The Global Markets for Wearable Electronics to 2027

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Published November 10 2020, 412 pages, 62 tables, 91 figures

In-depth market review including Smartwatches, sports and fitness trackers, sleep trackers and wearable monitors, Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers), military, Industrial and workplace monitoring, flexible and stretchable electronics, e-textiles and smart clothing, artificial skin, skin patches, wearable health alert and monitoring devices, Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), hydration and sweat sensors, wearable drug delivery, cosmetics patches, smart footwear, smart contact lenses, smart wound care, exoskeletons and hearables. 

Wearables are body-borne computational and sensory devices which can sense the person who wears them and/or their environment. Wearables can communicate either directly through embedded wireless connectivity or through another device (e.g. a smartphone). The data collected by the wearable device about the user or its environment is processed in a processing unit located locally or in an external server, and the results are ultimately provided to the wearer. Smart wearables may have control, communication, storage and actuation capabilities. The number and variety of wearable electronic devices has increased significantly in the past few years, as they offer significant enhancements to human comfort, health and well-being.

There is increasing demand for wearable electronics from industries such as:

  • Medical and healthcare monitoring and diagnostics. 
  • Sportswear and fitness monitoring (bands).
  • Consumer electronics such as smart watches, smart glasses and headsets.
  • Military GPS trackers, equipment (helmets) and wearable robots.
  • Smart apparel and footwear in fashion and sport.
  • Workplace safety and manufacturing.

 

Wearable and mobile health monitoring technologies are important due to the rapidly aging global populations and the drastically increasing demand for in-home healthcare. Commercially available and near commercial wearable devices facilitate the transmission of biomedical informatics and personal health recording. Body worn sensors, which can provide real-time continuous measurement of pertinent physiological parameters noninvasively and comfortably for extended periods of time, are of crucial importance for emerging applications of mobile medicine.

Advancements over the last few years in electronics have also led to the development of electronic (E-textiles) or smart textiles. Smart textiles and garments can sense environmental stimuli and react or adapt in a predetermined way. This involves either embedding or integrating sensors/actuators ad electronic components into textiles for use in applications such as medical diagnostics and health monitoring, consumer electronics, safety instruments and automotive textiles.

Markets covered include: 

Healthcare & Medical

  • Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Continuous Glucose Monitoring
  • Defibrillators
  • Drug Delivery
  • ECG Monitors
  • Hearing Aids
  • Insulin Pumps
  • Smart Glasses
  • Skin Patches
  • PERS
  • Pulse Oximetry

 

Fitness & Wellness

  • Activity Monitors
  • Fitness & Heart Rate Monitors
  • Heads-up Displays
  • Sleep Sensors
  • Smart Glasses
  • Smart Clothing
  • Smart Watches
  • Audio Earbuds

 

Infotainment

  • Head-up Displays
  • Imaging Products
  • Smart Glasses
  • Smart Watches

 

Industry and manufacturing

  • Hand-worn Terminals
  • Heads-up Displays
  • Exoskeleton
  • Smart Clothing
  • Smart Glasses

 

Military

  • Hand-worn Terminals
  • Heads-up Displays
  • Smart Clothing

 

Report contents include: 

  • In-depth market review of current products and technology development in Smartwatches, sports and fitness trackers, sleep trackers and wearable monitors, Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers), military, Industrial and workplace monitoring, flexible and stretchable electronics, e-textiles and smart clothing, artificial skin, skin patches, wearable health alert and monitoring devices, Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), hydration and sweat sensors, wearable drug delivery, cosmetics patches, smart footwear, smart contact lenses, smart wound care, exoskeletons and hearables. 
  • In depth product assessment including products, producers, functionalities and prices. 
  • Global market revenues, historical and forecast to 2027 for wearable electronics, medical wearables, electronic textiles and smart clothing.
  • Over 250 company profiles. Companies profiled include BeBop Sensors, dorsaVi Ltd, Enhanlabo Co., Ltd., Equivital Inc., FeelIT, HP1 Technologies Ltd., miomove s.r.o, Neosensory, Abbott Laboratories, Add Care Ltd., AerBetic, Inc., Avanix srl, Biobeat Technologies Ltd., biolinq Inc, CareWear, Cosinuss GmbH, Seventh Sense Biosystems, Sorrel Medical, Spirit of Wonder Co., Ltd., Far Eastern New Century and many more. 

