scan |
2012 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Rainbows End AR contact lenses and ‘wearing’ | rainbows-end-ar-contact-lens |
2006 | fictional | contact-lens | fictional | 1 | |
| Ralph 124C 41+ — the ‘Hypnobioscope’ (head-worn sleep-state learning device) | gernsback-hypnobioscope |
1911 | fictional | headband | fictional | 1 | |
| Ready Player One full-body haptic suit and visor | ready-player-one-haptic-suit |
2011 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Rechtschaffen & Kales (1968) — standardized sleep-stage scoring manual | rechtschaffen-kales-1968-sleep-scoring-manual |
1968 | standards | other | standards | 1 | |
| Repo Men — artificial organ implant with built-in monitoring/repossession transponder | repo-men-organ-transponder |
2009 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 2 | |
| RoboCop helmet HUD with recording and database lookup | robocop-targeting-hud |
1987 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Ruby slippers (The Wizard of Oz) / silver shoes (Baum) | wizard-of-oz-ruby-slippers |
1900 | fictional | shoe | fictional | 2 | |
| Sadeh et al. (1994) — activity-based sleep-wake identification (the Sadeh algorithm) | sadeh-1994-actigraphy-sleep-wake-algorithm |
1994 | academic | watch | public-domain | 1 | |
| Sailor Moon — Sailor Guardians’ video communicator wristwatch | sailor-moon-communicator-watch |
1991 | fictional | watch | fictional | 2 | |
| Samsung Galaxy Ring (2024) — smart ring with PPG, skin temperature and accelerometer for HR/HRV, sleep and cycle tracking | samsung-galaxy-ring-2024 |
2024 | private | ring | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Samsung Galaxy Watch3 / Samsung Health Monitor (2020) — wrist single-lead ECG and optical-PPG cuffless blood pressure | samsung-galaxy-watch-bp-ecg-2020 |
2020 | private | watch | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Senseonics Eversense (2018) — first long-term implantable continuous glucose monitor (fluorescence sensor + on-skin transmitter) | eversense-implantable-cgm-2018 |
2018 | private | implantable | patented | 1 | |
| Sensimed Triggerfish (2009) — the only commercially shipping smart contact lens (24-h intraocular pressure monitoring for glaucoma) | sensimed-triggerfish-iop-contact-lens-2009 |
2009 | private | contact-lens | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Sensoria Smart Socks (2014) — pressure-sensing sock + electronic anklet for gait/running analysis | sensoria-smart-socks-2014 |
2014 | private | sock | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Seven-league boots (bottes de sept lieues) | seven-league-boots-perrault |
1697 | fictional | shoe | fictional | 2 | |
| Severance — ‘severance’ brain implant bifurcating consciousness | severance-bifurcation-chip |
2022 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Shadowrun — ‘cyberware’ (cybereyes, cyberears, datajack, smartlink) | shadowrun-cyberware |
1989 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Shichiri et al. (1982) — wearable artificial pancreas with needle-type subcutaneous glucose sensor | shichiri-1982-wearable-needle-glucose-sensor |
1982 | academic | patch | unknown | 1 | |
| Snow Crash ‘Gargoyle’ wearable computer rig | snow-crash-gargoyle-rig |
1992 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| Splinter Cell — trifocal goggles (multi-spectral vision goggles with selectable modes) | splinter-cell-trifocal-goggles |
2002 | fictional | goggles | fictional | 1 | |
| Star Trek (TOS) bridge communications earpiece | star-trek-tos-uhura-earpiece |
1966 | fictional | earbud | fictional | 1 | |
| Star Trek Borg cybernetic implant suite | star-trek-borg-implants |
1989 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Star Trek combadge (Starfleet communicator badge) | star-trek-tng-combadge |
1987 | fictional | pendant | fictional | 1 | |
| Star Trek sickbay biobed (wireless physiological telemetry) | star-trek-biobed |
1966 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Star Trek: TNG ‘The Game’ — head-worn neuro-reward gaming visor | star-trek-tng-the-game-neuro-visor |
1991 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| Stark ‘Iron Spider’ suit with mask HUD and AI (‘Karen’) | stark-iron-spider-suit |
2017 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Starship Troopers — Mobile Infantry powered armor (powered exoskeleton with HUD, multi-sensor suite, comms, biomonitoring) | heinlein-starship-troopers-powered-armor |
1959 | fictional | exoskeleton | fictional | 1 | |
| Strange Days — SQUID head-worn neural experience recorder | strange-days-squid-recorder |
1995 | fictional | cap | fictional | 1 | |
| Surrogates — head-worn neural interface rig for robot-body telepresence | surrogates-neural-teleoperation-rig |
2005 | fictional | headband | fictional | 1 | |
| Sword Art Online — ‘NerveGear’ full-immersion VR headset | sao-nervegear |
2009 | fictional | helmet | fictional | 1 | |
| Tap Strap (Tap Systems, 2018) — finger-mounted gesture and keyboard input device | tap-systems-tap-strap-2018 |
2018 | private | other | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Task Force of the ESC and NASPE (1996) — heart rate variability: standards of measurement | esc-naspe-1996-hrv-standards |
1996 | standards | other | standards | 1 | |
| Terminator T-800 vision HUD | terminator-t800-hud |
1984 | fictional | fictional-other | fictional | 1 | |
| Thalmic Labs Myo armband (2014) — consumer surface-EMG gesture-control armband | myo-armband-2014 |
