Who's Building the World’s Smallest Wearable Device?Lumia Health™ is! And, we’re finding out that it’s no
small task.
What we’re making is not just the “world’s smallest wearable.” It’s also the first wearable device capable of tracking blood flow to your head.
But like so much in life, progress is not always linear. Although we managed to ship the first batches of Beta devices in August, we had to pause shipments due to unexpected Lumia behavior in the field.
You see, simultaneous with our initial release, we updated the Bluetooth architecture to support Direct-to-iPhone data syncing so Lumia Members could see their Flow on the go, without needing to be in the same room as their Light Station.
The unexpected problem that came with that upgrade was that when Lumia was at the edge of being in range with the Light Station, it got a little clingy, trying over and over to connect and demanding more power than our tiny micro-battery could support. The ironic result? Lumia kept fainting.
After a couple intense weeks testing multiple different fixes, we are proud to share . . . Ken fixed it!!! (More about Ken below — he gets his own article.)
And so, after the briefest of manufacturing pauses,
we’ve fired up the Lumia forge once more, and we’re making every order anew. As of last week, shipping has resumed!
Isn’t it ironic?
The Lumia Origin Story started with fainting, and here we are again!
Also in this edition:
- Fresh brains on deck: Ken Yoshioka has joined Lumia Health™ as CTO.
- A new research study is beginning for POTS & Long Covid with Dr. Satish Raj.
- Waiting for your Lumia™ order? I have an estimated shipping timeline update!
- October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month, and we’re here for it! Lumia Health™ is sponsoring the Boston POTS Walk. Walk, roll, or hang out for a cause.
- Dr. Amanda Miller and Daniel Ewok Lee have been invited to speak at the American Autonomic Society symposium this November.
- When will the next wave of Lumia™ orders open?
- CES 2025 — meet us in Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show this January.
- In case you missed it: the replay of our last research webinar with Dr. Miller.