 

 

1              EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   25

  • 1.1          The evolution of electronics        26
    • 1.1.1      The wearables revolution             27
    • 1.1.2      Wearable market leaders             29
    • 1.1.3      Flexible, stretchable, thin, and large-area form factors     29
  • 1.2          What are flexible and stretchable electronics?    30
    • 1.2.1      From rigid to flexible and stretchable      31
    • 1.2.2      Organic and printed electronics 32
    • 1.2.3      New conductive materials            33
    • 1.2.4      Foldable smartphones and tablets            36
  • 1.3          Growth in flexible and stretchable electronics market      39
    • 1.3.1      Recent growth in Printed, flexible and stretchable products          39
    • 1.3.2      Future growth   39
    • 1.3.3      Nanotechnology as a market driver          39
    • 1.3.4      Growth in remote health monitoring and diagnostics       40

 

2              RESEARCH METHODOLOGY         42

 

3              WEARABLE ELECTRONICS             43

  • 3.1          MARKET DRIVERS AND TRENDS  43
  • 3.2          APPLICATIONS  46
    • 3.2.1      Smartwatches   47
      • 3.2.1.1   Main smart watch producers and products           48
    • 3.2.2      Sports and fitness trackers           49
      • 3.2.2.1   Products              50
    • 3.2.3      Sleep trackers and wearable monitors    52
      • 3.2.3.1   Products              53
    • 3.2.4      Smart glasses and head-mounted displays (VR, AR, MR, vision loss and eye trackers)         54
      • 3.2.4.1   Products              55
    • 3.2.5      Military 59
    • 3.2.6      Industrial and workplace monitoring       59
    • 3.2.7      Flexible and stretchable electronics in wearables               60
    • 3.2.8      Stretchable artificial skin               63
  • 3.3          GLOBAL MARKET SIZE     64
  • 3.4          MARKET CHALLENGES    69
  • 3.5          COMPANY PROFILES       70 (60 company profiles)

 

4              MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE WEARABLES               107

  • 4.1          MARKET DRIVERS             107
  • 4.2          CURRENT STATE OF THE ART       110
    • 4.2.1      Monitoring solutions to track COVID-19 symptoms           114
      • 4.2.1.1   Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring     114
  • 4.3          APPLICATIONS  115
    • 4.3.1      Companies and products              116
    • 4.3.2      Electronic skin patches  121
    • 4.3.3      Nanomaterials-based devices     122
    • 4.3.4      Wearable health alert and monitoring devices    125
    • 4.3.5      Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)   126
      • 4.3.5.1   Minimally-invasive CGM sensors               127
      • 4.3.5.2   Non-invasive CGM sensors          129
      • 4.3.5.3   Companies and products              131
    • 4.3.6      Cardiovascular   134
      • 4.3.6.1   ECG sensors       135
      • 4.3.6.2   PPG sensors       137
    • 4.3.7      Pregnancy and newborn monitoring        138
    • 4.3.8      Wearable temperature monitoring          139
    • 4.3.9      Hydration sensors           141
    • 4.3.10    Wearable sweat sensors (medical and sports)     142
      • 4.3.10.1                Products              145
    • 4.3.11    Wearable drug delivery 145
    • 4.3.12    Cosmetics patches           147
    • 4.3.13        Smart footwear 149
    • 4.3.14       Smart contact lenses      150
    • 4.3.15         Smart wound care           150
    • 4.3.16        Wearable exoskeletons 153
    • 4.3.17       Medical hearables           155
  • 4.4          GLOBAL MARKET SIZE     157
  • 4.5        MARKET CHALLENGES    159
  • 4.6       COMPANY PROFILES       161 (134 company profiles)

 

5              ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) AND SMART TEXTILES               246