2013 | private | armband | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| The ‘autodoc’ (Larry Niven, Known Space) — automated diagnostic-and-treatment booth | niven-autodoc |
1966 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| The Bionic Woman — bionic ear (augmented, frequency-selective hearing) | bionic-woman-bionic-ear |
1976 | fictional | hearing-aid | fictional | 1 | |
| The Circle — ‘SeeChange’ wearable cameras and employee health wristbands | the-circle-seechange-and-health-wristbands |
2013 | fictional | bracelet | fictional | 1 | |
| The Flash’s costume ring (compacted-garment storage ring) | flash-costume-ring |
1959 | fictional | ring | fictional | 2 | |
| The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ‘Babel fish’ | hitchhikers-babel-fish |
1978 | fictional | earbud | fictional | 1 | |
| The Island — 24-hour ambient health monitoring with biochemical smart toilet | the-island-continuous-health-monitoring |
2005 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| The Jetsons wrist communicator / video watch | jetsons-wrist-communicator |
1962 | fictional | watch | fictional | 1 | |
| The Lawnmower Man — VR rig (gyro chair, headset, full-body cybersuit) | lawnmower-man-vr-cybersuit |
1992 | fictional | garment | fictional | 2 | |
| The Lens (Lensman series) — wrist-worn device with single-wearer biometric attunement | doc-smith-lens |
1937 | fictional | bracelet | fictional | 1 | |
| The Matrix — cranial ‘headjack’ neural-interface socket | the-matrix-headjack |
1999 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| The Matrix — migrating intra-abdominal surveillance ‘bug’ | the-matrix-navel-tracking-bug |
1999 | fictional | ingestible | fictional | 1 | |
| The One Ring (Tolkien) | lotr-one-ring |
1937 | fictional | ring | fictional | 2 | |
| The Running Man — worn tracking/enforcement collar | the-running-man-tracking-collar |
1982 | fictional | pendant | fictional | 2 | |
| The Ten Rings (Marvel — the Mandarin / Wenwu) | mandarin-ten-rings |
1964 | fictional | ring | fictional | 2 | |
| They Live ‘Hoffman lenses’ (information-overlay sunglasses) | they-live-hoffman-lenses |
1988 | fictional | glasses | fictional | 1 | |
| THX 1138 — pervasive body-state monitoring with regulated medication | thx-1138-state-monitoring |
1971 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Total Recall (2012) — subdermal palm phone with through-skin display | total-recall-2012-palm-phone |
2012 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Total Recall walk-through whole-body imaging scanner | total-recall-walkthrough-body-scanner |
1990 | fictional | other | fictional | 1 | |
| Tron — the ‘identity disc’ (back-worn data store and tool) | tron-identity-disc |
1982 | fictional | pendant | fictional | 2 | |
| Ultrahuman Ring AIR (2023) — smart ring with metabolic-focus tracking (PPG, skin temperature, IMU) | ultrahuman-ring-air-2023 |
2023 | private | ring | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Updike & Hicks (1967) — the practical glucose enzyme electrode | updike-hicks-1967-enzyme-electrode |
1967 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Upgrade — ‘STEM’ spinal AI implant with sensorimotor takeover | upgrade-stem-spinal-implant |
2018 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| Venom symbiote — adaptive symbiotic worn covering responsive to wearer state | venom-symbiote-suit |
1984 | fictional | garment | fictional | 2 | |
| VitalConnect VitalPatch (2016) — adhesive chest patch with single-lead ECG and multi-parameter monitoring | vitalconnect-vitalpatch-2016 |
2016 | private | patch | patented | 1 | |
| Wallace & Gromit ‘Techno Trousers’ (powered automated legwear) | wallace-gromit-techno-trousers |
1993 | fictional | garment | fictional | 1 | |
| Webster (ed.) (1997) — ‘Design of Pulse Oximeters’ | webster-1997-design-of-pulse-oximeters |
1997 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Westworld — host ‘control unit’ and continuous body telemetry | westworld-host-control-unit |
2016 | fictional | implantable | fictional | 1 | |
| WHOOP Strap (2015) — display-less wrist/bicep PPG band for continuous HR/HRV, sleep and recovery | whoop-strap-2015 |
2015 | private | bracelet | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Williams et al. (1998) — accelerometer-based automatic fall and activity monitor for telecare | williams-1998-automatic-fall-detector |
1998 | academic | belt | unknown | 1 | |
| Winged sandals of Hermes/Mercury (the talaria) | mercury-winged-sandals-talaria |
-060 | fictional | shoe | fictional | 2 | |
| Withings ScanWatch (2020) — hybrid analog watch with PPG, SpO2 pulse oximetry, single-lead ECG, and accelerometer | withings-scanwatch-2020 |
2020 | private | watch | patented | 1 | |
| Wolpaw et al. (2002) — ‘Brain-computer interfaces for communication and control’ | wolpaw-2002-bci-review |
2002 | academic | other | public-domain | 1 | |
| Wonder Woman’s bracelets (Bracelets of Submission) | wonder-woman-bracelets |
1941 | fictional | bracelet | fictional | 2 | |
| XPANCEO smart contact lens (2024) — Dubai-based AR/biosensor contact lens project | xpanceo-ar-contact-lens-2024 |
2022 | private | contact-lens | patented | 1 | DRAFT |
| Yao et al. (Parviz group) (2011) — contact lens with embedded electrochemical sensor for tear glucose | yao-parviz-2011-contact-lens-glucose-sensor |
2011 | academic | contact-lens | public-domain | 1 |