  • 5.1          MARKET DRIVERS             246
  • 5.2          MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS 250
    • 5.2.1      Conductive and stretchable yarns             251
    • 5.2.2      Conductive polymers     252
      • 5.2.2.1   PDMS    253
      • 5.2.2.2   PEDOT: PSS         254
    • 5.2.3      Conductive coatings        255
    • 5.2.4      Conductive inks 256
    • 5.2.5      Nanomaterials  258
      • 5.2.5.1   Nanocoatings in smart textiles   260
      • 5.2.5.2   Graphene           263
      • 5.2.5.3   Nanofibers         264
      • 5.2.5.4   Carbon nanotubes           266
    • 5.2.6      Phase change materials 268
    • 5.2.6.1   Temperature controlled fabrics  269
  • 5.3          APPLICATIONS, MARKETS AND PRODUCTS            270
    • 5.3.1      Smart clothing products 270
    • 5.3.2      Temperature monitoring and regulation 273
      • 5.3.2.1   Heated clothing 273
    • 5.3.3      Stretchable E-fabrics       277
    • 5.3.4      Therapeutic products     277
    • 5.3.5      Sport & fitness  278
    • 5.3.6      Smart footwear 279
    • 5.3.7      Military/Defence             280
    • 5.3.8      Medical and healthcare 282
      • 5.3.8.1   Wearable health monitoring       282
        • 5.3.8.1.1               Companies and products              287
      • 5.3.8.2   Monitoring solutions to track COVID-19 symptoms           293
      • 5.3.8.3   Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring     293
      • 5.3.8.4   Pregnancy and newborn monitoring        293
      • 5.3.8.5   Biometric monitoring     295
      • 5.3.8.6   ECG sensors       295
      • 5.3.8.7   Smart wound care           297
    • 5.3.9      Industrial and workplace monitoring       300
    • 5.3.10    Flexible and wearable display advertising              301
    • 5.3.11    Textile-based lighting     301
      • 5.3.11.1                OLEDs   301
    • 5.3.12    Antimicrobial textiles     302
      • 5.3.12.1                Nanosilver          302
      • 5.3.12.2                Zinc oxide           303
      • 5.3.12.3                Chitosan              305
    • 5.3.13    Smart diapers    306
    • 5.3.14    Protective clothing          307
    • 5.3.15    Automotive interiors      312
    • 5.3.16    Powering E-textiles         313
      • 5.3.16.1                Batteries              313
      • 5.3.16.2                Supercapacitors 315
      • 5.3.16.3            Energy harvesting            315
        • 5.3.16.3.1            Photovoltaic solar textiles            315
        • 5.3.16.3.2           Energy harvesting nanogenerators           317
          • 5.3.16.2.3.1         TENGs   317
          • 5.3.16.2.3.2         PENGs  318
        • 5.3.16.2.3            Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting 318
  • 5.4          GLOBAL MARKET SIZE     319
  • 5.5          MARKET CHALLENGES    321
  • 5.6          COMPANY PROFILES       323 (101 company profiles)

6              REFERENCES       398

 

Tables

  • Table 1. Types of wearable devices and applications.        28
  • Table 2. Wearable market leaders by market segment.   29
  • Table 3. Advanced materials for Printed, flexible and stretchable sensors and Electronics-Advantages and disadvantages.  33
  • Table 4. Sheet resistance (RS) and transparency (T) values for transparent conductive oxides and alternative materials for transparent conductive electrodes (TCE).       34
  • Table 5. Foldable smartphones and tablets, on or near market.   36
  • Table 6. Market drivers for printed, flexible and stretchable electronics for wearables and IoT.      43
  • Table 7. Main smart watch producers and products.         48
  • Table 8. Wearable sensors for sports performance.          50
  • Table 9. Wearable sensor products for monitoring sport performance.    51
  • Table 10. Wearable sleep tracker products.          53
  • Table 11. Smart glasses companies and products.              55
  • Table 12.Wearable electronics applications in the military.            59
  • Table 13. Applications in printed, flexible and stretchable electronics, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.               61
  • Table 14. Global market for wearable electronics, 2015-2027, by product type, billions $. 66
  • Table 15.Market challenges in wearable electronics and IoT.         69
  • Table 16. Market drivers for printed, flexible and stretchable medical and healthcare sensors and wearables.        107
  • Table 17. Examples of wearable medical device products.              111
  • Table 18. Medical wearable companies applying products to COVID-19 monitoring and analysis.  114
  • Table 19. Applications in flexible and stretchable health monitors, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.                123
  • Table 20. Wearable bio-signal monitoring devices.            125
  • Table 21. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection-advantages and disadvantages.                127
  • Table 22. Commercial devices for non-invasive glucose monitoring not released or withdrawn from market.          130
  • Table 23. Minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring products.         131
  • Table 24. Companies developing wearable swear sensors.             145
  • Table 25. Wearable drug delivery companies and products.          146
  • Table 26. Companies and products, cosmetics and drug delivery patches.               148
  • Table 27.Companies and products in smart footwear.     149
  • Table 28.Companies and products in smart contact lenses.           150
  • Table 29. Companies and products in smart wound care.                152
  • Table 30. Companies developing wearable exoskeletons.               153
  • Table 31. Companies and products in hearables. 155
  • Table 32. Global medical and healthcare wearables market, 2017-2027, billions $, by product.      158
  • Table 33. Market challenges in medical and healthcare sensors and wearables.   159
  • Table 34. Market drivers for printed, flexible, stretchable and organic electronic textiles. 246
  • Table 35. Types of smart textiles.              248
  • Table 36. Examples of smart textile products.      249
  • Table 37. Types of smart textiles.              250
  • Table 38. Examples of smart textile products.      250
  • Table 39. Types of flexible conductive polymers, properties and applications.        254
  • Table 40. Typical conductive ink formulation.      256
  • Table 41. Comparative properties of conductive inks.       257
  • Table 42. Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.           258
  • Table 43. Nanocoatings applied in the textiles industry-type of coating, nanomaterials utilized, benefits and applications.       260
  • Table 44. Applications and benefits of graphene in textiles and apparel.  263
  • Table 45. Properties of CNTs and comparable materials. 266
  • Table 46. Applications and markets for e-textiles.              270
  • Table 47. Commercially available smart clothing products.             270
  • Table 48. Electronic textiles products.     272
  • Table 49. Heated jacket and clothing products.   275
  • Table 50. Examples of materials used in flexible heaters and applications.               276
  • Table 51.Companies and products in smart footwear.     280
  • Table 52.Wearable electronics applications in the military.            281
  • Table 53. Examples of wearable medical device products.              284
  • Table 54. Medical wearable companies applying products to COVID-19 monitoring and analysis.  293
  • Table 55. Companies and products in smart wound care.                299
  • Table 56. Antibacterial effects of ZnO NPs in different bacterial species.  304
  • Table 57. Companies developing smart diaper products. 306
  • Table 58: Applications in textiles, by advanced materials type and benefits thereof.           308
  • Table 59: Nanocoatings applied in the textiles industry-type of coating, nanomaterials utilized, benefits and applications.       309
  • Table 60. Comparison of prototype batteries (flexible, textile, and other) in terms of area-specific performance.  314
  • Table 61. Global electronic textiles and smart clothing market 2017-2030, revenues (billions USD).             319
  • Table 62. Market challenges in E-textiles.              321

 

Figures

  • Figure 1. Evolution of electronics.             27
  • Figure 2. Wove Band.     31
  • Figure 3. Wearable graphene medical sensor.     32
  • Figure 4. Applications timeline for organic and printed electronics.            33
  • Figure 5. Xiaomi MIX Flex.            38
  • Figure 6. Baby Monitor. 41
  • Figure 7. Wearable health monitor incorporating graphene photodetectors.         41
  • Figure 8. Applications of wearable flexible sensors worn on various body parts.    47
  • Figure 9. Wearable bio-fluid monitoring system for monitoring of hydration.         50
  • Figure 10. Beddr SleepTuner.     53
  • Figure 11. Vuzix Blade.   54
  • Figure 12. NReal Light MR smart glasses.               55
  • Figure 13. Wearable gas sensor. 60
  • Figure 14.Stretchable transistor.                61
  • Figure 15. Artificial skin prototype for gesture recognition.            63
  • Figure 16. Global market for wearables, 2015-2027, by product type, billions US$.              65
  • Figure 17. Global market for hearables, 2017-2027, by product type, billions $.    67
  • Figure 18. Global market for wearables, 2015-2027, by market share of product type        68
  • Figure 19.Connected human body and product examples.             111
  • Figure 20. Companies and products in wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation devices and products.           116
  • Figure 21. Smart e-skin system comprising health-monitoring sensors, displays, and ultra flexible PLEDs.  122
  • Figure 22.Graphene medical patch.          123
  • Figure 23. Graphene-based E-skin patch.               123
  • Figure 24. Technologies for minimally-invasive and non-invasive glucose detection.           126
  • Figure 25. Schematic of non-invasive CGM sensor.            130
  • Figure 26. Adhesive wearable CGM sensor.          131
  • Figure 27. VitalPatch.     135
  • Figure 28. Wearable ECG-textile.              135
  • Figure 29. Wearable ECG recorder.           136
  • Figure 30. Nexkin™.        137
  • Figure 31. Bloomlife.      139
  • Figure 32. Enfucell wearable temperature tag.    140
  • Figure 33. TempTraQ wearable wireless thermometer.   141
  • Figure 34. Nanowire skin hydration patch.             141
  • Figure 35. NIX sensors.  142
  • Figure 36. Wearable sweat sensor.           142
  • Figure 37. Wearable sweat sensor.           143
  • Figure 38. Gatorade's GX Sweat Patch.   144
  • Figure 39. Sweat sensor incorporated into face mask.      144
  • Figure 40. Lab-on-Skin™.              145
  • Figure 41. D-mine Pump.              146
  • Figure 42.My UV Patch. 147
  • Figure 43. Overview layers of L'Oreal skin patch. 148
  • Figure 44. Digitsole Smartshoe. 149
  • Figure 45. Schematic of smart wound dressing.  151
  • Figure 46. REPAIR electronic patch concept. Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.    152
  • Figure 47. Honda Walking Assist.               153
  • Figure 48. Nuheara IQbuds² Max.             155
  • Figure 49. Global medical and healthcare wearables market, 2017-2027, billions $, by product.    157
  • Figure 50. Global market for medical and healthcare sensors and wearables, 2015-2027, by market share of product type.     159
  • Figure 51. Conductive yarns.       251
  • Figure 52. Conductive yarns.       252
  • Figure 53. SEM image of cotton fibers with PEDOT:PSS coating.   253
  • Figure 54. Applications of graphene in smart textiles and apparel.              264
  • Figure 55. PCM cooling vest.       270
  • Figure 56. EXO2 Stormwalker 2 Heated Jacket.    273
  • Figure 57. Flexible polymer-based heated glove, sock and slipper.              274
  • Figure 58. ThermaCell Rechargeable Heated Insoles.        275
  • Figure 59. Myant sleeve tracks biochemical indicators in sweat.  277
  • Figure 60. Flexible polymer-based therapeutic products. 278
  • Figure 61. iStimUweaR . 279
  • Figure 62. Digitsole Smartshoe. 280
  • Figure 63. Wearable medical technology.              283
  • Figure 64.Connected human body and product examples.             284
  • Figure 65. Companies and products in wearable health monitoring and rehabilitation devices and products.           287
  • Figure 66. Bloomlife.      295
  • Figure 67. VitalPatch.     295
  • Figure 68. Wearable ECG-textile.              296
  • Figure 69. Wearable ECG recorder.           297
  • Figure 70. Nexkin™.        297
  • Figure 71. Schematic of smart wound dressing.  298
  • Figure 72. REPAIR electronic patch concept. Image courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.    299
  • Figure 73. Wearable gas sensor. 300
  • Figure 74. Basketball referee Royole fully flexible display.              301
  • Figure 75: Anti-bacterial sol-gel nanoparticle silver coating.           303
  • Figure 76. Schematic of antibacterial activity of ZnO NPs.               304
  • Figure 77/ ABENA Nova smart diaper.     306
  • Figure 78: Omniphobic-coated fabric.     308
  • Figure 79. Textile-based car seat heaters.              313
  • Figure 80. Micro-scale energy scavenging techniques.     315
  • Figure 81. Schematic illustration of the fabrication concept for textile-based dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) made by sewing textile electrodes onto cloth or paper.     316
  • Figure 82 . 3D print piezoelectric material.            317
  • Figure 83. Global electronic textiles and smart clothing 2017-2030, revenues (billions USD).Source: Future Markets.                320
  • Figure 84. Global market for electronics and smart textiles, 2017-2027, by market share of product type. 321
  • Figure 85. Graphene dress. The dress changes colour in sync with the wearer’s breathing.              337
  • Figure 86. Descante Solar Thermo insulated jacket.           338
  • Figure 87. G+ Graphene Aero Jersey.      340
  • Figure 88. HiFlex strain/pressure sensor.               347
  • Figure 89. Electroskin integration schematic.       368
  • Figure 90. Smardii smart diaper. 383
  • Figure 91. Teslasuit.        387

 

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